Porvoo

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Porvoo (Template:IPA; Template:Langx Template:IPA; Template:Langx) is a city in Finland. It is located on the south coast of the country, on the Gulf of Finland. Porvoo lies in the eastern part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Porvoo is approximately {{#expr:Template:Data Finland municipality/population countround −3}}, while the sub-region has a population of approximately {{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipality/population count + Template:Data Finland municipality/population count + Template:Data Finland municipality/population count + Template:Data Finland municipality/population countround −3}}. It is the Template:Ordinal most populous municipality in Finland, and the 15th most populous urban area in the country.

Porvoo is located on the southern coast of Finland, approximately Template:Convert east of the city border of Helsinki and about Template:Convert from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval towns of Finland, along with Turku, Ulvila, Rauma, Naantali and Vyborg, and is first mentioned as a city in texts from the 14th century. Porvoo is the seat of the Swedish-speaking Diocese of Borgå of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Porvoo briefly served as the capital of the former Eastern Uusimaa region.<ref>Co-operation between Audio Visual and Travel Industries in Eastern Uusimaa Template:Dead link</ref>

Porvoo Old Town (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a popular tourist destination,<ref name="finnoytravel">Old Porvoo - An Amazing Summertown Just One Hour from Helsinki</ref> known for its well-preserved 18th- and 19th-century buildings, and the 15th-century Porvoo Cathedral. The Old Town and the Porvoonjoki River Valley are recognized as, together, one of the National landscapes of Finland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Porvoo is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Template:Pct Finnish speakers, Template:Pct Swedish speakers, and Template:Pct speakers of other languages.

The municipalities neighbouring Porvoo are Askola, Loviisa, Myrskylä, Pornainen, and Sipoo; and the sub-region maintained by Porvoo includes Askola, Myrskylä and Pukkila.

Etymology

The town received its name from a Swedish medieval fortress near the river Porvoonjoki, which flows through the town. The name Porvoo is the Fennicised version of the Swedish name Template:Lang, which is derived from Template:Lang, meaning "castle" and Template:Lang, "river".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Heraldry

The coat of arms of Porvoo, based on the medieval seal of the city, is "Azure [blue], a tulip-shaped letter C argent [silver]." The main object in the arms has been interpreted as either a fire iron or the letter C, referring to the Latin word for "castle" (Template:Langx). A version of the arms redrawn by Gustaf von Numers was approved for official use by the Porvoo City Council on March 23, 1960, and the Ministry of the Interior confirmed the use of the coat of arms on June 1 the same year.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref>

History

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The old Porvoo Town Hall, which is now a museum

The area of Porvoo has been inhabited since the Stone Age.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In prehistoric times, the river Porvoonjoki was a route of commerce for Finnish tribal Tavastians who primarily inhabited the inland regions. The Tavastians also had some permanent settlements in the area, such as the village of Hattula (later Strömsberg), which was named after an inland Tavastian village. The original name of the river Porvoonjoki was possibly Kukinjoki. The name derives from the name of the trade vessel cog which was a common merchant ship in the Baltic Sea in medieval times. The early center of the area was Saksala, meaning "the place of the Germans", and deriving from the merchants who were trading in Saksala.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>

Porvoo was colonised by Swedes in the 13th and 14th centuries after the so-called Second Crusade against Tavastians in 1249–1250. The colonisation was led by the Catholic Church and the kingdom of Sweden. The colonists originated from Svealand, and were provided with seeds, cattle and, tax exemption for four years.<ref name=":0" />

The oldest known written mentions of Porvoo are from the early 14th century. In circa 1380, Porvoo became the third town in Finland to be granted official town rights, after Turku in 1229 and Ulvila in 1365.<ref name="Valkeapää">Leena Valkeapää: Käyttökelpoinen keskiaika: Historiakulttuuria nykypäivän Ulvilassa ja Raumalla. Alue ja ympäristö. 2006, volume 35, no. 2, p. 79–91.</ref> However, it is also claimed to have been founded as early as 1347, which would make it the second oldest after Turku.<ref name="ulvila">Ulvilan historiaa lyhyesti (in Finnish)</ref> Due to land rise and loss of shipping access, Ulvila lost town rights to nearby Pori in 1558.<ref name="Valkeapää" />

When Sweden lost the city of Vyborg to Russia in 1721, the episcopal see was moved to Porvoo in 1723.<ref>Mia Korpiola: Legal Literacy in Premodern European Societies. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Template:ISBN.</ref><ref name="diocese"/> At this time, Porvoo was the second largest city in Finland.

In 1760, roughly two-thirds of all buildings in Porvoo burned to the ground in a conflagration. During rebuilding, the city planning wasn't altered, instead new buildings were built upon the existing medieval foundations.

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Illustration of Borgå in Finland framstäldt i teckningar edited by Zacharias Topelius and published 1845-1852.

After the conquest of Finland by Russian armies in 1808, Sweden had to cede Finland to Russia in 1809 (the Treaty of Fredrikshamn). The Diet of Porvoo in 1809 was a landmark in the History of Finland as tsar Alexander I made Finland an autonomous Grand Duchy. In 1923, six years after Finland's independence, the former Diocese of Vyborg, which operated in Porvoo, was replaced by a current Swedish-speaking diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, the Diocese of Porvoo.<ref name="diocese">Borgå svenska domkyrkoförsamling - The Genealogical Society of Finland</ref>

The Porvoo Common Statement is a report issued at the conclusion of theological conversations by official representatives of four Anglican churches and eight Nordic and Baltic Lutheran churches in 1989–1992. It established the Porvoo Communion, so named after the Porvoo Cathedral where the Eucharist was celebrated on the final Sunday of the conversations leading to the Statement.

The old city of Porvoo was formally disestablished and the new city of Porvoo founded in 1997, when the city of Porvoo and the rural municipality of Porvoo were consolidated.<ref name="porvoo20071119">Template:Cite web</ref>

Urban development

Old Town

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The Porvoo Cathedral prior to the fire in May 2006

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Old wooden warehouses alongside the Porvoo River is one of the famous sights of town.<ref>Picturesque Medieval Old Town of Porvoo</ref><ref>An Helsinki to Porvoo Day trip</ref>

The town is famed for its "Old Town" (Template:Lang in Finnish, Template:Lang in Swedish), a dense medieval street pattern with predominantly wooden houses from the 17th and 18th centuries. The Old Town came close to being demolished in the 19th century by a new urban plan for the city, but the plan was canceled due to a popular resistance headed by Count Louis Sparre. With the need for growth, a plan was envisioned for a new town built adjacent to the Old Town, following a grid plan, but with houses also built of wood. Jokikatu (located eastside of the Porvoonjoki River) is one of Porvoo's pedestrian streets, and like the other similar streets of the Old Town, it also includes a variety of restaurants, coffeehouses, antique shops and other stores.<ref>Picture-perfect Porvoo - thisisFINLAND</ref>

The central point of the old town is the medieval, stone and brick Porvoo Cathedral. The cathedral gave its name to the Porvoo Communion, an inter-church agreement between a number of Anglican and Lutheran denominations. The cathedral is reminiscent of similarly aged churches across Finland, such as the Church of St. Lawrence, Vantaa, as they were designed by the same person, the anonymous German architect Pernajan mestari. The Diocese of Borgå that unites the Swedish speaking lutheran congregations, resides here. The cathedral has burned down 5 times.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The latest fire happened on 29 May 2006; the roof was totally destroyed but the interior is largely intact. A drunken youth had started a fire at the church, unaware of recent tar work and nearby tar containers, accidentally causing a large conflagration. He was later sentenced to a short prison term and restitutions of 4.3 million euro.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Old Town is a significant source of tourism in the area. Visitors to the capital Helsinki can embark on day trips to visit the older city. The Old Town also hosts various events, such as an annual Christmas market.

Later developments

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A modern city view of Porvoo

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New housing designed to match older storage buildings across the river

By the end of the 20th century, there was pressure to develop the essentially untouched western side of the river. There was concern that growth would necessitate the construction of a second bridge across the river into the town, thus putting further strain on the aging wooden town. An architectural competition was held in 1990, the winning entry of which proposed building the second bridge. Plans for the western side of the river have progressed under the direction of architect Tuomas Siitonen, and both a vehicle bridge and a pedestrian bridge have been built. The design for new housing is based on a typology derived from the old storehouses on the opposite side of the river. Yet another new development entails the construction of a large business park called King's Gate (Template:Langx, Template:Langx), which is under construction.

The Porvoo railway station does not have a regular train service, but special museum trains from Kerava (either with steam locomotives or former VR diesel railcars from the 1950s) operate on summer weekends.<ref name="porvoo20091014">Template:Cite web</ref>

The new hotel called Runo Hotel was opened in the old town of Porvoo on May 31, 2021.<ref>Runo Hotel (in Finnish)</ref><ref>Uusimaa: Runo-hotelli vietti avajaisia Porvoossa – "Valtava kulttuuriteko" (in Finnish)</ref>

Subdivisions

Districts

Hornhattula, Joonaanmäki (Jonasbacken), Jernböle, Kaupunginhaka (Stadshagen), Keskusta (Centrum), Etelä-Kevätkumpu (Södra Vårberga), Pohjois-Kevätkumpu (Norra Vårberga), Myllymäki (Kvarnbacken), Näsi (Näse), Pappilanmäki (Prästgårdsbacken), Skaftkärr, Suistola, Vanha Porvoo (Gamla Borgå).

Suburbs

Hamari (Hammars), Aunela (Ånäs), Eestinmäki (Estbacka), Gammelbacka, Huhtinen (Huktis), Katajamäki (Ensbacka), Kevätkumpu (Vårberga), Kokonniemi (Uddas), Kuninkaanportti (Kungsporten), Pappilanpelto, Peippola (Pepot), Tarkkinen (Tarkis), Tarmola (Östermalm).

Villages

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Jackarby Manor in the Jakari village

Suomenkylä

Suomenkylä (Template:Langx) is a village north of the centre of Porvoo and beside the Porvoo river. Suomenkylä has an old school founded by Johannes Linnankoski in 1898. The village of Suomenkylä also has two burial places from the Bronze Age.

Kerkkoo

Kerkkoo (Template:Langx) is a village north of the centre of Porvoo and beside the Porvoo river. It has an active school that is over 100 years old. In the village of Kerkkoo, archeologists and townspeople found a stone axe from the Bronze Age.

Other

Ali-Vekkoski (Söderveckoski), Anttila (Andersböle), Baggböle, Bengtsby (Pentinkylä), Bjurböle, Boe (Häihä), Bosgård, Brattnäs, Eerola (Eriksdal), Eestinmäki (Estbacka), Emäsalo (Emsalö), Epoo (Ebbo), Fagersta, Gammelbacka, Grännäs, Gäddrag, Haikkoo (Haiko), Henttala, Hinthaara (Hindhår), Hommanäs, Huhtinen, Hummelsund, Ilola (Illby), Jakari (Jackarby), Järnböle, Kaarenkylä (Karsby), Kalax (Kaalahti), Kallola, Kardrag, Karleby (Kaarlenkylä), Kiiala (Kiala), Kilpilahti (Sköldvik), Klemetti (Klemetsby), Kortisbacka, Kreppelby, Kroksnäs, Kråkö, Kulloo (Kullo), Kurböle, Kuris, Londböle, Mickelsböle, Munkkala (Munkby), Mustijoki (Svartså), Myllykylä (Molnby), Norike, Nygård, Onas, Orrby (Orrenkylä), Pappilanmäki (Prästgårdsbacken), Peippola (Pepot), Pellinki (Pellinge), Piirlahti (Pirlax), Ramsholmen, Renum, Saksala (Saxby), Sannainen (Sannäs), Seitlahti (Seitlax), Sikilä (Siggböle), Skavarböle, Sondby, Stensböle, Sundö (Suni), Svartbäck, Tamminiemi (Eknäs), Tarkkinen (Tarkis), Teissala (Teisala), Tolkkinen (Tolkis), Tirmo (Tirmoo), Treksilä (Drägsby), Tuorila (Torasbacka), Tyysteri (Tjusterby), Vaarlahti (Varlax), Vanhamoisio (Gammelgård), Veckjärvi (Vekjärvi), Virtaala (Strömsberg), Virvik, Voolahti (Vålax), Västermunkby, Ylike, Yli-Vekkoski (Norrveckoski), Åby, Åminsby.

Demographics

Population

Template:Historical populations The city of Porvoo has Template:Data Finland municipality/population count inhabitants, making it the Template:Ordinal most populous municipality in Finland. The Porvoo region has a population of {{#expr: Template:Data Finland municipality/population count + Template:Data Finland municipality/population count + Template:Data Finland municipality/population count + Template:Data Finland municipality/population count}}.

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Languages

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The city of Porvoo is officially bilingual, with both Finnish and Swedish as official languages. Template:As of, the majority of the population, Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish persons (Template:Percentage), spoke Finnish as their first language. The number of Swedish speakers was Template:Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish persons (Template:Percentage) of the population. Foreign languages were spoken by Template:Percentage of the population.<ref name="statistics-finland-population-2024-final"/> As English and Swedish - or Finnish for Swedish speakers - are compulsory school subjects, functional bilingualism or trilingualism acquired through language studies is not uncommon.

At least 50 different languages are spoken in Porvoo. The most common foreign languages are Russian (1.4%), Estonian (1.2%), Arabic (0.8%) and Albanian (0.8%).<ref name="statistics-finland-population-2024-final"/>

Immigration

Nationality	Population	%
Population by country of birth (2024)<ref name="statistics-finland-population-2024-final"/>
Template:Flag	46,897	90.6
Template:Flag	607	1.2
Template:Flag	474	0.9
Template:Flag	367	0.7
Template:Flag	214	0.4
Template:Flag	207	0.4
Template:Flag	186	0.4
Template:Flag	174	0.3
Template:Flag	159	0.3
Template:Flag	147	0.3
Template:Flag	130	0.3
Other	2,175	4.2

Template:As of, there were 4,972 persons with a foreign background living in Porvoo, or 9% of the population.Template:Refn The number of residents who were born abroad was 4,840, or 9% of the population. The number of persons with foreign citizenship living in Porvoo was 3,299. Most foreign-born citizens came from the former Soviet Union, Estonia, Sweden, Vietnam and Ukraine.<ref name="statistics-finland-population-2024-final"/>

The relative share of immigrants in Porvoo's population is slightly below the national average. Moreover, the city's new residents are increasingly of foreign origin. This will increase the proportion of foreign residents in the coming years.

Religion

In 2023, the Evangelical Lutheran Church was the largest religious group with 64.8% of the population of Porvoo. Other religious groups accounted for 2.2% of the population. 33.0% of the population had no religious affiliation.<ref>Key figures on population by region, 1990-2023 Statistics Finland</ref>

Economy

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Neste Oil Porvoo refinery

In 2011, there were 20,312 jobs in Porvoo, distributed as follows: primary production 1.6 per cent, processing 32.5 per cent and services 64.7 per cent. In December 2012, the unemployment rate in Porvoo was 8.4 per cent, compared to an average of 10.7 per cent in the rest of the country. At that time, there were 3,389 business locations in the city.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> According to Statistics Finland, more companies were established in Porvoo in 2009–2013 than closed down, and the number of companies has increased by about 140 each year.<ref name="Porvoo_eko"/> According to the Eastern Uusimaa Viability Survey, in 2013 there were a few large companies and a few medium-sized companies in the Porvoo region, but the majority (86 per cent) were companies with less than five employees.<ref name="Porvoo_eko"/>

In 2014, the largest employers in Porvoo were Neste (2,000 jobs in Porvoo), Borealis Polymers (962), Ensto (430), Viessman Refrigeration Systems (414), Varuboden-Osla (300) and Bilfinger Industrial Services Finland (299).<ref name="Porvoo_eko">Template:Cite web</ref>

The Satakuntaliitto's Satamittari measures the competitiveness of Finnish regions annually. In 2012, the Porvoo region ranked number one. In 2013, there were 70 sub-regions involved, which were assessed using six factors: labor productivity, employment rate, innovation, level of education, business dynamics and industrial dominance. The Porvoo region ranked fourth after Vaasa, Helsinki and Tampere. The region's labor productivity and industrial intensity were the highest in Finland, but the employment rate and level of education were also at the highest level.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Sports

The local team Borgå Akilles plays the sport of bandy, in the highest division, Bandyliiga, and has become Finnish champions twice.

Sami Hyypiä, a former football player for Liverpool and the Finnish national team, originated from Porvoo.

Lauri Happonen, better known as Cyanide, a retired League of Legends professional player, is from Porvoo.

Culture

Food

A well-known Porvoo delicacy, a Runeberg torte, was developed by a local pastry master, and it is said that J. L. Runeberg ate them for breakfast. Fredrika Runeberg, the wife of the national poet also made tortes for her husband using the substances that happened to be found in the cupboards: wheat and breadcrumbs, biscuit crumbs, almonds, apple jam and sugar.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In addition to Runeberg torte, the second parish dish in Porvoo was grilled herring with onion rings and dill in the 1980s. Pellinki's fish soup and nettle soup were chosen as the main dishes of the Porvoo countryside.<ref>Kolmonen, Jaakko 1988. Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat, s. 61–62. Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky. (in Finnish)</ref>

Porvoo is also known for its local confectionery and ice cream factories, the most notable being the Brunberg Chocolate Factory<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the Old Porvoo Ice Cream Factory (Template:Lang).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Literature

J. L. Runeberg, today known as the "national poet of Finland", lived in Porvoo from 1837 until his death. His home has served as a museum since 1882.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Template:Ill in Porvoo is home to Finland's oldest public library from 1728.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The oldest works in the library, which consists of rare works, are from the 15th century, and the collection includes, among other things, Mikael Agricola's original Se Wsi Testamenti from 1548. Today it functions as a museum library and is not open to the public.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Transport

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A ferry connection from Porvoo to the Pellinki Island

Porvoo is on the route of the E18 road from Helsinki to Saint Petersburg, and the Porvoo Highway (part of the Finnish national road 7) along that route is one of the most important transport connections to Helsinki. Other important road connections are the Finnish Regional road 170 going via Sipoo to Helsinki, which continues from the East Helsinki area to the capital under the name Itäväylä, and the main road 55 leading northwest, via Monninkylä of Askola, to the Mäntsälä municipality.

It is currently the largest Finnish municipality without scheduled railway services, since passenger rail services to Porvoo ended in 1981 and freight services in 1990, however proposals exist to link Porvoo to the rail network as part of a new rail line from Helsinki to Kouvola via a tunnel between Pasila and Helsinki Airport, the Itärata.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> There is no airport at all in Porvoo, but another airport in the Helsinki metropolitan area is planned for the Backas area, which would serve the traffic of cargo and small airlines.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Finland's biggest port by total cargo tonnage is the Port of Kilpilahti (Sköldvik) located on the outskirts of Porvoo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Porvoo River, on the eastern bank of the river right in the city center, there is a guest marina. In the village of Hamari, there is also an opportunity for visiting boats to anchor in the breakwater.<ref>Porvoon vierassatama (in Finnish)</ref> Also, the ferry connection favored by tourism runs between Helsinki and Porvoo on the MS J. L. Runeberg ferry.<ref>Helsinki–Porvoo cruise - MS J. L. Runeberg</ref>

Politics

Template:Update section Results of the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election in Porvoo:

Distribution of the city council seats following the 2012 Finnish municipal elections:

Notable people

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Boys Swimming in the Porvoo River by Albert Edelfelt, 1886

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Johan Ludwig Runeberg, 1893

Remu Aaltonen (born 1948), a Finnish drummer and singer.
Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1757–1815), a Swedish (Finnish) general and statesman
Johan Bäckman (born 1971), a Finnish political activist and legal sociologist
Hjalmar Dahl (1891–1960), a Finnish-Swedish journalist, translator and author.
Albert Edelfelt (1854–1905), a Finland-Swedish painter with a his naturalistic, Realist approach.
Siri von Essen (1850–1912), a Swedish-speaking Finnish noblewoman and actress.
Alva Forsius (1866–1935), social worker and midwife; established the town's first maternity home
Tua Forsström (born 1947), a Finland-Swedish writer who writes in Swedish.
Lauri Happonen (born 1993), stage name Cyanide, former League of Legends world champion.
Klaus Härö (born 1971), a Finnish film director.
Saara Hopea (1925–1984), a Finnish designer of glassware and jewellery.
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917–1992), head of the Romanov Dynasty
Gun Lanciai (1920–2013), a Swedish-Finnish sculptor.
Olof Palme (1884–1918), a Finnish-born Swedish historian and uncle of Olof Palme, PM of Sweden
Hanna Poulsen (born 1984), Miss Finland 2005
Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877), a Finnish priest, lyric and epic, national poet.
Walter Runeberg (1838–1920) a Finnish neo-classical sculptor, son of poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Solveig von Schoultz (1907–1996), a Swedish-speaking Finnish writer and teacher.
Olli Soinio (1948–2018), film director and screenwriter
Georg Magnus Sprengtporten (1740–1819), a Finland-Swedish politician.<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten (1727–1786) a Swedish-Finnish army officer and politician, and half-brother of Georg Magnus Sprengtporten.<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
Torsten Stålhandske (1593–1644), Swedish officer in the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War.
Beda Stjernschantz (1867—1910), one of the first Finnish symbolist painters
Seppo Telenius (born 1954), writer and historian
Onni Tommila (born 1999), actor
Oppi Untracht (1922–2008), an American master metalsmith, educator, and writer
Ville Vallgren (1855–1940), a Finnish sculptor.
Osmo Antero Wiio (1928–2013), professor, politician, author of Wiio's laws of communication
Arvid Wittenberg (1606–1657), Swedish count, field marshal and privy councillor.
Margaretha Zetterberg (1733–1803), a Finnish textile and handcrafts worker.

Sport

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Sami Hyypia, 2012

Carl Aejemelaeus (1882–1935), a Finnish colonel, modern pentathlete and fencer.
Torvald Appelroth (1902–1984), fencer, competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Kjell Carlström (born 1976), a Finnish former road racing cyclist,
Sami Hyypiä (born 1973), former footballer with 589 club caps and captain of Finland with 103 caps
Sami Laakkonen (born 1974), bandy player; scored when Finland first won the World Championship.
Simo Lampinen (born 1943), a Finnish former rally driver, a former Flying Finn
Lauri Lehtinen (1908–1973), a Finnish long-distance runner, gold medallist at the controversial 5000 m race at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Adolf Lindfors (1879–1959), Finnish wrestler, gold medallist at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Arthur Lindfors (1893–1977), a Finnish wrestler, twice silver medallist in the Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1920 & 1924 Summer Olympics

In media

In the 1967 British-American espionage film Billion Dollar Brain, a small part of the plot takes place in Riga, the capital of Latvia, which is actually filmed in Porvoo.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Also the 1997 American film The Jackal features scenes depicting Russia, which are partly shot in Porvoo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Suomi Venäjänä elokuvissa Template:Webarchive (in Finnish)</ref>

In the 2021 Disney+ series Loki, Porvoo is listed as a location to which a time reset device was sent.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

International relations

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Twin towns – sister cities

Porvoo is twinned with the following cities:<ref name=porvootwincities>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Div col

Template:Flagicon Dalvíkurbyggð, Iceland
Template:Flagicon Dinkelsbühl, Germany
Template:Flagicon Hamar, Norway
Template:Flagicon Hancock, Michigan, United States
Template:Flagicon Kamień Pomorski, Poland
Template:Flagicon Lund, Sweden
Template:Flagicon Viborg, Denmark
Template:Flagicon Viimsi, Estonia
Template:Flagicon Viljandi, Estonia

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Notes

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References