Kattilan torppa
The place
Kattilan torppa ("Cauldron tenant farm") in the Uusimaa region, Vihti/Nurmijärvi area (southern Finland, hinterland of Helsinki, Finland), at a true altitude of ~90 m (the listed 0 m is erroneous), boreal taiga. Continuous Finland Uusimaa cluster (batches 240-410). Torppa: former tenant farm, agrarian heritage museum (Torppa tenant farm system, 100,000 farms, historic 1861 reform + Vihti pop. 30,000 + Nurmijärvi pop. 40,000, birthplace of Aleksis Kivi 1834-1872, Seven Brothers 1870, iconic first Finnish-language novel + iconic Uusimaa heritage, region of 1.7 M inhabitants around Helsinki + Helsinki pop. 660,000, capital founded 1550 + Finnish heritage of Uusimaa (Finno-Ugric people, 5 M speakers, Finnish language granted official status 1863 + iconic Kalevala heritage, Elias Lönnrot 1849, 22,700 verses of Karelian rune-singers, iconic national epic + Jean Sibelius 1865-1957, composer, iconic Finlandia Op. 26 1900, resistance to Russification + iconic independence heritage 6 December 1917, Lenin, USSR + Winter War 30 November 1939-13 March 1940, USSR/Karelia, 26,000 Soviet dead, iconic + Continuation War 1941-1944, alliance with the Reich + Treaty of Paris 1947, end of WWII, neutrality + EU 1 January 1995 + NATO 4 April 2023, end of 78 years of neutrality, iconic + iconic Nokia heritage 1865, iconic mobile telephony 1990s-2000s world leader).
The setting
Uusimaa, Vihti/Nurmijärvi, S Finland hinterland of Helsinki, Finland, altitude listed as 0 m erroneously, ~90 m actual, boreal taiga, continuous cluster batches 240-410, former tenant farm museum + Torppa tenant system, 100,000 farms, historic 1861 reform + Vihti 30,000 + Nurmijärvi 40,000, birthplace of Kivi 1834-1872, Seven Brothers 1870, first Finnish novel, iconic + Uusimaa 1.7 M around Helsinki + Helsinki 660,000, capital founded 1550, Finnish heritage of Uusimaa, Finno-Ugric 5 M, Finnish language 1863 + Kalevala, Lönnrot 1849, 22,700 verses of Karelian rune-singers, iconic + Sibelius 1865-1957, Finlandia Op. 26 1900, resistance to Russification, iconic + independence 6 Dec 1917, Lenin + Winter War 30 Nov 1939-13 Mar 1940, Karelia, 26,000 Soviet dead, iconic + Continuation War 1941-1944, the Reich + Paris 1947, neutrality + EU 1 Jan 1995 + NATO 4 April 2023, end of 78 years of neutrality, iconic + Nokia 1865, mobile telephony 1990s-2000s world leader, iconic.
