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Porvoo (pôr`vō) or Borgå (bôr`gō), city (1996 pop. 21,313), Southern Finland prov., S central Finland, on the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of the Porvoonjoki River. It is an export center for forest products and has plywood and cellulose mills, breweries, and a publishing industry. A trade center in the early Middle Ages, it was chartered in 1346, which makes it the second-oldest town in Finland. In 1809, Alexander I of Russia granted Finland a constitution at Porvoo, opening the diet there in the cathredral, parts of which date to the 13th cent. Most of the population is Swedish-speaking. The home and grave of the Finnish national poet J. L. Runeberg Runeberg, Johan Ludvig (y ..... Click the link for more information. is in Porvoo. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In relation to the theme of Round X of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue USA, "The Church as Koinonia of Salvation: Its Structures and Ministries," (1) of the three documents previously published (Eucharist and Ministry, (2) Facing Unity, (3) and The Porvoo Common Statement (4)), I find Eucharist and Ministry particularly helpful. We thank the personnel of North Karelia Central Hospital and the patient's family for their efforts and cooperation; veterinarians from Tornio and Joensuu, the Central Laboratory of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and the Helsinki and Porvoo Animal Protection Societies for animal serum samples; and Tytti Manni for excellent laboratory assistance. STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Stena Bulk has sold 50 per cent of the tanker Stena Arctica to the Finnish oil company Neste Oil, which will also operate the vessel on a 10-year charter from 1 January, 2007 - mainly to transport oil from Primorsk to the Finnish port Porvoo in the Baltic. |
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