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The town of Ekenäs (Finnish: Tammisaari) is founded by King Gustav Vasa of Sweden.

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Ekenäs, Finland

Former municipality in Uusimaa, Finland

Ekenäs is a town and former municipality in Finland that comprised the former municipalities of Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009. Ekenäs is in the province of…
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Finnish language

Finnic language

Finnish is a Finnic language of the Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland, alongside Swedish. In Sweden, both Finnish and Meänkieli are official…
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Gustav Vasa

King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560

Gustav Eriksson Vasa, also known as Gustav I, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560. He was previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (Riksföreståndare) from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War of Liberation against King Christian II of Denmark, Norway…
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December 15

Day of the year

December 15 is the 349th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 16 days remain until the end of the year.
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