Hamina

 ( Cities And Towns In Finland ) 

In 1743, Hamina was surrendered to Russia, after the Russo–Swedish War, 1741–1743, and the town of Loviisa was the next Swedish candidate for an Eastern-Finnish trade center. Hamina became a Russian frontier town, for which a fortress was desirable.

The Treaty of Fredrikshamn (1809), by which Sweden ceded Finland, including parts of the province of Lappland and Åland, was signed in Hamina. Thus Sweden was split, and the eastern half was formed into the Grand Duchy of Finland, an autonomous part of the Russian Empire. In 1812, the previously conquered territories known as Old Finland (including Hamina) were joined to the Grand Duchy.

Hamina Cadet School was founded in 1819 and was in operation until 1903. In 1920 the Reserve Officer School began in the same facilities.

Because the town was founded next to the Vehkalahti Church, the municipal center had always been inside the town borders. Vehkalahti and Hamina were consolidated in 2003, and the old coat of arms was replaced with Vehkalahti's coat of arms. The old coat of arms was readopted in January 2013. Haminan vaakuna vaihtuu - Haminan kaupunki (in Finnish)

Results of the 2021 Finnish municipal elections, resulted in True Finns being the largest group on Hamina council, in Hamina.

• Town Hall: Originally built in 1798, it was renovated by Carl Ludvig Engel in 1840.
• Reserve Officer School: The site which trains reserve officers in the Army Academy of the Finnish Army
• Town Museum: It is located in a building where King Gustav III of Sweden and Empress Catherine II of Russia met in 1783. Hamina
• Shopkeeper's Museum
• Google Data Center: (former Stora Enso pulp factory)
• Hamina Fortress: Built in the 18th century, it is one of the in Finland. The corners of the fortress form six , named after towns in Finland. The Central Bastion was added at the end of the 18th century, and is currently used for cultural events.

• St. Mary's Church, previously known as Vehkalahti Church, is the oldest building in Kymenlaakso. It was originally built in the Middle Ages, but it was burnt in 1821 and the current neoclassical exterior is designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and completed in 1828. The church has a museum dedicated to the church life from the 18th century onwards. Hurmaava Hamina - The 15th century church of St Mary and church Museum Churches in Finland
• St. John's Church, formerly known as Hamina Church, was built between 1841-1843. It was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel in the neoclassical style. Hurmaava Hamina - Church Of St John
• Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, the Orthodox church in Hamina, was built in 1837. It was designed by Italian people-French people architect Louis Visconti. The architecture of the church is combination of neoclassical and Byzantine elements. Hurmaava Hamina - The Orthodox Church Of St Peter and St Paul

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• Magnus Enckell (1870–1925), symbolist painter
• Simo Häyhä (1905–2002), a farmer and military sniper
• Tapani Kansa (1949–2025), a singer
• Pelle Miljoona (born 1955), a musician
• Hugo Simberg (1873–1917), a painter
• Emilie Mechelin (1838–1917), opera singer and pedagogue
• Leo Mechelin (1839–1914), a professor, statesman, senator and liberal reformer
• Keke Rosberg (born 1949), racing driver
• Meri Toppelius (1863–1896), educational theorist

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• Official website of Hamina
• Guide map of Hamina
• Map of Hamina
• Hamina-Fredrikshamn at Northern Fortress