History
During the Middle Ages, the most important officers and other nobles were Swedish or Germans. In Turku and Viipuri, 75% of the bourgeoisie were German.
Germans were also merchants. By 1924, there were 1,645 Germans in Finland. [2]
The census of 1920 recorded 2,378 German speakers in Finland, of which 1,443 (60%) were living in the province of Uusimaa and 786 (33%) in Viipuri.
German families were essential for the development of Helsinki and the rest of Finland in the 19th century. German was the fourth most spoken language in Helsinki at the time after Swedish, Finnish and Russian. German schools that still operate today were established in Helsinki. [3]
During World War II, there were about 200,000 German soldiers in Finland from 1941 to 1944, and an estimated 700 children were born to German soldiers and Finnish women. [4] [5]
Many present-day Finnish companies were started by Germans: Paulig by Gustav Paulig [ fi ], Stockmann by G. F. Stockmann [ de; fi ] and Hackman by Johan Friedrich Hackman [ fi ]. [6] [7] [8]
FC Germania Helsinki is a sports club formed by Germans in Finland in 2015 and officially established in 2017.
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