Hame

Häme

... In historical contexts Tavastia (Häme) – a historical province of Sweden County of Nyland and Tavastehus (Uudenmaan ja Hämeen lääni) – a county of Sweden, 1634–1809 Governorate of Nyland-Tavastehus (Uudenmaan ja Hämeen lääni) – a governorate of the Grand Duchy of Finland, 1809–1831 Governorate of Tavastehus (Hämeen lääni) – a governorate of the Grand Duchy of Finland, 1831–1917 Häme Province (Hämeen lääni) – a province of Finland, 1917–1997 In contemporary contexts the Tavastian dialects, or Häme dialects (hämäläismurteet), of the Finnish language the Tavastians, or Häme people (hämäläiset), a subgroup (heimo) of the Finnish people Häme, an often vaguely defined area of Finland associated with the Tavastian dialects and Tavastian cultural features on one hand and with the above-mentioned historical province of Tavastia on the other the most prominent parts of contemporary Häme are Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme) – a region of Finland Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) – a region of Finland Pirkanmaa – a region of Finland (historically, most of this area belonged to Satakunta, but today it is strongly associated with Häme) Central Finland – a region of Finland (historically, most of this area unambiguously belonged to Tavastia, or Häme, but today the association is weaker) Related place names Place names including the element Häme or its genitive form Hämeen Hämeenkatu, the main street of Tampere streets bearing the same name can be found elsewhere in Finland as well Hämeenkyrö, a municipality in Pirkanmaa Hämeenlinna, the administrational centre of Tavastia Proper Häme Castle (Hämeen linna), a medieval castle in Hämeenlinna Hämeentie, the longest street in Helsinki streets bearing the same name can be found elsewhere in Finland as well the provinces of Finland into which the regions of the Häme Province were merged in 1997 Southern Finland (1997–2009) Western Finland (1997–2009) People People whose names include the element Häme or its genitive form Hämeen Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, a Finnish specialist of the Arabic language and Islamic studies Virpi Hämeen-Anttila, a Finnish writer people with the surname Hämäläinen (“Tavastian”). ...