Qualla: Noormarkku https://qualla.com/noormarkku en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:39:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/z/w/noormarkku-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Noormarkku https://qualla.com/noormarkku Noormarkku: Introduction https://qualla.com/noormarkku/ Photo credit Lepax, Public domain. Noormarkku stopped existing on 1 January 2010. Six thousand one hundred and fifty-eight people went to bed in a municipality of their own and woke up in the city of Pori, and 332 square kilometres of forest, river and farmland lost the name it had answered to since 1868. Sixteen years later, in July 2026, UNESCO put one of Noormarkku's houses — Villa Mairea — on the World Heritage list. The place had lost its name and gained a listing, which is a strange fate for a district originally noted for having a lot of squirrels.

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]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/z/w/noormarkku-wp/u6zw-noormarkku-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Noormarkku: Named for Squirrels https://qualla.com/noormarkku/ Photo credit John Englund (1870-1929), Public domain. The name is first recorded in 1400. The area was known for an unusual abundance of squirrels — a serious asset in a fur economy — and when the municipality eventually needed a coat of arms, a squirrel is what went on it. Noormarkku separated from Ulvila to become a municipality o...

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]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/z/w/noormarkku-wp/u6zw-noormarkku-named-for-squirrels.mp3 0:06 2 full Noormarkku: Iron on the Makkarakoski https://qualla.com/noormarkku/ Photo credit Urjanhai, CC BY-SA 4.0. Industry came to the Noormarkunjoki in 1753, when Noormarkku manor was licensed to put a sawmill on the Makkarakoski rapids. The general-adjutant Carl Constantin de Carnall bought the manor in 1795 and, in 1806, obtained the right to build a bar hammer and forge — the last ironwo...

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]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/z/w/noormarkku-wp/u6zw-noormarkku-iron-on-the-makkarakoski.mp3 0:06 3 full Noormarkku: Antti Ahlström's Purchase https://qualla.com/noormarkku/ Photo credit kallerna, CC BY-SA 3.0. Whoever came next was Antti Ahlström. Born in 1827 in Merikarvia up the coast, he had made his first fortune in shipping and was the largest shipowner in Pori by 1871. In 1870 he bought the Noormarkku ironworks, the sawmill and the manor together, and began immediately to expand ...

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]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/z/w/noormarkku-wp/u6zw-noormarkku-antti-ahlstr-ms-purchase.mp3 0:06 4 full Noormarkku: The Village the Company Built https://qualla.com/noormarkku/ Photo credit Graaf, Public domain. What grew up around the rapids is one of the best-preserved industrial landscapes in the country, and it is worth reading building by building. The workers' houses stand in a group near the hammer works, put up around the turn of the twentieth century; the officials' housing, a s...

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]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/z/w/noormarkku-wp/u6zw-noormarkku-the-village-the-company-built.mp3 0:06 5 full Noormarkku: Isotalo, Havulinna, and the House After https://qualla.com/noormarkku/ Photo credit M. Porcius Cato, CC BY-SA 3.0. Three houses on one estate track three generations of a family. Isotalo, completed in 1882 to Evert Lagerspetz's design, was Antti Ahlström's own home, with the company office occupying one end — patriarchy and bookkeeping under a single roof. It remains in private family use. Ha...

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