Teuva

Teuva
Östermark
Municipality
Teuvan kunta
Östermarks kommun
Municipal office
Municipal office
Coat of arms of Teuva
Coat of arms
Location of Teuva in Finland
Location of Teuva in Finland
Interactive map of Teuva
Coordinates: 62°29′10″N 21°44′50″E / 62.48611°N 21.74722°E / 62.48611; 21.74722
Country Finland
RegionSouth Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionSuupohja
Charter1868
Government
 • Municipal managerRami Mattila
Area
 (2018-01-01)
 • Total
556.05 km2 (214.69 sq mi)
 • Land554.73 km2 (214.18 sq mi)
 • Water1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
 • Rank154th largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-12-31)
 • Total
4,574
 • Rank175th largest in Finland
 • Density8.25/km2 (21.4/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish96.4% (official)
 • Swedish0.7%
 • Others2.8%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1414.1%
 • 15 to 6451.6%
 • 65 or older34.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
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Teuva (Swedish: Östermark) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Teuva is 4,574 (31 December 2025) and the municipality covers an area of 554.73 km2 (214.18 sq mi) of which 1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi) is inland water (1 January 2018). The population density is 8.25/km2 (21.4/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

In 1954, the Finland-Swedish artist and author Tove Jansson created an altarpiece mural, Ten Virgins, in Teuva's church, her only church painting.

In August 2010, more than fifty pocket-sized saunas were gathered on a lakeside within Teuva for the fifth annual Mobile Sauna Festival. Some six-thousand visitors attended the festival, doubling the population of Teuva for the weekend.

Villages

Notable individuals

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2026-04-01. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 2026-04-06.
  3. ↑ "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2026-04-01. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Ahola, Suvi (2008). "Jansson, Tove (1914–2001)". Biografiakeskus. Translated by Fletcher, Roderick. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  6. ↑ Karjalainen, Tuula (2016) [2013]. Tove Jansson: Work and Love. Penguin Books. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-141-97882-6.
  7. ↑ "Mobile Sauna Festival in Teuva, Finland". the Guardian. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  8. ↑ POV. "Finlands Mobile Sauna Festival | Steam of Life | POV". Archived from the original on May 22, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  9. ↑ "Tulevaisuus Teuvalla". www.teuva.fi. Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  10. ↑ "Äystö - Valoisa yrittäjäkylä | Äystö". www.aysto.fi. Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2016-07-21.

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