The main tasks include regional and land use planning, as well as the promotion of interests in general. Our well-being is also based on our strong historical, social and cultural identity, making our Region an attractive area for international tourism. Nearly half of all travellers to Finland come to Helsinki-Uusimaa. Apart from the only metropolitan area in our nation, we have small towns, villages, sparsely settled rural areas and islands. In 1997, the traditional coat of arms became the official coat of arms of the region. The following links leading to national and European sources help you learn more from various statistics and maps covering both Helsinki-Uusimaa and Finland.
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Circular economy is no longer a mere environmental accomplishment – it is also about competitiveness, security of supply and generally, savings. To promote a sustainable resource-wise future, the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council has joined a regional green deal for circular economy. The green deal is a voluntary commitment in which the participating municipalities are offered support for concrete actions and gives them new opportunities to find solutions and start pilot projects. At the Council we are engaged in coordination and consensus building. We mobilise actors and resources on multi-governance level to set common regional development priorities and to optimize the use of our regional strengths and assets. Our main operational tasks are regional development and land-use planning, as well as the promotion of local and regional interests.
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The figure was 1.1% in 1990, 3.9% in 2000, 8.0% in 2010 and 14.7% in 2020. Meanwhile, the proportion of Finnish and Swedish speakers has decreased from 87.6% and 11.3% in 1990 to 75.9% and 7.5% in 2021 respectively. On a municipal prtrend level, the highest shares of foreign speakers are in Vantaa (26.9%), Espoo (23.6%), Helsinki (19.6%) and Kerava (16.2%). While predominantly Finnish-speaking, Uusimaa has the highest total number of native speakers of Swedish in Finland even at a much lower share than two other regions. Our overall competitiveness in Helsinki-Uusimaa is based on our skills, networks and international partnerships, high technology and solutions that support green growth, wellbeing services, and both natural and urban environments that are second to none by global standards. The Finnish-speaking population started to grow when the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland was moved from Turku to Helsinki by the Emperor of Russia Alexander I in 1812, and the region attracted settlers from other parts of Finland.
Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Facts
The names Uusimaa and Nyland, meaning ‘new land’ in English, derived from the Swedish colonisation era. The Swedish-language name Nyland appears in documents from the 14th century. The Finnish-language name Uusimaa appears for the first time in 1548 as Wsimaa in the first translation of the New Testament to Finnish by Mikael Agricola.11 Much of Uusimaa is literally new – it has risen off the Baltic Sea due to post-glacial rebound. The Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council is a joint authority for Helsinki-Uusimaa with 26 member municipalities.
Helsinki-Uusimaa Region – Competitiveness and Well-being at the Baltic Sea
- Our well-being is also based on our strong historical, social and cultural identity, making our Region an attractive area for international tourism.
- The names Uusimaa and Nyland, meaning ‘new land’ in English, derived from the Swedish colonisation era.
- On a municipal level, the highest shares of foreign speakers are in Vantaa (26.9%), Espoo (23.6%), Helsinki (19.6%) and Kerava (16.2%).
- Although only covering three percent (9,440 km2) of our national land area, our Region is home to around 1.8 million inhabitants, which is about a third of the country’s total population.
mostly spoken in Eastern Uusimaa, while in the rest of the Uusimaa Swedish dialect has become more standardised.
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- According to forecasts, there will be more than two million of us by 2060.
- The traditional regional dialects of Swedish (nyländska) are currentlywhen?
- Helsinki-Uusimaa Region is at the heart of Northern Europe and at the Baltic Sea.
- Circular economy is no longer a mere environmental accomplishment – it is also about competitiveness, security of supply and generally, savings.
- The Helsinki-Uusimaa Region is at the heart of Northern Europe, more precisely in the very south of Finland and it has some 230 km of Baltic Sea coastline.
Over the past two decades, our Region has developed into a dynamic knowledge hub and innovation centre; it has been especially commended for its creativity, due to investments in research and development, patents and the number of people employed in both the private and the public sector. Qualified people move here for work and young people for a high-standard education.
Consequently, we take responsibility for mitigating the climate change with our aim to be a climate neutral region by 2030, as we are currently producing about one fifth of our total national greenhouse emissions. We aim to increase our research and development expenditure to 5 per cent of our regional gross domestic product, and our aim is also to achieve an employment rate of 80 per cent in our region by the end of 2030. Due to immigration, many foreign languagesnote 1 are spoken in Uusimaa. 18% speak a foreign language as their mother tongue, the highest proportion in Finland and 58% of all foreign-language speakers in Finland.
7.6% of the population of the region speaks the Swedish language natively. Uusimaa is a bilingual region, with municipalities both bilingual in Finnish and Swedish, and monolingual in Finnish. The traditional regional dialects of Swedish (nyländska) are currentlywhen? mostly spoken in Eastern Uusimaa, while in the rest of the Uusimaa Swedish dialect has become more standardised. The Helsinki-Uusimaa Region is at the heart of Northern Europe, more precisely in the very south of Finland and it has some 230 km of Baltic Sea coastline. Although only covering three percent (9,440 km2) of our national land area, our Region is home to around 1.8 million inhabitants, which is about a third of the country’s total population.
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- Our regional vision 2030 is to be Well Ahead in the areas of climate change mitigation, economic competitiveness and well-being.
- Our overall competitiveness in Helsinki-Uusimaa is based on our skills, networks and international partnerships, high technology and solutions that support green growth, wellbeing services, and both natural and urban environments that are second to none by global standards.
Uusimaa
Helsinki-Uusimaa Region is at the heart of Northern Europe and at the Baltic Sea. Including the capital city of Helsinki, it has 1.8 million inhabitants, which is about a third of the entire population of Finland. Our region is the driver of international competitiveness, research and development in the country. Due to migration, our Helsinki-Uusimaa is one of the fastest growing regions in Europe. According to forecasts, there will be more than two million of us by 2060.
With its 26 municipalities, including the capital city, our Region is undoubtedly the driver of Finland’s international competitiveness, research and development. This page may contain sensitive or adult content that’s not for everyone. To view it, please log in to confirm your age.By continuing, you also agree that use of this site constitutes acceptance of Reddit’s User Agreement and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy. Our regional vision 2030 is to be Well Ahead in the areas of climate change mitigation, economic competitiveness and well-being. We aim to develop our integrated Region for the good of Finland as a whole, by improving well-being regionally, nationally and internationally. Therefore, we also act as a globally influential pathfinder and a builder of opportunities on a global scale.
We are one of the 18 regional councils in Finland that are mandated in law, receiving our funding mainly from our member municipalities. The largest subscription newspapers published in the region are Helsingin Sanomat and Hufvudstadsbladet in Helsinki, Aamuposti in Hyvinkää, Länsi-Uusimaa in Lohja, Loviisan Sanomat fi and Östra Nyland in Loviisa, Uusimaa and Borgåbladet in Porvoo, Västra Nyland in Raseborg, and Keski-Uusimaa fi in Tuusula. Also two popular tabloid newspapers, Iltalehti and Ilta-Sanomat, are published there. Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council is a joint authority for Helsinki-Uusimaa.