75-506: Qt Group Plc (pronounced "cute"; formerly known as Trolltech , Qt Company , Qt Development Frameworks , Quasar Technologies and Qt Software ) is a global software company headquartered in Espoo , Finland . It was formed following the acquisition of Qt by Digia, but was later spun off into a separate, publicly traded company . The company oversees the development of the Qt framework alongside
150-468: A Finnish tribe , and the area in which the city lies on did most likely have a different name. The name of Espoo is believed to have derived from the Medieval Swedish village of Espaby (or Espoby ), which was located in the western part of the present-day city. It may refer to aspens that grew on a nearby riverbank, as the archaic Swedish word for the tree is "äspe", and the word for a river
225-525: A central city area. Instead, it has five distinct city centres: Leppävaara , Tapiola , Matinkylä , Espoon keskus and Espoonlahti . Espoo has numerous local centres formed around historical manors . Because of its structure, Espoo is generally considered even "the most American suburban city of Finland". Aalto University is situated in Otaniemi , Espoo, alongside a thriving scientific community that comprises startups and associations such as VTT –
300-516: A church was founded near the village of Södrik, the name Espoonjoki was given to a river running from lake Kirkkojärvi to Kauklahti. Espoo became an independent parish in the 15th century. Previously Espoo had been a chapel parish under Kirkkonummi . The stone Espoo Cathedral was built in the 1480s by initiative from the peasants. Up to the 1670s the eastern parts of Espoo belonged to the Helsinki parish , after which they were officially annexed to
375-644: A few decades, the lands in Espoo had been dealt to seven noble families. In the early 18th century the Great Northern War and the Great Wrath caused poverty among the people. During this time, many members of the estates in Espoo moved to Sweden. The foundation of Sveaborg in front of Helsinki increased the traffic in Espoo and many officers bought villas in Espoo. Construction of the fortress required transport of bricks from factories in Espoo. In
450-441: A local level, and local militias, citizens' guards, fire brigades and security forces were founded. These forces were not originally founded for military purposes but to uphold the general order. The activity was voluntary-based, and the forces were organised for example during strikes. In autumn 1917 the nature of the organisation became more military and the number of local workers' guards increased rapidly. The armed organisation
525-441: A network-like structure to the modern day. In the 16th century Espoo changed into a parish of many large farmsteads. The war between Sweden and Russia in the late 16th century attracted farmstead owners to found horse steads in hopes of reduced taxation. Horse stead owners were required to uphold a rider in the wars fought by the realm. In the late 17th century the crown had donated lands to noblemen with success in wars, and during
600-465: A public voluntary tender offer to acquire Trolltech. The total cost for Nokia was approximately €104 million. On 5 June 2008 Nokia's voluntary tender offer was approved for all the shares in Trolltech. By 17 June 2008, Nokia had completed its acquisition of Trolltech. On 30 September 2008, Trolltech was renamed as Qt Software, and Qtopia was renamed as Qt Extended . On 11 August 2009, the company's name
675-451: Is Qt , a multi-platform Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) framework written in C++ . Qt is popular with application developers using C++ but is supported by bindings for other programming languages too, such as Python . Qt also includes packages such as data structures and a networking library. The popular free and cross-platform KDE Plasma desktop environment and software compilation uses
750-560: Is "å", with the suffix "-by" meaning village. The coat of arms of Espoo features a gold horseshoe topped by a gold crown on a blue shield. The crown refers to the old kungsgård of Espoo and the horseshoe refers to the obligation to transport officials, military or prisoners that parishes along the King's Road fell under. Many roads in Espoo still follow the old medieval King's Road. The King's Road in Finland, stretching from Turku in
825-754: Is Juha Varelius, who previously served as the CEO of Digia from 2008 to 2016. Qt Group has core R&D in Oslo , Norway, as well as large engineering teams in Berlin , Germany, and Oulu , Finland. The company also has offices in China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Norway, South Korea, and the US. The company provides a software development framework, tools for software design, development, quality assurance and testing, as well as expert consulting services. Its flagship product
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#1732787417939900-524: Is also used in many non-consumer products such as medical instruments and industrial devices. Qtopia Phone Edition was released in 2004, and their Greenphone smartphone is based on this platform. Trolltech completed an initial public offering (IPO) on the Oslo Stock Exchange in July, 2006. On 28 January 2008, Nokia Corporation announced that they had entered into an agreement to make
975-579: Is based on Qt's products. Espoo Espoo ( / ˈ ɛ s p oʊ / , Finnish: [ˈespoː] ; Swedish : Esbo ) is a city in Finland . It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki , in southern Uusimaa . The population is approximately 320,000. It is the 2nd most populous municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area , which has approximately 1.6 million inhabitants. Espoo
1050-577: Is from as late as 1431. The construction of the Espoo Cathedral , the oldest preserved building in Espoo, marks the independence of Espoo. Administratively, Espoo was a part of Uusimaa . When the province was split to Eastern and Western provinces governed from the Porvoo and Raseborg castles , respectively, the eastern border of the Raseborg province was in Espoo. The 13th-century road connecting
1125-506: Is on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland and borders Helsinki , Vantaa , Kirkkonummi , Vihti and Nurmijärvi . The city includes the enclave of Kauniainen . Espoo covers an area of 528 square kilometres (204 sq mi). Espoo is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 70% Finnish speakers, 6% Swedish speakers, and 24% speakers of other languages, well above
1200-996: The Finnish Civil War had broken out, many young men left Espoo to join the White Guards all over the countryside in Uusimaa. The most important of these was the Sigurds Guard in Kirkkonummi , of whose members 40 came from Espoo. At the start of the Civil War in January 1918, the Red Guards took control of Espoo. There were no actual battles between the Reds and the Whites during the revolution, as Espoo
1275-483: The Pre-Roman Iron Age , of which the latter is an important subject relating to research of cattle husbandry. Traces of early settlement in the area remain in the place names. For example, the original name for Soukka was Soukko . The first settlers lived in the northern parts of the current city, around the lakes Pitkäjärvi, Bodomjärvi, and Loojärvi, as the southern parts were still largely covered by
1350-557: The Qt Project , and provides tools for UI design, software development, quality assurance and testing, as well as expert consulting services. Trolltech was founded by Eirik Chambe-Eng and Haavard Nord on 4 March 1994. They started writing Qt in 1991, and since then Qt has steadily expanded and improved. In 2002 Trolltech introduced Qtopia which is based on Qt. Qtopia is an application platform for Linux -based devices such as mobile phones, portable media players, and home media. It
1425-458: The 12th or 13th century. Swedish settlers moved to the area through the current site of Kirkkonummi , and then to the Esboby area. From there, they continued northeast to Kauklahti, Bemböle and Vanhakartano . In later stages, settlers might also have arrived in Espoo directly from Sweden, most likely from Svealand . The Swedish name for Espoo, Esbo , dates from this period. The settlers changed
1500-799: The Bergans farm in Suur-Leppävaara wrote about the expropriation in June 1916: It was really shameless. Last year [the Russians] took control of three large buildings, and they would have taken the last one too, had we not complained to the office of the governor. For all of summer, they built fortifications all over the hill. Trees were cut down and new ones planted in their place. You know that only very few of these newly planted trees will survive. – This spring, [the soldiers] have shot at our fields during practice. Two days ago we received an order that
1575-541: The Espoo parish and the slottslän of Raseborg . After the Second Crusade to Finland , settlers from Sweden established permanent agricultural settlements in Uusimaa . Espoo was a subdivision of the Kirkkonummi congregation until 1486–1487. The oldest known document referring to Kirkkonummi is from 1330; Espoo as a subchapter has been dated to the 1380s, although the first document directly referring to Espoo
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#17327874179391650-669: The Espoonlahti bay between Espoo and Kirkkonummi served as the border of the Porkkala Naval Base under the control of the Soviet Union . A large part of Kirkkonummi, as well as a narrow strip of the sea and a couple of islands in Espoo were included in the area of the naval base. In Espoo, the Kauklahti railway station near the border to the naval base became a tightly controlled border station between Finland and
1725-521: The Finnish names used by the Tavastians to Swedish ones: for example Kauklahti became Köklax and Karvasmäki became Karvasbacka. The current Finnish names might also have changed from the original ones in this process. For example, the place name Välli might have been changed into Vällskog , which has since led to the current Finnish name Velskola . The Swedish settlements were so extensive that
1800-525: The Late Iron Age and Early Medieval women in the area have had similar jewellery as in the region around present-day Mikkeli . In the Middle Ages, there were about 70 village lots in Espoo. Ancient fields and many passageways have been discovered near the remains of ancient villages. Espaby (at which site the Espoo manor was later founded) was probably the oldest Swedish-speaking village in
1875-585: The Qt library. The tools can be used for UI design, programming and quality assurance for mobile and desktop applications, as well as embedded systems, which are used in cars, consumer electronics and domestic appliances, for example. Qt also earns revenue from licenses for end products developed with its tools. In 2024, the company’s product portfolio included: Qt Group has customers in 70 industries in over 180 countries and its products are used by approximately 1.5 million developers. In 2018, its largest markets were
1950-468: The Red Guard in Espoo had been sent to prison camps. Under the 1918 peasant law, peasants were freed from the power of their private masters, which led to a widespread settlement of steadless population in Finland. From 1919 to 1925 about 150 peasants and crofters in Espoo bought land for themselves with the grant given by the Finnish state. The new farms thus acquired still remained small, which caused
2025-471: The Red power. The damages of the Civil War in Espoo were minimal, except for one primary school which had been hit by German bombing. However, many houses in Espoo suffered from famine after the Civil War. The war had cut off a large part of the foreign trade in Finland, which worsened the famine. Particularly the price of grain and other necessary foodstuffs had risen significantly, which caused price limits for
2100-713: The Russian fortification chain. Because of the lack of available workforce, the Russians turned to expropriation allowed by Russian military law. The manor houses in Espoo were ordered to send one man and one horse each to work on the construction. The total number of workforce at the fortification is not known, but the expropriation resulted in 4000 men, of which 1300 were situated in Leppävaara and 1500 in Tapiola in June 1916. 16-year-old Annukka Koskinen who lived at
2175-584: The Soviet Union. The land connection to Porkkala went via the Kivenlahti bridge. During the time of the naval base, part of the western coast had been evacuated, and the windows of the houses in the border villages on the Soviet side had to be covered during night time. The windows of the trains travelling through the area rented to the Soviet Union had to be covered with wooden hatches from the outside for
2250-629: The Technical Research Centre of Finland. Espoo is home to leading enterprises like Nokia , HMD Global , Tieto , KONE , Neste , Fortum , Orion Corporation , Outokumpu , and Foreca , in addition to game developers Rovio and Remedy Entertainment . In 2015, Espoo became a member of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. Before the time of the Swedish colonisation , Espoo was inhabited by Tavastians ,
2325-713: The USA, Germany, Japan, South Korea, China, France, the UK, Italy and India. The company’s customers operate in a wide range of industries, including consumer electronics, the automotive and aerospace industries, industrial automation, energy, defense, medicine and the media. Its products are used by companies such as Panasonic , LG Electronics , Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft , Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai Motor Group . General Motors uses Qt’s user interfaces to design digital interfaces for its vehicles. The Ultifi software platform launched by GM for over-the-air software updates for its vehicles
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2400-455: The area. The name Espoo likely refers to the name of the river Espoonjoki (Swedish: Esboån, originally Espå / Espåå), which in turn is thought to have come from the aspen trees on the shores of the river (the Swedish word for "aspen" is äspe ). The name was first mentioned in 1431. Originally, the current river Gumbölenjoki was renamed Espoonjoki after the village located along the river. When
2475-496: The beginning, the settlement was located at the site of the current Olari Church on both sides of the Gräsanoja river. The absence of Finnish names in the area reveals that the population was Swedish-speaking from the beginning. In 1556, King Gustav Vasa decided to stabilize and develop the region by founding a royal mansion in Espoo. The government bought the villages of Espåby and Mankby (Finnish: Mankki ) and transferred
2550-568: The border between Espoo and Kauniainen was only defined in the late 1940s. Espoo started to grow rapidly in the 1940s and 1950s. Shortly after the end of the Continuation War , the population of Espoo grew by four thousand as frontline soldiers and evacuees from ceded territories (including the Porkkalanniemi peninsula, leased to the Soviet Union between 1944 and 1956) were settled in the city. Espoo's location right next to
2625-629: The capital city of Helsinki attracted people working in the capital city to move into the rapidly growing neighbour city, and already before World War II there were many suburbs along the Rantarata railway, such as Leppävaara , Kilo and Kauklahti which had formed into an industrial area. After the new Jorvaksentie road (predecessor to the Länsiväylä highway) was completed, new detached houses were built along it, particularly in Westend . After
2700-689: The company had 5,000 customers. Approximately 80% of the Fortune 500 companies are customers of Qt Group. The company attracted the interest of international investors in spring 2020 when its market capitalization rose above 500 million euros. The company's market capitalization exceeded 1 billion euros in October. The share price had risen by more than 700% from the IPO price. The company's net sales were close to EUR 80 million euros and its earnings were approximately 17 million euros. By spring 2021,
2775-543: The company’s share price had grown nearly fivefold over a period of one year, and its market capitalization was above 2 billion euros. In April, the company announced that it would acquire Froglogic, a Germany-based developer of test automation tools for applications based on the Qt GUI framework. In August, the company made it to the OMXH25 index. The company's net sales amounted to 121 million euros and it had 455 employees. In
2850-592: The construction of the student village in Otaniemi, the technical university students took to the matter to their own hands, both by gathering money through various activities and taking part in the actual construction. About 800 thousand bricks from the Embassy of the Soviet Union in Helsinki, which had been destroyed in the bombing of Helsinki , were used to build student apartments in Otaniemi. From 1944 to 1956
2925-490: The duration of passage through Soviet territory, and could only be reopened upon reentry to Finland. OMXH25 OMX Helsinki 25 ( OMXH25 , formerly HEX25 ) is a stock market index for the Helsinki Stock Exchange . It is a market value weighted index that consists of the 25 most-traded stock classes. The maximum weight for a single stock is limited to 10%. This is mainly to limit Nokia's weight in
3000-635: The entire area became Swedish-speaking, except for its northernmost part and possibly the Haapalahti-Mäkkylä area. Palynological analyses indicate that agriculture was already practised in Espoo around the 11th century, but no historical records from the era survive. Until the late 13th century, Espoo was part of a borderland region between the Southwestern Finns and Tavastian Finns. Some artefacts found in Espoo have also been traced to ancient Savo - Karelian Finnish costumes, and
3075-506: The era are few, but more than 70 cairn -like burial sites from the period have been discovered, mostly from southern Espoo, which formed an archipelago at the time. When ironwork was introduced to Finland around 500 BCE, it gave people access to materials that were far more versatile than materials used before. However, the climate grew colder at the beginning of the Iron Age , and it seems that human settlement in Espoo disappeared during
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3150-419: The era. Only two discoveries from the time have been made in Espoo. Most of the original villages of present-day Espoo were founded by Tavastian Finns according to place names. By the 12th century, there were Tavastian houses on the shore of Kaukjärvi (now known as Pitkäjärvi), in Kauklahti , Karvasmäki , Bemböle, Haapalahti and Finnevik. The first Swedish settlements in Uusimaa were established during
3225-478: The evening. Meetings were held in workers' houses assembling lists to provide support for the Red Guards. Patrols consisting of young men looking for food and weapons could take justice in their own hands in the typical form of red terror. In the spring, the Reds killed nine people in Espoo, of which six were civilians. Rumours of these acts of violence spread out, spreading fear among the people. Many people saw
3300-415: The fall of 2022, the company announced that it would acquire Axivion, a Germany-based company whose products detect issues that erode the quality and performance of software, i.e. static program analysis , among other services. In March 2023, the company had 706 employees. Qt Group's head office is located in Helsinki, Finland . The company has approximately 800 employees worldwide. The company’s CEO
3375-523: The fortification chain required a huge amount of workforce. The construction was led by the engineering administration of Saint Petersburg, but in practice, the actual work was led by the engineering military staff in Sveaborg. The local engineering office was located in Leppävaara in Espoo. Although the Russian military tried to keep the construction of the fortification chain secret from the enemy, there are German intelligence reports with descriptions of
3450-407: The functions related to Qt technology, including product development. The main goal of the acquisition was to strengthen Digia's position in the Qt ecosystem and expand the availability of Qt technology across a growing number of platforms. In September 2014, Digia formed The Qt Company, a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to the development and governance of the Qt platform. In connection with this,
3525-646: The general order. During summer and early autumn in 1917 there were local conflicts between the bourgeois guards and the workers' militia. In middle November the guards in Espoo on both sides had already started arming themselves. In July 1917 the first bourgeois order guard was founded in Kauklahti , under the guise of a voluntary fire brigade. A little later a similar organisation was founded in Kilo , and these organisations joined forces in August to September. The guards had about 160 members in total at this point. After
3600-463: The house, the large woodshed and the sauna have to be empty by noon on the next day. The Russian Revolution in 1917 stopped work at the fortification. Finland declared its full independence in December 1917, and the fortifications were never actually needed to protect Saint Petersburg from a German attack. The fortifications only ever saw action in one battle during the Finnish Civil War , when
3675-601: The island of Staffan in 1886. Staffan Island became a home for a highly skilled and renowned community of joiners, colloquially known as the "University of Espoo" or the "University of Soukka". World War I had an effect on the Russian Empire and the Grand Duchy of Finland when the German Empire declared war on Russia on 1 August 1914. Russia immediately started preparing for war against Germany. At
3750-644: The latter half of the 19th century. Some brickyards had already been built in the 18th century on the grounds of Espoonkartano manor, located in the western part of the present-day city, but it was not until the economic reforms of Emperor Alexander II that the Industrial Revolution started to gain momentum in Finland. As the Russo-Finnish trade legislation liberalized, new brickyards were established in Espoonlahti and Kauklahti , as
3825-546: The majority language around 1950, replacing Swedish. The municipality attained market town status in 1963 and was granted city status in 1972. The city is characterized by a suburban landscape dominated by detached housing. It is recognized for its expansive natural surroundings such as a 58-kilometre shoreline, an archipelago , forests, lakes, and a national park . Espoo is divided into seven major districts, with each being further divided into smaller districts and neighbourhoods. Unlike traditional cities, Espoo does not have
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#17327874179393900-511: The most important cities in Finland at that time, the King's Road , passes through Espoo on its way from Stockholm via Turku and Porvoo to Viipuri . The oldest frälse stead in Espoo, the Gräsa manor, apparently received frälse rights in the late 15th century. Gräsa is one of the oldest settlements in Espoo and the oldest in southern Espoo, as it was probably founded already in the early 14th century as Swedish settlement moved inland. From
3975-492: The most important products. The situation eased out in 1919, but food regulation was only finally discontinued in 1921. After the end of the war, the White Guards went out to look for Reds fled into the forests in Espoo for a long time. In June 1918 the White Guards appealed to the municipal council of Espoo to ask for funds to travel to prison camps in order to provide expert help in judging reds from Espoo. 12 members of
4050-508: The municipal rule of the Reds as a reign of terror. During the Civil War, many bourgeois people in Espoo, whom the Reds in power saw as a threat, fled to neighbouring municipalities, hidden cabins in the archipelago or forests in northern Espoo. For example, Hans Heimbürger, the speaker of the Espoo municipal council, fled to Degerö in Inkoo in January together with his family. Two people from Espoo are said to have fled into caves to flee from
4125-416: The national average. Espoo was settled in the Prehistoric Era , with evidence of human settlements dating back 8,000 years. However, the population disappeared during the early Iron Age . During the Early Middle Ages , the region was populated by Tavastians and Southwestern Finns . Following the Northern Crusades , Swedish settlers began to emigrate to the coastal regions of modern-day Finland. Espoo
4200-408: The need to acquire further income through forestry and handyman work. In 1920, Espoo was only a rural municipality of about 9,000 inhabitants, of whom 70% were Swedish speaking. Agriculture was the primary source of income, with 75% of the population making their living from farming. Kauniainen was separated from Espoo in 1920, and it gained city rights the same year as Espoo, in 1972. However,
4275-445: The neighbouring parish of Espoo. Many government officials as well as members of the growing merchant class bought summer houses from Espoo. There was a great sawmill in Bastvik back in 1883, where great ships from faraway seas came to lade lumber. There were many great bridges so that vessels could be laden simultaneously. After bringing colonial and other necessary goods to Helsinki, they came empty to Bastvik. [...] The superintendent
4350-426: The parish required maids , farmhands and tenant farmers as their workforce to raise cattle, farm crops and raise vegetables in the kitchen gardens . Fishing was also common in the coastal areas. The Glims farmstead in Karvasmäki has been preserved as a museum to present rural life in Espoo during this period when industrial development was still minute in Finland. The rural community in Espoo began to change in
4425-410: The partial demerger of Digia and the demerger was registered in the trade register on May 1. Digia’s Qt business was transferred to a new company, named Qt Group, and Digia's domestic business segment remained under the Digia brand. Digia’s CEO Juha Varelius was appointed as the CEO of Qt Group. Trading in Qt Group shares began on the main list of the Helsinki Stock Exchange in May 2016. In 2018,
4500-402: The population elsewhere, and built the royal mansion in Espåby. (Mankby was eventually abandoned and was never repopulated.) The royal mansion housed the king's local plenipotentiary ( vogt ), and collected royal tax in kind paid by labour on the mansion's farm. The administrative centre Espoon keskus has grown around the church and the Espoo railway station , but the municipality has retained
4575-421: The red forces in Leppävaara fought the German forces who had come to the aid of the whites on 14 April 1918. The fortifications were later used as ammunition storage and civil protection during World War II . After the February Revolution in 1917, Finland went through a power vacuum. The imperial rule had fallen, general order had broken and the police had been dispensed. Upholding the general order moved to
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#17327874179394650-461: The same century, agricultural novelties such as the potato and various fruits spread from the manor houses to the peasants. The Swedish rule in Finland came to an end in 1809, when the Kingdom of Sweden ceded all of its remaining territory in Finland under control of the Russian Empire after the Finnish War . When the city of Helsinki became the capital of the newly established Grand Duchy of Finland in 1812, it brought novel developments to
4725-418: The sea. In the Stone Age, people in Espoo lived on south-facing shores and slopes, as they provided shelter from cold continental winds. Living close to water bodies also made hunting and fishing easier. The way of life was dictated by seasonal changes, and people rarely stayed in one place throughout the year. During the Bronze Age (c. 1500–500 BCE), human settlement shifted southward. Known settlements from
4800-411: The shores of Espoo Bay provided high-quality clay for their use. The bricks were mostly carried with steamboats to the neighbouring Helsinki , the growing capital city of the grand duchy. The most prominent industrial facility in 19th century Espoo was the steam-powered Bastvik Sawmill, founded in 1876. In addition to the growing lumber and brick industries, a joiners ' workshop was established on
4875-427: The start of the war, the main forces of the Russian Baltic Fleet had been concentrated at Sveaborg in front of Helsinki. The Russian military feared that Germany would use southern Finland to attack Petrograd , so Russia started building a fortification chain of over 20 kilometres surrounding Helsinki to protect it. Construction of the fortification started in 1915 and took almost three years. Construction of
4950-480: The war, many detached houses for soldiers having fought at the frontline were built in Espoo. The highest increase in population only started in the early 1950s when the Asuntosäätiö foundation started construction of the garden city of Tapiola , and construction of a new campus area of the Helsinki University of Technology started in the neighbouring district of Otaniemi . In the 1940s and 1950s Espoo grew more rapidly than it could afford. The infrastructure of Espoo
5025-501: The website qt.io went live, combining the open source qt development and commercial Qt functions that had previously operated at different addresses. Qt products had some 800,000 users globally. In August 2015, Digia Plc's Board of Directors began to explore the demerger of Digia’s domestic businesses and the Qt businesses into two separate listed companies. In May 2016, the company went public on NASDAQ Helsinki as QTCOM. In March 2016, Digia Plc's Annual General Meeting resolved on
5100-433: The west to Vyborg in the east, was formed in the 1340s or 1350s and was the most important road in Finland at the time. Present-day Espoo was first settled by hunter-gatherers around 8,000 years ago, a few thousand years after the end of the Last Glacial Period . Stone Age settlements have been found from Nuuksio and Perinki. Settlements from the Early Metal Age have been found from Mikkelä and from Morby dating from
5175-453: Was a German-born Hoffeldt. Katri Bergholm, reminiscing life in Bastvik, present-day Saunalahti , at the end of the 19th century. Throughout the 19th century, most of Espoo's inhabitants worked in agriculture. The population was around 4,000, while most of the people lived in over 60 small villages. Halfway through the century, almost 90% of the population spoke Swedish as their first language. The wealthy estates and mansions of
5250-438: Was changed to Qt Development Frameworks. The Qt environment was a key part of the company's strategy until 2011, when Nokia decided to switch to Windows Phone OS for its smartphones. Nokia sold the commercial licensing business of Qt to Digia in March 2011. The following year, Digia acquired the entire Qt development environment and related business from Nokia. As a result of the acquisition, Digia became responsible for all of
5325-498: Was founded as an autonomous Catholic parish in the 15th century. Following the conclusion of the Finnish War , the decision to make Helsinki the new capital of the Russian-controlled Grand Duchy of Finland in 1812 had a significant positive impact on the municipality's growth and development. Nevertheless, the territory continued to be mainly agrarian until the 20th century. After World War II, Espoo underwent swift urbanization and significant demographic shifts, with Finnish becoming
5400-658: Was founded in Espoo, with the Kauklahti-based worker Aleksi Aronen serving as its judge. The court sessions were held in Villa Odenwald in Kauniainen . Most of the sentences given by the court were prison sentences or fines. In addition, the Red Guard in Leppävaara had its own comrade court. The general staff of the Red Guard in Uusimaa had installed a curfew forbidding going outside after nine o'clock in
5475-480: Was in practice already under Red control. Municipal power was transferred from the municipal council and the municipal board to a social democratic municipal organisation. The Reds took control without bloodshed and strengthened their position by sending patrols all around Espoo to confiscate any weapons found in the houses they visited. By order from the Finnish People's Delegation , a revolutionary court
5550-578: Was influenced by an acute lack of food, disappointment with the loss of the majority position of the Social Democratic Party of Finland at the 1917 Finnish parliamentary election , the Senate's desire for renovation, the fight for municipal power and fear of an armed uprising of the bourgeoisie . In Espoo, particularly Leppävaara was a restless area. The workers' association of Alberga founded an unarmed militia of ten people to uphold
5625-493: Was not prepared to handle such rapid growth. There was no time for proper zoning , instead new houses were built as people bought lots in the city. A major change happened in the late 1940s as the Helsinki University of Technology moved from Hietalahti in Helsinki to larger premises in Otaniemi , and the planning of the Tapiola garden city district was started. As the city did not have enough money to fund
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