Teuva () is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Teuva is () and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is .

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

In 1954, the Finland-Swedish artist and author Tove Jansson created an altarpiece mural, Ten Virgins, in Teuva's church, her only church painting.

In August 2010, more than fifty pocket-sized saunas were gathered on a lakeside within Teuva for the fifth annual Mobile Sauna Festival. Some six-thousand visitors attended the festival, doubling the population of Teuva for the weekend.

Villages

• Horo

• Horonkylä

• Kauppila

• Kirkonkylä

• Komsi

• Korvenkylä

• Luovankylä

• Nori

• Perälä

• Piikkilänkylä

• Riippi

• Salonpää

• Äystö

Notable individuals

• Antti Rajamäki, sprinter

• Aulis Ranta-Muotio, politician

• Elonkerjuu, rock band

• Helge Saarikoski, politician and Member of Parliament

• Jorma Mattinen, professor and rector at the Åbo Akademi University from 2005 to 2014

• Jukka Rauhala, Olympic wrestler

• Lauri Ingman, theologian, bishop, politician and twice Prime Minister of Finland

• Mirjam Tuokkola, archer

• Nicole, a band

• Oiva Ketonen, philosopher, writer, academic and professor

• Otto Syreeni, businessman

• Pauli Nevala, javelin thrower

• Severi Savonen, professor

• Simo Korpela, poet and priest

• Roppal, also known as Riskipiiku, professional Osu! player

References

External links

• Municipality of Teuva – Official website