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Kokkola

Logo: kokkola.fi4

Town in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland

Kokkola (Finnish:; Swedish: Karleby, Finland Swedish: ) is a town in Finland and the regional capital of Central Ostrobothnia. It is located on the west coast of the country, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Kokkola is approximately 48,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 54,000.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1620Founded1
  • HeadquartersKokkola, Finland1
  • Websitewww.kokkola.fi
  • Legal formmunicipality of Finland1
  • Kind of organizationGovernment entity1
  • LEI743700XMLJ2M409G7C913
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressKAUPPATORI PL 43, FI-67101 Kokkola, Finland3
  • Registered withFinnish Patent and Registration Office, 0179377-83

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Kokkola raatihuone 20190527
Photo: Santeri Viinamäki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Kokkola (Finnish: [ˈkokːolɑ]; Swedish: Karleby, Finland Swedish: [ˈkɑrleˌbyː]) is a town in Finland and the regional capital of Central Ostrobothnia. It is located on the west coast of the country, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Kokkola is approximately 48,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 54,000. It is the 22nd most populous municipality in Finland, and the 20th most populous urban area in the country.2

Corporate structure

Kokkola sits at the top of its group. 5 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Kokkola Kokkola, Finland
    • Kokkolan Energia Oy Subsidiary · 100% · Kokkola, Finland
      • Kokkolan Energiaverkot Oy Subsidiary · 100% · Kokkola, Finland
    • Kokkolan Vuokra Asunnot Oy Subsidiary · 100% · Kokkola, Finland
    • Kiinteistö Oy Tankkari Subsidiary · 98.6% · Kokkola, Finland
    • Rautatienkatu Owned · Kokkola, Finland

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Kokkola reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Rautatienkatu

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

The town of Kokkola was chartered in 1620 by King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden when Finland was a part of the Swedish Empire and is one among the oldest towns in Finland. The king also decided that a tar barrel, with three burning flames coming from both the ends and the plug, should be used as the town seal, because of the tar trade at that time, for which Kokkola was founded as a shipping port. Anders Chydenius (1729-1803) who was one of the leading politicians of Sweden, was a keen supporter of economic freedom and fought in the Swedish Parliament for free foreign trade and further social reforms. In 1765 the Swedish Parliament granted the city of Kokkola the staple rights. Kokkola also became an important shipbuilding centre in Finland. As a result of tar trade and shipbuilding industry, Kokkola was for a time one of the richest towns in Finland.

An interesting historical affair, known as the Skirmish of Halkokari, occurred at the town on 7 June 1854 during the Åland War, part of the Crimean War. Royal Marines from HMS Vulture and HMS Odin tried to come ashore to deal with public property in the town "in accordance with the usages of war". The marines were repelled by local defenders armed with hunting rifles supported by troops, artillery and possibly Russian advisors and military. One of the 9 smaller British craft (a gunboat) fell into the hands of the defenders. As such, this boat was the only Royal Navy vessel still in foreign possession in 1914. The boat is still today a museum-object and can be seen in Kokkola's English Park. The town council has refused to return the boat despite several requests by the United Kingdom, most recently by John Stuttard, the Lord Mayor of London. The British Treasury annually pays a small sum to the local church congregation for the maintenance of the graves of nine Royal Marines killed in action during the skirmish.

Interesting contemporaneous accounts of the disastrous action can be found in the British Newspaper Archive, citing Gamla Carleby.

The city had a Swedish-speaking majority until 1933.

In 1977, the surrounding municipality of Kaarlela (Swedish: Karleby) was consolidated into Kokkola (Swedish until then: Gamlakarleby). In 2009, the municipalities of Lohtaja, Kälviä and Ullava were consolidated with Kokkola.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kokkola, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Rautatienkatu

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1620Founded Founded1

Sources

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