One of the most important objectives for both Guards was the seizure of Haapamäki, a railway junction northeast of Tampere which connected both western-eastern and southern-northern Finland.

The battle for Tampere was fought between 16, 000 White and 14, 000 Red soldiers.

The Tampere City Hall was among the last strongholds of the Red troops.

The fighting in Tampere was purely a civil war — Finn against Finn, " brother rising against brother "— as most of the Russian army had retreated to Russia in March and the German troops had yet to arrive in Finland.

The Battle of Tampere was the bloodiest action of the Civil War.

The world's first GSM call was made by the Finnish prime minister Harri Holkeri to Kaarina Suonio ( mayor in city of Tampere ) on 1 July 1991 on a network built by Telenokia and Siemens and operated by Radiolinja.

* IOI 2001 was held in Tampere, Finland, July 14 – 21, 2001

The Tampere factory was closed in the 1960s and main part of the aircraft factory became the facility at Kuorevesi.

The company also manufactured trolleybuses, between 1948 and 1960, but the total number built was only 52, comprising 23 for Helsinki and 29 for Tampere.

The Renaissance Revival Raatihuone ( Tampere City Hall | City Hall ), 1890 ; from its balcony was read the " red manifesto " in 1905.

Tampere was founded as a market place on the banks of the Tammerkoski channel in 1775 by Gustav III of Sweden and four years later, 1 October 1779, Tampere was granted full city rights.

On 1 November 1905, during the general strike, the famous Red Declaration was proclaimed on the Keskustori, the central square of Tampere, subsequently leading to universal suffrage in Finland and the Tsar of Russia granting larger freedoms to Finns.

Tampere was a red stronghold during the war, with Hugo Salmela in command.

During this era some of the most renowned city managers of Tampere were Erkki Napoleon Lindfors ( who was responsible for many ambitious construction projects such as the Näsinneula tower and the construction of the suburb of Hervanta, Tampere's " daughter town "), Pekka Paavola ( who gained some notoriety in corruption scandals ) and Jarmo Rantanen.

Timo P. Nieminen was elected as the first mayor of Tampere for the years 2007 – 09.

After World War II, Tampere was enlarged by joining some neighbouring areas.

Tampere was known for its textile and metal industries, but these have been largely replaced by information technology and telecommunications during the 1990s.

The first allotment garden was established 1916 in Tampere.

In 1904 he was commissioned to decorate the interior of Saint John's church in Tampere ( now Tampere cathedral ), a project which he carried out with Magnus Enckell between 1904 and 1906.

Häräntappoase was made into a six-part television series and stage productions in Turku and Kotka and summer 2010 in Pyynikin kesäteatteri in Tampere.

A pedestrian bridge in Tampere near Koskikeskus shopping centre

Tampere grew as a major market town and industrial centre in the 19th century.

Hervanta is a large suburb, or satellite city, of Tampere in Finland, located next to Hallila some 10 km south of the city centre.

It is located almost in the centre of a triangle defined by the three largest major cities in Finland ( Helsinki, Turku and Tampere ), in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region.

As the English name implies, the city of Tampere is the regional centre.

Tampere-Pirkkala Airport is located in Pirkkala, south-west of Tampere city centre.

Tampere Airport was founded in 1936 in Härmälä ( a district in Tampere ) located some from the centre of Tampere.

Bus lines 6 and 12 operate through Hallila to Hervanta, Hatanpää and the centre of Tampere.

After a modest start it grew to become an institution employing thousands of people in the centre of Tampere alone, and more in its other units.

The industrial activity, under the new ownership, in the centre of Tampere gradually ceased and the machines finally stopped operating in 2000.

There have been many debates on the origin of the name Tampere.

Nearly a fifth of the inhabitants ( some 4, 500 people ) are students, many of them enrolled at the Tampere University of Technology ( TUT ) or the Police College.

It is nowadays available in many stores across Finland, but is held in the position of local delicacy and speciality of Tampere.

This is funny because Tampere is Frangén's hometown ( not native, but he has lived there for many years ), and everyone in Finland knows this.

Between 1987 and 2005 the group performed in many European countries, including France ( Strasbourg, Lille, Paris, Nantes, Confolens, Reims, Millou, Donquerg ), Spain ( Badajoz, Cadiz ), Germany ( Nünberg, Frankfurt, Berlin, Rudolstadt, Offenburg ) Sweden ( Falun and concertour ) Finnland ( Tampere ) Dania ( Koppenhága, concertour ) Portugalia ( concertourne and Lisszabon, Porto, Evora ) Italy ( Róma, Pavia, Parma, Locarno ) Israel ( Jeruzsálem, Akko ) Austria ( Vienna, St. Gallen ) Belgium ( Gent, Brussels ) Greece ( Thessaloniki and concerttours ) Hollandia ( concertours ), England ( London ), and participated at many international festivals ( Gypsy Swing Festival of Angers, Inteatro Theater Festival in Ancona, Festival Mosaigue Gitane in Arles, Okarina Ethno Festival Slovenia, Festival di Musica da Osteria, Udine Italy, Festival of Falun, Festival of Rudolstadt, WDR Festival Köln.

In 1918, when Finland had recently gained independence, Tampere also played a major role, being one of the strategically important scenes during the Civil War in Finland ( 28 January – 15 May 1918 ).

From the late 19th century, Tampere had been the most important industrial center in Finland.

Toijala is known as an important railway crossroads, where the Helsinki – Tampere and Turku – Tampere tracks meet.

This black high-tech mechanical box was able to record all important aviation details during test flights of World War II fighters that the Finnish army repaired or built in their main aviation factory in Tampere, Finland.

One of his most important works is the oratorio Passion and Resurrection ( 1992 ), based on Orthodox liturgical texts, premièred in 1993 by Red Byrd and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tõnu Kaljuste at the Tampere Festival.

Meriläinen has a master's degree in political science from the University of Tampere.