Oulunkylä

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Oulunkylä (Swedish Åggelby) is a pleasant suburb of Helsinki, the capital of Finland, located 6 km north from the center of the city.

It has been inhabited since the 13th century. Earlier an independent community, it was made part of Helsinki in 1946. A rink used for speed skating is located in Oulunkylä.

Musicians: Ville Valo and Tapio Rautavaara are from Oulunkylä. The later even has a statue there. Opera singers Cynthia Makris and Raimo Sirkiä built their house on the lot where the house of Rautavaara located.

Writers: Tito Colliander, Joel Lehtonen, Larin-Kyösti and Estonian author Friedebert Tuglas once lived there.

Artists: Cartoonist, illustrator Ola Fogelberg, creator of Pekka Puupää -cartoon, was even nicknamed "Fågeli från Ågeli". Helena Hietanen studied in the same High School with Ville Valo, a few years earlier, but both under supervision of the legendary teachers Erkki Falk (math) and Erik Relander (history).

Politicians: Lenin lived here in hiding for the Czar's police.