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Ferdinand Salokangas https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Cultural-Services/Architecture/Ferdinand-Salokangas
- ...of the reconstruction period in Rovaniemi. Ferdinand’s original production counts seventeen building still on site nowadays. His production may be even larger than research has been able to confirm Documents from his private archives show that other buildings – in addition to the seventeen known ones – designed by him have been completed (a small hospital...
About museum https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Cultural-Services/Museums/Regional-Museum-of-Lapland/About-museum
- ...CO-OPERATION The Provincial Museum of Lapland consults the public concerning the management of building heritage, cultural environment, archaeological sites and founds and nature. In addition the museum answers inquiries about the history of the buildings within its region of operation. Building heritage The provincial museum researcher will...
Rovaniemi Local History Museum https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Cultural-Services/Museums/Rovaniemi-Local-History-Museum
- The Rovaniemi Local History Museum is one of the few remaining residential buildings characteristic of the area. The main building, storage shed, and two other sheds belonged to the... ...Rovaniemen Totto (Kotiseutuyhdistys Rovaniemen Totto ry.) bought in 1957. Since then, 13 log buildings have been transferred to the location from the Rovaniemi region. The museum was opened to the...
Alvar Aalto https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Cultural-Services/Architecture/Alvar-Aalto
- ...are defining reindeer’s head and one it’s back. That is why it is called "Reindeer Antler Plan". Buildings in Rovaniemi designed by Alvar Aalto: Library Building (location on map) Lappia Hall location on map) Town Hall (location on map) Buildings for the Aho Family (location on map) Korkalorinne Residential Area (location on map
Museums https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Cultural-Services/Museums
- ...The Provincial Museum of Lapland is the authority on Lappish culture, prehistory, history, building tradition and nature. The Provincial Museum of Lapland is located in the Arktikum building on the... ...The Rovaniemi Local History Museum consists of four original buildings of the Pöykkölä site and thirteen buildings transferred from the Rovaniemi region.The buildings...
Arktikum https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Cultural-Services/Architecture/Arktikum
- ...was designed by the Danish architects Birch-Bonderup & Thorup-Waade. The crescent-shaped new building was designed by Bonderup and Lehtipalo and it was completed in autumn 1997. Plenty of local natural building materials have been used in the building: the floors are made from Perttaus granite – the hardest...
Äiti Lappi https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Activities/River-Walk/Aiti-Lappi
- ...Agency— designed by architect Vilho Olavi (Olli) Saijonmaa — is an officially protected building. After the Second World War, the building, which was completed in 1947, functioned as a vibrant... ...On the former Province of Lapland’s coat of arms (1997-2009), displayed on the wall of the building, there is a wild man girdled in oak leaves and bearing a golden club. The figure is a reminder of...
Exhibitions https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Cultural-Services/Exhibitions
- ...– 5.00 pm Sat – Sun 12.00 – 4.00 pm Adderss: Jorma Eton tie 6 (in the Regional Library building) Gallery Varjo Gallery Varjo is an earthy folk gallery. Over the years, both... ...built by the founder of the Marttiini Knife Factory, Janne Marttiini, was opened in 1940. The building was designed by master builder Toikkanen. The building was partly destroyed in 1944 during the...
Vallan varrella https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Activities/River-Walk/Vallan-varrella
- ...of the 18 power plants. Architect Kai Blomstedt designed the old part of the Kemijoki Oy building in 1957; construction architects Teppo Hiilivirta and Erkki Päiveröinen planned the new part in... ...rising from the ashes. The symbolism is perfect for Rovaniemi: during the Lapland War, 90% of the buildings that stood where the town centre is today were destroyed; only about twenty buildings remained...
Pohjanhovi Auttin kaljatehdas https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Activities/River-Walk/Pohjanhovi-Auttin-kaljatehdas
- ...Industrial beverage production began in Rovaniemi in 1906. A two-storey stone building was constructed on the bank of the Kemijoki River in 1914. In the 1930s, ice cream was produced as well. Next to the building there were a cooperative dairy and the Inari cinema. The hot water used to clean the cinema was...
Joki https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Activities/River-Walk/Joki
- ...practised in the waters of the Kemijoki river basin from the 19th century until 1991. The office building of the Timber Floating Association, designed by architects Johannes (Jussi) Lappi-Seppälä and Ilkka Martas, dates back to 1937. This officially protected building is a representative of unassuming classicism and also contains some aspects of functionalism...
Rovaniemi Church https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Cultural-Services/Architecture/Rovaniemi-Church
- ...Rovaniemi Church The present church of Rovaniemi was completed in 1950. The previous church building was destroyed during the razing of the town in 1944. The construction of a new church so soon...
The Candle Bridge https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Cultural-Services/Architecture/The-Candle-Bridge
- ...The ”Lumberjack’s Candle Bridge” was built in 1989. It serves as a balancing element between town buildings, the gently sloping Ounasvaara Hill and the spacious sceneries of Kemijoki River. In addition to...
Inapolku https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Activities/River-Walk/Inapolku
- ...in 1929. Salokangas directed the reconstruction of Lapland between 1945 and 1948. There are 17 buildings designed by him in the city, easy to spot due to their original style. The Town House, considered the architect’s main work, is nowadays privately owned. Salokangas also designed the building in Inapolku 3 on the bank of the Kemijoki River. The river can be seen from every apartment in the...
City News noste 2 https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/News/City-News-noste/City-News-noste-2
Konttisen kenttä https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Activities/River-Walk/Konttisen-kentta
- ...name from the Konttinen mansion built in 1873–1876 by Terje Olsén, a Norwegian lumber baron. The buildings of the mansion were so-called vertical log houses. The forestry headquarters of Kemiyhtiö, the... ...and later the equally legendary Forestry Head Jarl Sundqvist, lived in the mansion. Some of the buildings were destroyed in 1940, when the mansion was bombarded during the Winter War. The rest were...
Garbage Services https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Living/Garbage-Services
- ...waste Separate collection for biodegradable waste is arranged inRovaniemi city for residential buildings with five or more dwellings, as well as for other units producing minimum of 20kg biodegradable waste per week. Residential buildings with less than five dwellings are allowed to join separate collection system. The alternative...
Library https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Cultural-Services/Library
- ...Rovaniemi City Library! The library was founded in 1860. At present it is housed in a beautiful building completed in 1965 and planned by the architect Alvar Aalto . The collections of the library...
The Forestry Museum of Lapland https://international.rovaniemi.fi/en/Services/Cultural-Services/Museums/The-Forestry-Museum-of-Lapland
- ...lumberjack cabins, forestry tools, log-floating equipment, and forest machinery. Cabins and other buildings have been transferred into the area from various locations in Lapland and each cabin, stable, and...

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