Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Porvoo Diet is opened by Alexander I The throne that Alexander I sat on at the Diet of Porvoo is now on display at the National Museum of Finland.. The Diet of Porvoo (Finnish: Porvoon maapäivät, or unhistorically Porvoon valtiopäivät; [a] Swedish: Borgå lantdag; [b] Russian: Боргоский сейм), was the summoned legislative assembly to establish the Grand Duchy of Finland in ...
Porvoo (Finnish pronunciation:; Swedish: Borgå ⓘ; Latin: Borgoa) is a city in Finland.It is located on the south coast of the country, on the Gulf of Finland.Porvoo lies in the eastern part of the Uusimaa region.
Borgåbladet is a Swedish-language newspaper that is published two times a week from the town of Porvoo (Swedish: Borgå) in Finland. It is the third oldest newspaper in Finland. The editor-in-chief has been Helén Kurri since 2024.
Tony Christian Halme [1] [2] [3] (January 6, 1963 – January 8, 2010) was a Finnish politician, athlete, author, actor, and singer.He was a member of the Finnish Parliament from 2003 to 2007 as an independent elected on the True Finns party list.
Borgå Bollplan (Finnish: Porvoon pallokenttä, lit. 'Porvoo Ball Ground') is a sports arena in Porvoo , Finland . It is the homeground of Borgå Akilles sports club and is used for association football in the summer [ citation needed ] and bandy in the winter time.
Porvoo Museum (Finnish: Porvoon museo, Swedish: Borgå museum) is a history museum established in 1897 in Porvoo, Finland. The museum is the regional responsibility museum of Eastern Uusimaa. Porvoo Museum operates in the old Porvoo Town Hall, completed in 1764. The museum is owned by its own association, whereas typically regional ...
The election for the new Bishop of Borgå was characterized as a competition between the Conservatives and the Liberals, where the Liberals were clearly victorious. Vikström's liberal Bible-mindedness was an old problem, and the discussion particularly concerned his acceptance of homosexual persons.
Porvoo Cathedral in January 2006 Porvoo Cathedral after arson in May 2006; the cathedral's roof has been reconstructed. Porvoo Cathedral (Finnish: Porvoon tuomiokirkko; Swedish: Borgå domkyrka) is a cathedral of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland in Porvoo, Finland.