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Lahti (lä`tē, läkh`–), city (1998 pop. 96,227), Southern Finland prov., S central Finland. Connected with the southern end of the Päijänne lake system, it is an important lake port as well as a transportation center. It has many large factories and is a center of the Finnish wood-products industry. Other industries include glassworks, breweries, and clothing factories. The city, founded in 1878, was incorporated in 1905. Many Karelians came to Lahti after the Finnish-Soviet armistice of 1944. The city hall (1912) was designed by Eliel Saarinen Saarinen, Eliel (ĕl`ēĕl sä`rĭnĕn) ..... Click the link for more information. . Lahti a town in S Finland: site of the main Finnish radio and television stations; furniture industry. Pop.: 98 253 (2003 est.) |
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11-01 Kenora Lori Lahti Dentistry Professional 10-31 Parry Sound Corporation MRA Holdings Limited 10-24 Sault Ste. Scalabrini has more than 25 years of construction equipment experience, including more than 20 years in construction and mining equipment at the distributor level, territory management in construction equipment and regional management at the OEM level both domestically and in Europe with the Breakers Lahti division of Sandvik Tamrock Corp. Among the larger projects are the Finnish Forest Research Institute in Joensuu, which is the biggest office building in Finland, and the Sibelius Concert Hall in Lahti by Kimmo Lintula and Hannu Tikka, both of which have loadbearing timber structures. |
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