Editing Nokia (section)

=== 1865–1967 ===
[[File:Nokia Toilet paper.JPG|thumb|Rolls of toilet paper produced by Nokia in the 1960s, [[Vapriikki Museum Centre]], Tampere]]
Nokia's history dates from 1865, when mining engineer [[Fredrik Idestam]] established a [[pulp mill]] on the shores of the [[Tammerkoski]] rapids near the town of [[Tampere]], Finland (then a [[Grand Duchy]] under [[Russian Empire]]'s rule).<ref name="roots" /> A second pulp mill was opened in 1868 near the neighboring [[Nokia, Finland|town of Nokia]], where there were better [[hydropower]] resources.<ref name="roots" /> In 1871, Idestam, together with a friend [[Leo Mechelin]], formed a shared company and called it ''Nokia [[Aktiebolag|Ab]]'' (in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], ''Nokia Company'' being the English equivalent), after the site of the second pulp mill.

Idestam retired in 1896, making Mechelin the company's chairman; he expanded into [[electricity generation]] by 1902, which Idestam had opposed. In 1904, [[Nokian Footwear|Suomen Gummitehdas]] (''Finnish Rubber Works''), a [[Natural rubber|rubber]] business founded by [[Eduard Polón]], established a factory near the town of Nokia and used its name.

In 1922, in the now independent Finland, Nokia Ab entered into a partnership with the Finnish Rubber Works and [[Kaapelitehdas]] (''the Cable Factory''), all now jointly under the leadership of Polón. The rubber company grew rapidly when it moved to the Nokia region in the 1930s to take advantage of the electricity supply, and the cable company soon did too.

Nokia at the time also made [[respirator]]s for both civilian and military use, from the 1930s well into the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gasmasklexikon.com/Page/Start01.htm|title=Start01|website=Gasmasklexikon.com|access-date=23 November 2016}}</ref>