#Northern Ostrobothnia

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Yksinkertaisimmat raanut ovat 4-niitisiä. Raanun pohjakudoksena on tavallinen palttinasidos, joksi ennen käytettiin pellavalankaa, myöhemmin etupäässä pumpulilankaa. Kuvat saadaan pohjakuteiden välisillä villaisilla kuvakuteilla. Vanhempana aikana on kuvakuteille avattu tiuhta 1. viriö myös poiminta 1. noukkimalastoja käyttämällä. Raanuja on kudottu kaikkialla muualla paitsi Karjalassa, mutta etenkin Etelä-ja Keski-Pohjanmaalla. (...) Vain Pohjanmaalla on raanu-nimitys alunperin ollut kansanomainen.

Raanujen yksityiskohdat löytyvät kuvateksteistä.

Lähde: Vanhoja kauniita käsitöitä. Toimittaneet Tyyni Vahter, Aino Nissinen-Linnove.

Suomalaisen marttaliiton keräämiä ja v. 1931 näytteille asettamia vanhoja käsitöitä. Toinen, korjattu painos. Werner Söderström osakeyhtiön kirjapainossa Porvoossa 1955.

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A grub! I helped it cross the road. ID help? Spotted in Finland, Northern Ostrobothnia.

Paxon:

Hello, yes, this looks very much like an Elephant Hawkmoth  (Deilephila elpenor), family Sphingidae.

Are there any European caterpillar enthusiasts that can back me up on this?

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Museum news from Finland:

Museum of Northern Ostrobothnia donates its Sámi collection to the Sámi Museum Siida

The Sámi Museum Siida is the national museum with the responsibility for preserving the material and cultural heritage of Finland's Sámi people. The Sámi objects in the Museum of Northern Ostrobothnia's collections were mainly acquired between 1900 and the 1960s with the last ones added to the collections in the 1980s.

The first part of the donation, which includes the textile items of the collection, will be transferred to representatives of the Sámi museum in the collection facilities of the Museum of North Ostrobothnia on Tuesday, 16 January 2024.

– As the new collection and exhibition facilities of the Sámi Museum Siida are now completed, this seemed like a good time to donate the objects of Sámi origin back to the Sámi community, says Pasi Kovalainen, Director of Cultural heritage work at the Museum of Northern Ostrobothnia.

– The Sámi objects and their return have a profound meaning for the Sámi community. The donation is a significant addition to the oldest part of the Sámi Museum Siida's collections. We thank the Museum of Northern Ostrobothnia for this important decision, says Taina Pieski, Siida's Museum Director.

The collections of the Museum of North Ostrobothnia that include objects of Sámi origin date back to the early days of the only professionally run museum in Northern Finland. The objects were collected by Samuli Paulaharju (1875–1944), a folklorist and museum curator from Oulu. The collection was destroyed almost completely by two fires in the museum buildings in 1929 and 1940. After both fires, replacement items were collected in Lapland.

The collection of approximately 400 items now donated consists of Sámi textiles and utensils, including a goahti (traditional Sámi hut) and several sledges. The oldest items include a cheese mould from Enontekiö dating back to 1797 and rare crossbow stocks, the oldest of which dates back to 1730.

As a large part of the Sámi cultural heritage is still held by museums outside the Sámi region, the transfer of the collection is important for the Sámi community.

The Sámi material culture is both practical and beautiful in its diversity, and the museum objects contain a wealth of intangible knowledge about their manufacture and use. This knowledge is best preserved in Sápmi by the Sámi themselves. Through the study of artefacts, it is possible to revive the old craft traditions and techniques of the Sámi community, knowledge of materials and the vocabulary related to the production and use of the objects. The revitalisation processes are a form of communal and intergenerational transfer of learning and knowledge, and they contribute to the transmission of Sámi material and immaterial culture to future generations.

The transfer of Sámi collections to the Sámi Museum Siida over the past decade is a concrete demonstration of genuine cooperation between museums and the increased understanding of the importance of cultural heritage for the Sámi community.

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Here are the finished mittens !! Extra long for my achy wrists 😂 The pattern is a traditional Northern-Ostrobothnia pattern 🥰

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Regional Flag Wars: Round 4, Bracket 1

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Abandoned village in the Northern Ostrobothnia

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Porvoo's Uusimaa is among the papers reporting that the Finnish Meteorological Institute is forecasting accumulation of up to 10 centimetres of fresh snow in some southern parts of the country and around 3-8 centimetres in central regions.

The storm was expected to be at its height during the morning hours with bad driving conditions affecting commutes.

Iltalehti writes that road conditions on Thursday morning would likely cause grey hair for both motorists, people using public transport and pedestrians.

And that's not all. The next of the "nearly apocalyptical weather reversals" is to be a temperature rise of nearly 40 degrees Celsius in many areas.

The paper quotes Foreca meteorologist Anna Latvala as saying there will be a huge turnaround in the weather next week, especially in Northern Ostrobothnia and southern and central parts of the country.

She noted that on Tuesday the temperature at Ylivieska, in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia was -37C. By the beginning it next week, it is forecast to be well above the freezing point.

Before you drive

The farmers' and forest owners' paper Maaseudun Tulevaisuus reminds readers that safe driving will be a challenge in much of the country during the day because of blowing snow reducing visibility, and slippery road surfaces.

The paper suggests that drivers do four things before getting behind the wheel in order to improve traffic safety.

The first is to check current warnings from the Finnish Meteorological Institute's warning map.

The next is to take a look at the traffic situation report from Finntraffic.

Before setting out, you should check your vehicle's lights.

Many people rely heavily on their car's automatic light system and may therefore inadvertently drive with only their parking lights on. A good tip is to switch on the headlights regardless of the automatic mode. Visibility of the car can also be improved by turning on the rear fog lights. And taillights should also be kept clean, as they may become clogged with snow.

Finally, remember to keep an assured clear distance in traffic and avoid unnecessary tailgating. .

Experts say that the recommended safety distance when driving in urban areas is half the driving speed in metres. So, for example, at a speed of 40 km/h, the safety distance is 20 metres. On highways, the driving speed in metres becomes the recommendation, which means, for example, when driving 80 km/h you should keep a distance of at least 80 metres.

Missing migrants

Ilta-Sanomat reports that more than 160 asylum seekers have disappeared from reception centres in the country, according to Antti Lehtinen, the director of the asylum unit of the Finnish Immigration Service.

All of those now unaccounted for came to Finland over the border with Russia after the beginning of August.

Lehtinen believes that many of those who have disappeared have gone to another country to file for asylum. Sixteen have been confirmed to have done so, he told Ilta-Sanomat.

So far, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, France, Sweden, Germany and Switzerland have requested that Finland accept the return of these migrants.

Lehtinen considers it likely that, in addition to the 16 confirmed cases, several more of the 160 missing asylum seekers have moved on from Finland to another EU country and that more readmission requests will be received in coming weeks.

He also told the paper that about 50 decisions have been made on the asylum applications of people who crossed the eastern border during the autumn.

Two-thirds have been negative decisions and one-third have been terminated or withdrawn. So far, no positive decisions have been made on the asylum applications filed by migrants that came across the eastern border during the autumn.

From the beginning of August to the end of last year, a total of 1,323 people who crossed Finland's eastern border applied for asylum. So far this year, 15 people who crossed the eastern border have applied for asylum.

Summer traffic chaos?

Helsingin Uutiset looks at the potential impact of planned repairs the capital's metro system

Metro traffic through Helsinki's main railway station will probably be suspended next summer for three months due to renovation works.

Metro trains from the east will run no farther than the Helsinki University station, and from the west, the Kampi station.

The paper reports that the plan raised red flags at a city council meeting on Wednesday, with, for example, National Coalition Party councilor Otto Meri saying that the situation will lead to chaos if something is not done about it.

"The number of people traveling during rush hour is so huge that it probably cannot be handled by buses, even if they run every minute. It is of paramount importance that the break could be shortened from three months," he said.

Deputy Mayor Anni Sinnemäki (Green) indicated that downtime for this section of the Metro cannot be shortened, as plans already call for repairs to be carried out in three shifts for practically the entire scheduled three months.

Sinnemäki said that the impact of the closure will be eased by increasing tram traffic.

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I finally doodled some of my Hetalia regional OCs here. Thanks to lovely @moccahime for helping me with anatomy <3 Practicing drawing on a tablet is actually really fun.

They are both regions of Finland. You could say that these two form "Northern Finland" (Lapland regions are sometimes considered a bit of a separate matter*). *Southern half of Lapland is historically considered a part of North Ostrobothnia.

On the left side we have North Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa), one of the four Ostrobothnia siblings. With her capital, Oulu, the largest city in Northern Fennoscandia, she is becoming quite rich and successful. On the other hand, her land is also the home of many many large religious families. She used to live in the same house with her other Ostrobothnian siblings and Kainuu. She belongs to the Western Finnish cultural and dialectical sphere.

The shores of her land are bordered by vast fields. She is also a skilled kantele player and a bike lane enthusiast.

On the right side, Kainuu. The odd one of the previous Ostrobothnian house, considering that she is not Ostrobothnian at all. She always thought North Ostrobothnia was cooler than her, like a big sister, thinking her dialect is better, etc. Kainuu would conduct her trade of tar through North Ostrobothnia. But at the same time, she desperately wanted to build her independence from the "big sister” and tried to leave the house earlier, but failed. However, now she has successfully become her own region.

Unlike the Ostrobothnias, Kainuu is culturally and dialect-wise Eastern Finnish. Not long ago, she was mostly agricultural, and that is the reputation she still often holds. However, most of her people actually live in towns now. Currently, she's putting a lot of effort into tech, learning coding, game development, and data centers. She even has a supercomputer.

Other than that, she is a poet, a hiker, and a hunter.

Okay that is something for now about my favourite girls :]

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Kuusamo

Town in Finland

Kuusamo is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in Koillismaa, the northeastern part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 14,961 and covers an area of 5,808.92 square kilometres of which 830.81 km² is water. The population density is 3 inhabitants per square kilometre.

Region: North Ostrobothnia

Sub-region: Koillismaa

Snow-covered trees in Kuusamo

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Kuusamo is a major center for winter sports and receives approximately a million tourists every year. One of the largest ski resorts in Finland, Ruka, is situated in Kuusamo. Ruka is also the host of many international competitions in ski jumping, cross-country skiing, and Nordic combined. The 2005 World Championships of Freestyle Skiing was held in Kuusamo. Kuusamo Airport is located 6 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Kuusamo's town centre.

The Church of Kuusamo, Memorial to civilians killed in the Second World War

View from the Iivaara hill towards Lake Iijärvi in Kuusamo, Finland

Kuusamo lies in the east of Finland in the Northern Ostrobothnia region on the border with Russia. The town of Kuusamo is only a small part of the municipality. The neighboring municipalities of Kuusamo are Suomussalmi in the south, Taivalkoski and Posio in the west, Salla in the north and Russia in the east. The nearest large towns are Rovaniemi, 192 kilometres (119 mi) northwest, Oulu 215 km (134 mi) southwest, and Kajaani 247 km (153 mi) south. The distance to the capital Helsinki is 796 km (495 mi).

Marshland near Liikasenvaara, The Kuusamo centre, Kuusamo Market Square, A cottage at the Rukatunturi fell

Ruka in winter, The Ruka village, National road 20 in Kuusamo, Rukatunturi ski jumping hill

Kuusamo is the venue of several international winter sports competitions. In Ruka skiing there is a stadium with the Rukatunturi-hill (HS142) and a smaller-K64 ski jumping hill and lighted trails and a biathlon facility. Since 2002, the World Cup kick-off in ski jumping and Nordic combined and cross country skiing World Cup races in Ruka Nordic Opening in late November at a joint event in Kuusamo instead. 2006's 16,000 spectators, the competition. Ruka in 2005, the Freestyle Skiing World Cup instead.

Kuusamo - Wikipedia

Kuusamo, Finland by Shaun Young

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Oulanka National Park

Postcard from Finland Oulanka National Park is a national park in the Northern Ostrobothnia and Lapland regions of Finland, covering 270 square kilometres. The park was established in 1956 and was expanded in 1982 and 1989. It borders the Paanajärvi National Park in Russia.  Thursday Take Me To…

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Petteri Lahtela: Elevating and Revolutionizing Fitness and Health Solutions with OURA’s Smart Ring Tech

Smartphones, Smart Homes, Smart Cars, Smart Clothing and Apparel, Smart Innovations, and Smart Everything! The world today has transformed into everything smart. With continuous advancements in technological tools and resources, smart, clever, skilled, and talented human minds create more tech-savvy innovations that make life-impacting changes and transformations that contribute to the betterment of the world. Many companies, organizations, businesses, and brands benefit hugely from being the first to create one-of-a-kind innovative and smart technologies that make people’s lives just a little better and easier. 

The need for such innovations and minds is always present as smart technology can easily help identify what is in demand and what improvements and corrections are to be made to particular services and products so that better results can be delivered efficiently. They benefit from being recognized thereby increasing customer engagement and driving their sales and profits, from their unique identity and services that are provided, and much more. Smart technology has proven to enhance and improve lives above and beyond – be it in any industry and sector, the ever-evolving tools and resources help in addressing many challenges around the world. 

Therefore in this article, we shall cover the advantages, benefits, needs, and impacts of Smart Wearable Tech that has impacted our lives for the better and how global start-ups are using this to their advantage in addressing Health and Fitness in the Fashion Industry. Hence one such start-up company that will be chosen as an example and spoken about in-depth would be OURA Rings, co-founded by CEO Petteri Lahtela. 

Petteri Lahtela – Co-founder and CEO at OURA Rings:

Petteri Lahtela is one of the 3 co-founders and was the Chief Executive Officer(from 2014 – 2018) who was behind the creative innovation and brains of the entire OURA Ring product and app. Being the world’s first sleep quality, health and wellness ring app, OURA and its co-founders have revamped the fashion and apparel industry with the addition of this Smart Tech Wearable. 

Petteri Lahtela has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Science and a Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering and Telecommunications. He later studied for an EMBA (Executive Master’s in Business Administration) in International Business, Marketing, Economics, Strategy, and Corporate Management at The University of Oulu. The co-founders of OURA Ring launched and established the business and brand in the year 2013 providing technologically manufactured rings that help in monitoring sleep tracking, health and fitness. 

For more interesting insights and reads, visit The Europe Entrepreneur. 

OURA Ring:

Established by co-founder and CEO – Petteri Lahtela, alongside two other co-founders, OURA Ring was founded in the year 2013, and is headquartered at Oulu, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland, in Europe. OURA Ring is a fitness technology and wearable device that has been manufactured to monitor and provide metric based results on sleep, stress, women’s health, fitness and activity, illnesses, and heart health tracking. 

“Better lives through better sleep.” – OURA Ring. 

OURA Ring is a Brushed Titanium smart ring that monitors sleep, activity, heart rate, and oxygen levels through just your fingers and provides insights and metric based results on a smartphone downloadable app. “Easy to wear, everywhere” – OURA Ring’s makers share that our fingers hold accurate readings for over 20 biometric datasets that can be used to detect an individual’s heart rate, general or specific health tracking, quality of sleep and duration, temperatures, blood and oxygen levels, etcetera. Titanium provides durability, water and sweat resistance, and is lightweight which gives the wearer a free, uplifting, and a glamorous feel. 

Mission Statement – “Make health a daily practice.” 

As commented by USA Today – “An absolute marvel of modern wearable technology”, estimates say that over 86% of wearers saw sleep improvements after purchase of the OURA Ring, and around 88% saw an overall health improvement. The brand has globally sold out over 1,000,000+ rings by around 475+ employees all over the world, after undergoing 10+ years of the product’s research and development by over 20+ highly-qualified PhDs. Putting the lives and health of people first, builds trust which drives OURA Ring’s wearable devices to reach higher in providing solutions together. In 2022, OURA Ring was awarded with The Best Activity Tracker by Popsugar and The Best Sleep Tracker by Men’s Health. In 2023, he brand was awarded with The Best App, health and Fitness by The Webby Awards and was one among The CNBC Disruptor 50 List.

Visit More : https://theeuropeentrepreneur.com/petteri-lahtela-elevating-and-revolutionizing-fitness-and-health-solutions-with-ouras-smart-ring-tech/

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Regional Flag Wars Round 4, Quarterfinals:

1. South Ostrobothnia, Finland vs. Northern Territory, Australia

2. Sarawak, Malaysia vs. Töv Province, Mongolia

3. Saga Prefecture, Japan vs. Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

4. Leicestershire, United Kingdom vs. Kukës County, Albania

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Events 2.19 (before 1950)

197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan idols in the Roman Empire. 1594 – Having already been elected to the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1587, Sigismund III of the House of Vasa is crowned King of Sweden, having succeeded his father John III of Sweden in 1592. 1600 – The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America. 1649 – The Second Battle of Guararapes takes place, effectively ending Dutch colonization efforts in Brazil. 1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England. 1714 – Great Northern War: The battle of Napue between Sweden and Russia is fought in Isokyrö, Ostrobothnia. 1726 – The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia. 1807 – Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama, and confined to Fort Stoddert. 1819 – British explorer William Smith discovers the South Shetland Islands and claims them in the name of King George III. 1836 – King William IV signs Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia. 1846 – In Austin, Texas, the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States. 1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party. 1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph. 1884 – More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. 1913 – Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country. 1915 – World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli. 1937 – Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades. 1942 – World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people. 1942 – World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps. 1943 – World War II: Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia begins. 1945 – World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima. 1948 – The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta. 1949 – Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.

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Finland's media appears to have moved into the listicle phase of this week's pipeline damage incident, with Ilta-Sanomat noting 17 of the "malicious ways Putin's Russia harasses Finland".

This is one way to feed interest in the story, after the NBI said on Wednesday that they are not yet drawing conclusions, but the pipeline damage appeared to be caused by mechanical means rather than explosion.

In September, President Sauli Niinistö said Finland had to be prepared for the difficulties Russia might try to inflict.

The paper has gone through official reports on risk factors to find out what might happen if and when Russia decided it wanted to hurt Finland.

The paper lists Russian property holdings in Finland, the power grid, media influence operations, publishing information recovered in data hacks and more.

The Security Committee's 2017 report, on which IS based its listicle, is available in English here.

NCP tops HS poll

A Helsingin Sanomat poll suggests that Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's National Coalition Party is the most popular political force in Finland once again.

Some 21 percent of those respondents who gave an opinion said they would vote for the NCP, which topped the poll in elections this May, if there was a parliamentary election.

The Social Democratic Party was second, with the Finns Party third. The monthly HS poll has shown the nationalist, populist party losing support in each survey taken since May.

Stormy morning

Finland was in the grip of an autumn storm on Thursday morning, with high winds and rain battering much of the country.

STT reported that 14,000 households were without power at around 8am.

Meteorologists said that a deep low pressure system centred on North Ostrobothnia was dominating conditions, with warnings in place for heavy rain and high winds.

Many of those showers were arriving in the form of snow and sleet in northern regions, making for a challenging morning commute for many motorists.

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Oulanka National Park

National park in Finland

The aurora borealis illuminates the sky above Finland’s Oulanka National Park.

Oulanka National Park is a national park in the Northern Ostrobothnia and Lapland regions of Finland, covering 270 square kilometres. The park was established in 1956 and was expanded in 1982 and 1989. It borders the Paanajärvi National Park in Russia. 

Address: Liikasenvaarantie, Kuusamo, Finland

Area: 270 km²

Established: 1956

Management: Metsähallitus

Phone: +358 20 6396850

Coordinates: 66°22′32″N 29°20′19″E / 66.37556°N 29.33861°E

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