
Uusimaa (Finnish: [ˈuːsimɑː]; Swedish: Nyland, Finland Swedish: [ˈnyːlɑnd]; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, along with the surrounding metropolitan area, are both contained in the region, and Uusimaa is Finland's most populous region. The population of Uusimaa is 1,734,000.
Uusimaa Nyland | |
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Region of Uusimaa Uudenmaan maakunta (Finnish) Landskapet Nyland (Swedish) | |
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Anthem: Uusmaalaisten laulu | |
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Coordinates: 60°15′N 24°30′E / 60.250°N 24.500°E | |
Country | Finland |
Historical province | Uusimaa |
Capital | Helsinki |
Other cities and towns | Espoo, Hanko, Hyvinkää, Järvenpää, Karkkila, Kauniainen, Kerava, Lohja, Loviisa, Porvoo, Raseborg and Vantaa |
Government | |
• Regional Mayor | |
• President of the Council | Eero Heinäluoma |
Area | |
• Total | 9,568 km2 (3,694 sq mi) |
Population (December 31, 2022) | |
• Total | 1,734,000 |
• Density | 181/km2 (470/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | uusmaalainen (Finnish) nylänning (Swedish) |
GDP | |
• Total | €105.831 billion (2022) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
ISO 3166 code | FI-18 |
NUTS | 181 |
– HDI (2021) | 0.960 very high |
Regional bird | Blackbird |
Regional fish | Zander |
Regional flower | Windflower |
Regional animal | European hedgehog |
Regional stone | Hornblende |
Regional lake | Lake Tuusula |
Website | uudenmaanliitto.fi |
While predominantly Finnish-speaking, Uusimaa has the highest total number of native speakers of Swedish in Finland even at a much lower share than two other regions.
History
From the time of the Vikings in the 8th century, an eastern road ran along the Gulf of Finland. The first inhabitants were nomads. The place name of Nuuksio derives from the Sami word njukča which means 'swan'. Later Finns proper and Tavastians inhabited the area. Some place names have traces of Tavastian village names, like Konala, which likely derives from the older Tavastian village name Konhola.Estonians inhabited the region to a smaller extent, specifically for seasonal fishing.
Swedish colonisation of coastal Uusimaa started after the second crusade to Finland in the 13th century. The colonisation was part of converting pagan areas to Catholicism. Eastern Uusimaa had its first Christian Swedish colonialists earlier than the western part, which got its colonialists in one mass transfer of people to Porvoo in the 14th century. The colonisation was supported by the Swedish kingdom and the immigrants were provided with grain seeds and cattle. They also got a four-year tax exemption from the crown. All the Swedish place names of Uusimaa date back to this period.
The names Uusimaa and Nyland, meaning 'new land' in English, derived from the Swedish colonisation era. The Swedish-language name Nyland appears in documents from the 14th century. The Finnish-language name Uusimaa appears for the first time in 1548 as Wsimaa in the first translation of the New Testament to Finnish by Mikael Agricola. Much of Uusimaa is literally new – it has risen off the Baltic Sea due to post-glacial rebound.
The Finnish provinces were ceded to Imperial Russia in the War of Finland in 1809. After this, Uusimaa became the Province of Uusimaa in the old lääni system of the newly established Grand Duchy of Finland. From 1997 to 2010, Uusimaa was a part of the Province of Southern Finland. In 1994 it was divided into the regions of Uusimaa and Eastern Uusimaa, but in 2011 the two regions were merged as Uusimaa.
Heraldry
The coat of arms of the province is Azure, a boat Or between two fesses wavy Argent[citation needed] (a golden boat which is a symbol for the coastal areas, and two silver wavy fesses which are the symbol for rivers.)
Uusimaa received its coat of arms at the end of the 16th century. There is an image of the coat of arms made in 1599. In 1997, the traditional coat of arms became the official coat of arms of the region.
Municipalities
The region of Uusimaa consists of 26 municipalities, 13 of which have city status (marked in bold).
Municipalities on the map
nummi
Finland
Häme
laakso
Sub-regions
Helsinki sub-region
Espoo (Esbo)
Helsinki (Helsingfors)
Hyvinkää (Hyvinge)
Järvenpää (Träskända)
Karkkila (Högfors)
Kauniainen (Grankulla)
Kerava (Kervo)
Kirkkonummi (Kyrkslätt)
Lohja (Lojo)
Mäntsälä
Nurmijärvi
Pornainen (Borgnäs)
Sipoo (Sibbo)
Siuntio (Sjundeå)
Tuusula (Tusby)
Vantaa (Vanda)
Vihti (Vichtis)
Loviisa sub-region
Lapinjärvi (Lappträsk)
Loviisa (Lovisa)
Raseborg sub-region
Hanko (Hangö)
Ingå (Inkoo)
Raseborg (Raasepori)
Porvoo sub-region
Askola
Myrskylä (Mörskom)
Porvoo (Borgå)
Pukkila
Municipalities listed
Coat of arms | Municipality | Population | Land area (km2) | Density (/km2) | Finnish speakers | Swedish speakers | Other speakers |
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Askola | 4,649 | 212 | 22 | 93 % | 4 % | 4 % | |
Espoo | 321,031 | 312 | 1,028 | 68 % | 6 % | 23 % | |
Hanko | 7,700 | 117 | 66 | 53 % | 42 % | 5 % | |
Helsinki | 684,589 | 214 | 3,193 | 74 % | 5 % | 19 % | |
Hyvinkää | 47,047 | 323 | 146 | 91 % | 1 % | 8 % | |
Ingå | 5,400 | 351 | 15 | 43 % | 51 % | 5 % | |
Järvenpää | 46,866 | 38 | 1,248 | 90 % | 1 % | 8 % | |
Karkkila | 8,444 | 242 | 35 | 92 % | 1 % | 9 % | |
Kauniainen | 10,247 | 6 | 1,740 | 59 % | 30 % | 11 % | |
Kerava | 38,476 | 31 | 1,256 | 82 % | 1 % | 16 % | |
Kirkkonummi | 41,660 | 367 | 114 | 72 % | 15 % | 12 % | |
Lapinjärvi | 2,434 | 330 | 7 | 63 % | 30 % | 7 % | |
Lohja | 45,693 | 940 | 49 | 90 % | 3 % | 6 % | |
Loviisa | 14,348 | 820 | 18 | 56 % | 39 % | 6 % | |
Myrskylä | 1,678 | 200 | 8 | 88 % | 9 % | 4 % | |
Mäntsälä | 20,933 | 581 | 36 | 94 % | 1 % | 5 % | |
Nurmijärvi | 45,026 | 362 | 124 | 91 % | 1 % | 8 % | |
Pornainen | 4,957 | 147 | 34 | 94 % | 2 % | 4 % | |
Porvoo | 51,753 | 655 | 79 | 63 % | 28 % | 8 % | |
Pukkila | 1,744 | 145 | 12 | 98 % | 1 % | 3 % | |
Raseborg | 27,037 | 1,149 | 24 | 31 % | 64 % | 6 % | |
Sipoo | 22,823 | 340 | 67 | 64 % | 28 % | 7 % | |
Siuntio | 6,181 | 241 | 26 | 65 % | 26 % | 8 % | |
Tuusula | 42,238 | 220 | 192 | 88 % | 1 % | 8 % | |
Vantaa | 251,405 | 238 | 1,055 | 70 % | 2 % | 26 % | |
Vihti | 28,806 | 522 | 55 | 91 % | 2 % | 7 % | |
Total | 1,783,165 | 9,103 | 196 | 71 % | 7 % | 18 % |
Places of interest
Uusimaa, the region surrounding Finland’s capital Helsinki, offers many sights and attractions, from historical landmarks to natural wonders.
- Amusement parks: Linnanmäki, Serena Waterpark
- Castles and fortresses: Suomenlinna, Raseborg Castle, Svartholm fortress,
- Churches and cathedrals: Helsinki Cathedral, Porvoo Cathedral, Espoo Cathedral, Temppeliaukio Church, , Church of St. Lawrence, Vantaa
- Harbour: Hanko and
- Historical houses: Seurasaari, Parliament House, Helsinki, , Glims , Hvitträsk, ,
- Ironworks: , , , Strömfors
- Libraries: Helsinki Central Library Oodi, National Library of Finland, Helsinki University Library
- Museums: Ainola, Ateneum, , Finnish Aviation Museum, Finnish Railway Museum, Gallen-Kallela Museum, Helsinki City Museum, Heureka, , Kiasma, Mannerheim Museum, National Museum of Finland, Taaborinvuori, WeeGee house
- Natural attractions: Nuuksio National Park, Karkali Strict Nature Reserve, Sipoonkorpi National Park,
- Sport venues: Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Töölö Stadium
- Squares: Senate Square, Helsinki, Market Square, Helsinki
- Zoo: Korkeasaari
Economy
The gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was €91.2 billion in 2018, accounting for 38.9% of Finnish economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was €43,500 or 144% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 120% of the EU average. The employment rate is 76% as of 2022, second highest in Finland. There were 836,000 workplaces in Uusimaa in 2021, over 35% of the workplaces in Finland. The most common sectors were health and social services, wholesale and retail trade as well as professional, scientific and technical activities.
Languages
Uusimaa is a bilingual region, with municipalities both bilingual in Finnish and Swedish, and monolingual in Finnish. Uusimaa's coastal areas tend to be Swedish-speaking. The traditional regional dialects of Swedish (nyländska) are currently[when?] mostly spoken in Eastern Uusimaa, while in the rest of the Uusimaa Swedish dialect has become more standardised.
The Finnish-speaking population started to grow when the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland was moved from Turku to Helsinki by the Emperor of Russia Alexander I in 1812, and the region attracted settlers from other parts of Finland. Helsinki's slang first evolved in the late 19th century. 7.6% of the population of the region speaks the Swedish language natively.
Due to immigration, many foreign languages are spoken in Uusimaa. 18% speak a foreign language as their mother tongue, the highest proportion in Finland and 58% of all foreign-language speakers in Finland. The figure was 1.1% in 1990, 3.9% in 2000, 8.0% in 2010 and 14.7% in 2020. Meanwhile, the proportion of Finnish and Swedish speakers has decreased from 87.6% and 11.3% in 1990 to 75.9% and 7.5% in 2021 respectively. On a municipal level, the highest shares of foreign speakers are in Vantaa (26.9%), Espoo (23.6%), Helsinki (19.6%) and Kerava (16.2%). The lowest share is in Pukkila (3.4%).
The most spoken foreign languages are Russian (2.8%), Estonian (1.9%), Arabic (1.4%), Somali (1.2%) and English (1.2%). Other languages include Albanian, Chinese, Persian, Kurdish, Vietnamese, Spanish, Turkish, Thai, Tagalog, German, Nepali, Bengali, French, Romanian, Urdu, Hindi, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Italian, Polish, Tamil, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Swahili, Amharic, Serbo-Croatian, Latvian, Japanese, Dutch, Sinhalese, Tigrinya, Uzbek, Greek, Punjabi, Pashto and Telugu, all with over 1,000 speakers.
Health
In late March 2020, the region of Uusimaa went into lockdown to be isolated from the rest of Finland due to the global COVID-19 pandemic (2020/21).
Regional council
The regional council is the main governing body for the region and focuses primarily on urban planning. Like all regional councils, it is mandated by law.[citation needed]
Media
Newspapers
The largest subscription newspapers published in the region are Helsingin Sanomat and Hufvudstadsbladet in Helsinki, Aamuposti in Hyvinkää, in Lohja, and Östra Nyland in Loviisa, Uusimaa and Borgåbladet in Porvoo, Västra Nyland in Raseborg, and in Tuusula. Also two popular tabloid newspapers, Iltalehti and Ilta-Sanomat, are published there.
Radio stations
Yle's local radio stations in the western part of the region are the Finnish-language and Swedish-language Yle Vega Västnyland, in the Helsinki metropolitan area the Finnish-language and Swedish-language Yle Vega Huvudstadsregionen, and in the eastern part the Finnish-language (discontinued) and Swedish-language Yle Vega Östnyland.
Elections
The results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in the Uusimaa constituency are:
- National Coalition Party: 26.2%
- Social Democratic Party: 19.2%
- Finns Party: 18.2%
- Swedish People's Party: 8.7%
- Green League: 7.6%
- Centre Party: 4.8%
- Left Alliance: 4.6%
- Movement Now: 3.7%
- Christian Democrats: 3.5%
The results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in the Helsinki constituency are:
- National Coalition Party: 26.5%
- Social Democratic Party: 20.8%
- Green League: 15.3%
- Left Alliance: 11.8%
- Finns Party: 11.3%
- Swedish People's Party: 5.1%
- Movement Now: 2.3%
- Christian Democrats: 1.9%
- Centre Party: 1.6%
See also
- List of European regions by GDP
- Eastern Uusimaa – former region of Finland, now part of Uusimaa
Notes
- A language other than Finnish, Swedish or one of the Sami languages.
References
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- Tarkiainen, Kari (2010). Ruotsin itämaa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. p. 120.
- Ainiala, Terhi; Saarelma, Minna; Sjöblom, Paula (2008). Nimistötutkimuksen perusteet (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. p. 66.
- Tarkiainen, Kari (2010). Ruotsin itämaa (in Finnish). Helsinki: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. pp. 119–136.
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Further reading
- Åke Granlund (1979), Studier över östnyländska ortnamn / Åke Granlund., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113528530
- Greta Hausen (1920), Nylands ortnamn, deras former och förekomst till år 1600. 1 / Greta Hausen., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113518924
- Greta Hausen (1922), Nylands ortnamn, deras former och förekomst till år 1600. 2 / Greta Hausen., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113518944
- Greta Hausen (1924), Nylands ortnamn, deras former och förekomst till år 1600. 3 / Greta Hausen., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113518968
- Gunvor Kerkkonen (1945), Västnyländsk kustbebyggelse under medeltiden / Gunvor Kerkkonen., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113526340¨
- Arnold Nordling (1938), Iakttagelser över västnyländsk accent / Arnold Nordling., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113519092
- Rolf Pipping; Hugo Pipping (1928), Anteckningar om nyländska ortnamn / Rolf Pipping., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113518993
- Ebba Selenius (1972), Västnyländsk ordaccent / Ebba Selenius., Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (in Swedish), Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland, ISSN 0039-6842, Wikidata Q113528492
External links
Media related to Uusimaa at Wikimedia Commons
Uusimaa travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Uusimaa Regional Council
Uusimaa Finnish ˈuːsimɑː Swedish Nyland Finland Swedish ˈnyːlɑnd both lit new land is a region of Finland It borders the regions of Southwest Finland Tavastia Proper Kanta Hame Paijanne Tavastia Paijat Hame and Kymenlaakso Finland s capital and largest city Helsinki along with the surrounding metropolitan area are both contained in the region and Uusimaa is Finland s most populous region The population of Uusimaa is 1 734 000 Uusimaa NylandRegionRegion of Uusimaa Uudenmaan maakunta Finnish Landskapet Nyland Swedish FlagCoat of armsAnthem Uusmaalaisten lauluUusimaa in red on a map of FinlandCoordinates 60 15 N 24 30 E 60 250 N 24 500 E 60 250 24 500CountryFinlandHistorical provinceUusimaaCapitalHelsinkiOther cities and townsEspoo Hanko Hyvinkaa Jarvenpaa Karkkila Kauniainen Kerava Lohja Loviisa Porvoo Raseborg and VantaaGovernment Regional Mayor fi President of the CouncilEero HeinaluomaArea Total9 568 km2 3 694 sq mi Population December 31 2022 Total1 734 000 Density181 km2 470 sq mi Demonym s uusmaalainen Finnish nylanning Swedish GDP Total 105 831 billion 2022 Time zoneUTC 2 EET Summer DST UTC 3 EEST ISO 3166 codeFI 18NUTS181 HDI 2021 0 960 very highRegional birdBlackbirdRegional fishZanderRegional flowerWindflowerRegional animalEuropean hedgehogRegional stoneHornblendeRegional lakeLake TuusulaWebsiteuudenmaanliitto fi While predominantly Finnish speaking Uusimaa has the highest total number of native speakers of Swedish in Finland even at a much lower share than two other regions HistoryFrom the time of the Vikings in the 8th century an eastern road ran along the Gulf of Finland The first inhabitants were nomads The place name of Nuuksio derives from the Sami word njukca which means swan Later Finns proper and Tavastians inhabited the area Some place names have traces of Tavastian village names like Konala which likely derives from the older Tavastian village name Konhola Estonians inhabited the region to a smaller extent specifically for seasonal fishing Swedish colonisation of coastal Uusimaa started after the second crusade to Finland in the 13th century The colonisation was part of converting pagan areas to Catholicism Eastern Uusimaa had its first Christian Swedish colonialists earlier than the western part which got its colonialists in one mass transfer of people to Porvoo in the 14th century The colonisation was supported by the Swedish kingdom and the immigrants were provided with grain seeds and cattle They also got a four year tax exemption from the crown All the Swedish place names of Uusimaa date back to this period The names Uusimaa and Nyland meaning new land in English derived from the Swedish colonisation era The Swedish language name Nyland appears in documents from the 14th century The Finnish language name Uusimaa appears for the first time in 1548 as Wsimaa in the first translation of the New Testament to Finnish by Mikael Agricola Much of Uusimaa is literally new it has risen off the Baltic Sea due to post glacial rebound The Finnish provinces were ceded to Imperial Russia in the War of Finland in 1809 After this Uusimaa became the Province of Uusimaa in the old laani system of the newly established Grand Duchy of Finland From 1997 to 2010 Uusimaa was a part of the Province of Southern Finland In 1994 it was divided into the regions of Uusimaa and Eastern Uusimaa but in 2011 the two regions were merged as Uusimaa HeraldryThe coat of arms of the province is Azure a boat Or between two fesses wavy Argent citation needed a golden boat which is a symbol for the coastal areas and two silver wavy fesses which are the symbol for rivers Uusimaa received its coat of arms at the end of the 16th century There is an image of the coat of arms made in 1599 In 1997 the traditional coat of arms became the official coat of arms of the region MunicipalitiesThe region of Uusimaa consists of 26 municipalities 13 of which have city status marked in bold Municipalities on the map Espoo HelsinkiHyvinkaaJarvenpaaKarkkilaKauniainenKeravaKirkko nummiLohjaMantsalaNurmijarviPornainenSipooSiuntioTuusulaVantaa VihtiLapinjarviLoviisaAskolaMyrskylaPorvooPukkilaHankoIngaRaseborgGulf of FinlandSouthwest FinlandKanta HamePaijat HameKymen laaksoMunicipalities gt 100 000 inhabitants gt 30 000 inhabitants gt 10 000 inhabitants gt 3 000 inhabitants lt 3 000 inhabitantsclass notpageimage Cities and municipalities of Uusimaa Sub regions Helsinki sub region Espoo Esbo Helsinki Helsingfors Hyvinkaa Hyvinge Jarvenpaa Traskanda Karkkila Hogfors Kauniainen Grankulla Kerava Kervo Kirkkonummi Kyrkslatt Lohja Lojo Mantsala Nurmijarvi Pornainen Borgnas Sipoo Sibbo Siuntio Sjundea Tuusula Tusby Vantaa Vanda Vihti Vichtis Loviisa sub region Lapinjarvi Lapptrask Loviisa Lovisa Raseborg sub region Hanko Hango Inga Inkoo Raseborg Raasepori Porvoo sub region Askola Myrskyla Morskom Porvoo Borga Pukkila Municipalities listed Herring CasseroleCoat of arms Municipality Population Land area km2 Density km2 Finnish speakers Swedish speakers Other speakersAskola 4 649 212 22 93 4 4 Espoo 321 031 312 1 028 68 6 23 Hanko 7 700 117 66 53 42 5 Helsinki 684 589 214 3 193 74 5 19 Hyvinkaa 47 047 323 146 91 1 8 Inga 5 400 351 15 43 51 5 Jarvenpaa 46 866 38 1 248 90 1 8 Karkkila 8 444 242 35 92 1 9 Kauniainen 10 247 6 1 740 59 30 11 Kerava 38 476 31 1 256 82 1 16 Kirkkonummi 41 660 367 114 72 15 12 Lapinjarvi 2 434 330 7 63 30 7 Lohja 45 693 940 49 90 3 6 Loviisa 14 348 820 18 56 39 6 Myrskyla 1 678 200 8 88 9 4 Mantsala 20 933 581 36 94 1 5 Nurmijarvi 45 026 362 124 91 1 8 Pornainen 4 957 147 34 94 2 4 Porvoo 51 753 655 79 63 28 8 Pukkila 1 744 145 12 98 1 3 Raseborg 27 037 1 149 24 31 64 6 Sipoo 22 823 340 67 64 28 7 Siuntio 6 181 241 26 65 26 8 Tuusula 42 238 220 192 88 1 8 Vantaa 251 405 238 1 055 70 2 26 Vihti 28 806 522 55 91 2 7 Total 1 783 165 9 103 196 71 7 18 Places of interestA historical old town of Porvoo Uusimaa the region surrounding Finland s capital Helsinki offers many sights and attractions from historical landmarks to natural wonders Amusement parks Linnanmaki Serena Waterpark Castles and fortresses Suomenlinna Raseborg Castle Svartholm fortress fi Churches and cathedrals Helsinki Cathedral Porvoo Cathedral Espoo Cathedral Temppeliaukio Church fi Church of St Lawrence Vantaa Harbour Hanko and fi Historical houses Seurasaari Parliament House Helsinki fi Glims fi Hvittrask fi fi Ironworks fi fi fi Stromfors Libraries Helsinki Central Library Oodi National Library of Finland Helsinki University Library Museums Ainola Ateneum fi Finnish Aviation Museum Finnish Railway Museum Gallen Kallela Museum Helsinki City Museum Heureka fi Kiasma Mannerheim Museum National Museum of Finland Taaborinvuori WeeGee house Natural attractions Nuuksio National Park Karkali Strict Nature Reserve Sipoonkorpi National Park fi Sport venues Helsinki Olympic Stadium Toolo Stadium Squares Senate Square Helsinki Market Square Helsinki Zoo KorkeasaariEconomyThe gross domestic product GDP of the region was 91 2 billion in 2018 accounting for 38 9 of Finnish economic output GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 43 500 or 144 of the EU27 average in the same year The GDP per employee was 120 of the EU average The employment rate is 76 as of 2022 second highest in Finland There were 836 000 workplaces in Uusimaa in 2021 over 35 of the workplaces in Finland The most common sectors were health and social services wholesale and retail trade as well as professional scientific and technical activities LanguagesLanguages in UusimaaLanguages percentFinnish 74 7 Swedish 7 3 Russian 2 8 Estonian 1 9 Arabic 1 4 Somali 1 2 English 1 2 Other 9 5 Uusimaa is a bilingual region with municipalities both bilingual in Finnish and Swedish and monolingual in Finnish Uusimaa s coastal areas tend to be Swedish speaking The traditional regional dialects of Swedish nylandska are currently when mostly spoken in Eastern Uusimaa while in the rest of the Uusimaa Swedish dialect has become more standardised The Finnish speaking population started to grow when the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland was moved from Turku to Helsinki by the Emperor of Russia Alexander I in 1812 and the region attracted settlers from other parts of Finland Helsinki s slang first evolved in the late 19th century 7 6 of the population of the region speaks the Swedish language natively Due to immigration many foreign languages are spoken in Uusimaa 18 speak a foreign language as their mother tongue the highest proportion in Finland and 58 of all foreign language speakers in Finland The figure was 1 1 in 1990 3 9 in 2000 8 0 in 2010 and 14 7 in 2020 Meanwhile the proportion of Finnish and Swedish speakers has decreased from 87 6 and 11 3 in 1990 to 75 9 and 7 5 in 2021 respectively On a municipal level the highest shares of foreign speakers are in Vantaa 26 9 Espoo 23 6 Helsinki 19 6 and Kerava 16 2 The lowest share is in Pukkila 3 4 The most spoken foreign languages are Russian 2 8 Estonian 1 9 Arabic 1 4 Somali 1 2 and English 1 2 Other languages include Albanian Chinese Persian Kurdish Vietnamese Spanish Turkish Thai Tagalog German Nepali Bengali French Romanian Urdu Hindi Portuguese Ukrainian Italian Polish Tamil Bulgarian Hungarian Swahili Amharic Serbo Croatian Latvian Japanese Dutch Sinhalese Tigrinya Uzbek Greek Punjabi Pashto and Telugu all with over 1 000 speakers HealthIn late March 2020 the region of Uusimaa went into lockdown to be isolated from the rest of Finland due to the global COVID 19 pandemic 2020 21 Regional councilThe regional council is the main governing body for the region and focuses primarily on urban planning Like all regional councils it is mandated by law citation needed MediaHufvudstadsbladet s building Mannerheimintie HelsinkiNewspapers The largest subscription newspapers published in the region are Helsingin Sanomat and Hufvudstadsbladet in Helsinki Aamuposti in Hyvinkaa fi in Lohja fi and Ostra Nyland in Loviisa Uusimaa and Borgabladet in Porvoo Vastra Nyland in Raseborg and fi in Tuusula Also two popular tabloid newspapers Iltalehti and Ilta Sanomat are published there Radio stations Yle s local radio stations in the western part of the region are the Finnish language fi and Swedish language Yle Vega Vastnyland in the Helsinki metropolitan area the Finnish language fi and Swedish language Yle Vega Huvudstadsregionen and in the eastern part the Finnish language fi discontinued and Swedish language Yle Vega Ostnyland ElectionsThe results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in the Uusimaa constituency are National Coalition Party 26 2 Social Democratic Party 19 2 Finns Party 18 2 Swedish People s Party 8 7 Green League 7 6 Centre Party 4 8 Left Alliance 4 6 Movement Now 3 7 Christian Democrats 3 5 The results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in the Helsinki constituency are National Coalition Party 26 5 Social Democratic Party 20 8 Green League 15 3 Left Alliance 11 8 Finns Party 11 3 Swedish People s Party 5 1 Movement Now 2 3 Christian Democrats 1 9 Centre Party 1 6 See alsoList of European regions by GDP Eastern Uusimaa former region of Finland now part of UusimaaPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallbackNotesA language other than Finnish Swedish or one of the Sami languages References Preliminary population structure by Month Area Sex Age and Information StatFin Retrieved January 26 2023 EU regions by GDP Eurostat www ec europa eu Retrieved September 18 2023 Sub national HDI Area Database Global Data Lab hdi globaldatalab org Retrieved September 13 2018 Paavola Arja Leena Selen Otto Pekkanen Risto 2009 Matkalla maakunnissa tietoa maakunnista ja nahtavyyksista Traveling in the regions information about the regions and attractions in Finnish Saarijarvi AtlasArt ISBN 978 952 5671 19 3 pp 5 7 Tarkiainen Kari 2010 Ruotsin itamaa in Finnish Helsinki Svenska litteratursallskapet i Finland p 120 Ainiala Terhi Saarelma Minna Sjoblom Paula 2008 Nimistotutkimuksen perusteet in Finnish Helsinki Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura p 66 Tarkiainen Kari 2010 Ruotsin itamaa in Finnish Helsinki Svenska litteratursallskapet i Finland pp 119 136 V P Suhonen and Janne Heinonen 2011 Helsingin keskiaikaiset ja uuden ajan alun kylanpaikat 2011 Inventointiraportti 2011 Museovirasto PDF Tarkiainen Kari 2010 Ruotsin itamaa Porvoo Svenska litteratussallskapet i Finland pp 122 125 ISBN 9789515832122 Ainiala Terhi Saarelma Minna Sjoblom Paula 2008 Nimistotutkimuksen perusteet in Finnish Helsinki Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura p 68 Uusimaa Regional Council May 12 2010 Nytt Land Nylands historia in Swedish Archived from the original on July 16 2011 Retrieved May 17 2010 Valtioneuvosto paatti Uudenmaan ja Ita Uudenmaan maakuntien yhdistamisesta in Finnish Finnish Ministry of Finance October 22 2009 Archived from the original on August 7 2011 Regional Council Uudenmaan liitto www uudenmaanliitto fi March 5 2013 Retrieved January 31 2017 Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30 to 263 of the EU average in 2018 Eurostat Tyollisyystilastot Uudenmaan liitto in Finnish Retrieved December 5 2023 Vaesto Stat fi Statistics Population structure Statistics Finland 2017 Retrieved November 26 2018 Language according to age and sex by region 1990 2021 Statistics Finland Retrieved May 19 2022 Checkpoints ready Parliament approves government plans to isolate Uusimaa News Now Finland Archived from the original on April 9 2020 Electoral district of Uusimaa results 2023 Ministry of Justice Information and Result Service Retrieved April 4 2023 Electoral district of Helsinki results 2023 Ministry of Justice Information and Result Service Retrieved April 4 2023 Further readingAke Granlund 1979 Studier over ostnylandska ortnamn Ake Granlund Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursallskapet i Finland in Swedish Helsinki Society of Swedish Literature in Finland ISSN 0039 6842 Wikidata Q113528530Greta Hausen 1920 Nylands ortnamn deras former och forekomst till ar 1600 1 Greta Hausen Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursallskapet i Finland in Swedish Helsinki Society of Swedish Literature in Finland ISSN 0039 6842 Wikidata Q113518924Greta Hausen 1922 Nylands ortnamn deras former och forekomst till ar 1600 2 Greta Hausen Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursallskapet i Finland in Swedish Helsinki Society of Swedish Literature in Finland ISSN 0039 6842 Wikidata Q113518944Greta Hausen 1924 Nylands ortnamn deras former och forekomst till ar 1600 3 Greta Hausen Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursallskapet i Finland in Swedish Helsinki Society of Swedish Literature in Finland ISSN 0039 6842 Wikidata Q113518968Gunvor Kerkkonen 1945 Vastnylandsk kustbebyggelse under medeltiden Gunvor Kerkkonen Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursallskapet i Finland in Swedish Helsinki Society of Swedish Literature in Finland ISSN 0039 6842 Wikidata Q113526340 Arnold Nordling 1938 Iakttagelser over vastnylandsk accent Arnold Nordling Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursallskapet i Finland in Swedish Helsinki Society of Swedish Literature in Finland ISSN 0039 6842 Wikidata Q113519092 Rolf Pipping Hugo Pipping 1928 Anteckningar om nylandska ortnamn Rolf Pipping Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursallskapet i Finland in Swedish Helsinki Society of Swedish Literature in Finland ISSN 0039 6842 Wikidata Q113518993 Ebba Selenius 1972 Vastnylandsk ordaccent Ebba Selenius Skrifter utgivna av Svenska litteratursallskapet i Finland in Swedish Helsinki Society of Swedish Literature in Finland ISSN 0039 6842 Wikidata Q113528492External linksMedia related to Uusimaa at Wikimedia Commons Uusimaa travel guide from Wikivoyage Uusimaa Regional Council