sustainably? The keynote lectures will address the above questions based on case studies from Germany, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Poland. The topics cover climate change, water management as well as sus

history of industrial-scale peat production in Finland. The extraction and use of peat for energy production began in Aitoneva during World War II. Finland was lacking sources of energy due to the difficulties

Tampere is the principal industrial city in Finland which prospered in the nineteenth century with the growth of the textile industry. Amuri is a working class district in the city which in 1900 had a

a museum in 1997. The most important exhibit is the original continuous board mill, the first in Finland, which was made by Heinrich Füllner in Lower Silesia and continued in operation until 1978. The machine

characterises the changes that took place in industry in Finland, and in other European countries in the course of the 20th century. All cables used in Finland had to be imported until the Suomen Kaapelitehdas [...] wrestling gold medallist, who had studied at Karlsruhe and worked in the Urals, and returned to Finland when it gained independence from Russia in 1917. The factory was built to the design of the architect [...] light-coloured brick. The complex extends over 5 ha, and was reckoned to be the largest factory in Finland. From the early 1960s Suomen Kaapelitehdas Oy became more concerned with electronics rather than

to the navy and began a career designing and improving canals. He designed the Saimaa Canal in Finland and the enlargement of locks on the Trollhätte Canal in Sweden. With his son Werner he designed the

Related Links ERIH Link List An Economic History of Finland WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Finland World Atlas: What are the biggest industries in Finland? Fiskars. Ironworks [...] ON THE INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF FINLAND Listen Finland’s rise as a prosperous industrial nation, which started in the mid-20th century, is due primarily to two very different factors: its extensive forests [...] start of the 20th century, one of Finland’s few major mineral deposits was discovered: the copper deposits in Outokumpu, which were actively mined until 1989. Finland became independent in 1919 in the

played a large part in establishing the textile industry in Tampere, the principal industrial city in Finland. He was born at Penicuik and was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers). He had some experience [...] factory for Tsar Alexander I (1777-1825) and distributing Bibles in the Russian language. He visited Finland in 1819 and subsequently gained permission to build a water-powered factory in Tampere alongside

an imposing Convair Metropolitan, of which relatively few were built, and many aircraft built in Finland or Eastern Europe. The collection also includes many components, engines, propellers, radio sets

At Riihimaki, north of Helsinki, is Finland’s national museum of the glass industry. The origins of the museum were in 1961 but in 1980 it relocated to a former industrial building. This began in 1914 [...] designer Tapio Wirkkala. The focus of the museum is on the three centuries of the glass industry in Finland. The ground floor presents 4,000 years of glass production and explains methods of glassblowing,

he returned to Scotland ten years later, the company he established became one of the largest in Finland employing more than 3,000 people in the late 19th century. Production on the original site, in a [...] exhibition describes how Tampere became the largest industrial city in the country, “the Manchester of Finland”. Impressive museum artefacts and photographs introduce visitors to the industrial enterprises and

Glasgow, with subsequent examples built in Germany, France and the United States, as well as in Finland. An exhibit of outstanding interest is a royal train built in the 1870s for the Czar of Russia.

furnaces, the forge and the machine shops, and establishing good living conditions for the workers. Finland’s first machinery workshop was built at Fiskars in 1837. The first Finnish steam engine was constructed

Kuhala rapids in 1847. It was soon followed by a weaving mill, a yarn dyeing plant, and in 1861 Finland's first and for 60 years the only fabric printing plant. Initially, pattern designs and printing [...] and the studio department started at the factory in 1951. From 1934, the Forssa mills were part of Finland's largest textile factory, Finlayson. Finlayson fabrics were designed and printed in Forssa. During [...] gallery, focuses on contemporary and textile art. Forssa Museum was the Museum of the Year 2014 in Finland and a nominee for the Emya prize in 2015. In 2021, the museum opens a new site Pattern Centre, dedicated

in a former shipyard which has a collection of about 100 vessels most of them built in south-west Finland. The trust which manages the museum was created in 1998 and the following year it brought about the [...] main display is entitled ‘Work at Sea’ and describes many aspects of the history of seafaring in Finland, including ship-building and the manufacture of marine engines. The ships are open to visitors only

exceptionally well-preserved blast furnace from 1823 is one of the few remaining blast furnaces in Finland and can be visited as part of a guided tour, during which you can take a look inside the furnace

All the sites described are included on the ERIH website, among them the two ERIH members Baruth Glassmaking Village , widely regarded as one of the best-preserved glassworks in Europe, and the Immenh

museum for the area in 1982. It portrays the last hundred years of life on farms in that part of Finland, showing above all the impact of mechanisation on agriculture. The museum has a collection of more

production finally ceased in 2011. The place is a real treasure of the history of industrialisation in Finland. In the foundry hall, all the machines are still in place and the workers' overalls hang on the hooks

1907 to connect Lake Näsijörvi with Lake Toisvesi, and is regarded as one of the most beautiful in Finland. It was landscaped in the Romantic Nationalist style, and for much of its length is bordered by lines