OULUNKYLä

'Oulunkylä' (Swedish 'Åggelby', also known as 'Ogeli' or 'Oglu') is a suburb of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is located 6 km north from the center of the city.
It has been inhabited since the 13th century. Earlier an independent community, it was made part of Helsinki in 1946. A rink used for speed skating is located in Oulunkylä.
Oulunkylä is divided into Patola, Veräjämäki and Veräjälaakso.
The number of inhabitants is (1.1.2003):

★ Patola 9 197

★ Veräjämäki 3 009

★ Veräjälaakso 1 469
'total' 13 675

Contents

Sports

Ice-hockey

Soccer

Famous people from Oulunkylä

Musicians

Writers

Artists

Politicians

External links

Sports

Ice-hockey

Oulunkylän Kiekko-Kerho

Soccer

IF Gnistan

Famous people from Oulunkylä

Musicians

Ville Valo and Tapio Rautavaara are from Oulunkylä. Tapio Rautavaara has a statue in Oulunkylä. Opera singers Cynthia Makris and Raimo Sirkiä built their house on the lot where the house of Rautavaara was located.

Writers

Tito Colliander, Joel Lehtonen, Larin-Kyösti and Estonian author Friedebert Tuglas have lived in Oulunkylä.

Artists

Cartoonist, illustrator Ola Fogelberg, creator of Pekka Puupää -cartoon, was even nicknamed "Fågeli från Ågeli". Helena Hietanen studied in the same high school with Ville Valo, a few years earlier, but both under supervision of the legendary teachers Erkki Falk (math) and Erik Relander (history).

Politicians

Vladimir Lenin lived here hiding from the Czar's police.

External links

http://www.kaupunginosat.net/oulunkyla/ (finnish)