Coat of arms of the historical province of Tavastia
Regions with significant populations
Pirkanmaa, Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme, Central Finland and Kymenlaakso
Languages
Finnish (Tavastian dialects)
Religion
Lutheranism
Related ethnic groups
Other regional subgroups
Tavastians (Finnish: hämäläiset, Swedish: Tavaster) are a historic people and a modern subgroup (heimo) of the Finnish people. They live in areas of the historical province of Tavastia (Finnish: Häme) and speak Tavastian dialects.
Tavastians (Finnish: hämäläiset, Swedish: Tavaster) are a historic people and a modern subgroup (heimo) of the Finnish people. They live in areas of the...
The Tavastian uprising, also sometimes called the Häme uprising, was a uprising by Tavastians in Tavastia, Finland in the winter of 1236–1237. The rebellion...
that is not found in standard Finnish, Tavastian min nimei 'my name' (standard Finnish: minun nimi). Tavastians "KOSKESTA VOIMAA - TAMPEREEN MURRE". www...
Swedish Crusade was a 13th-century Swedish military expedition against the Tavastians, in present-day Finland, led by Birger Jarl. Many details of the Crusade...
Latin: Tavastia) Tavastia (historical province), a historical territory of Tavastians, later province of the kingdom of Sweden, located in modern-day Finland...
The Livonian Crusade was ongoing and the Finnish tribes such as the Tavastians and Karelians were in frequent conflicts with Novgorod and with each other...
Ostrobothnia in the northwestern parts of Finland. Ostrobothnians descend from Tavastians and Savonians, the latter started to settle in Ostrobothnia during the...
follows: "Swedes came with a great army, and Norwegians and Finns and Tavastians with ships in great numbers, Swedes with their prince and bishops, and...
but some Tavastians also moved to their hunting grounds in the same area. At the time, it was possible to distinguish Savonians and Tavastians just by...
Agricola mentions in his New Testament that Finnish tribes are Finns, Tavastians and Karelians. The same division can also be seen in typical brooches...
Finns proper themselves became divided geographically in three parts: Tavastians: The tribes who went inland to Tavastia; Southwestern Finns: The tribes...
Niinistö, the 12th president of Finland (years 2012-2024), is a Finn proper. Tavastians Baltic Finns Ostrobothnians Palmunen, Lauri (toim.): Varsinais-Suomen...
Pirkkala in 1565. Ruovesi was mainly settled by Tavastians and the dialects of Ruovesi and Pohjaslahti are Tavastian dialects. Some settlers in the area were...
and Tavastians inhabited the area. Some place names have traces of Tavastian village names, like Konala, which likely derives from the older Tavastian village...
Finland and Satakunta: Finns proper (varsinaissuomalaiset) Tavastia: Tavastians (hämäläiset) Ostrobothnia: Ostrobothnians (pohjalaiset) Southern Ostrobothnians...
earliest historical accounts of conflicts involving Finnish tribes, such as Tavastians, Karelians, Finns proper and Kvens, have survived in Icelandic sagas and...
diaspora of Finnish people Traditional subgroups or tribes (heimot) Finns proper Tavastians Karelians Savonians Ostrobothnians Kainuu people Diaspora Persons...
early Iron Age. During the Early Middle Ages, the region was populated by Tavastians and Southwestern Finns. Following the Northern Crusades, Swedish settlers...
a route of commerce for Finnish tribal Tavastians who primarily inhabited the inland regions. The Tavastians also had some permanent settlements in the...
Ingrian Finns (including Siberian Finns (including Korlaks), Savonians, Tavastians, Finns proper, Ostrobothnians, Finnish Karelians, Finland Swedes, Kainuu...
millennium AD, during the Iron Age, when the area was inhabited by the Tavastians. They used the area for fishing and hunting, but due to the lack of archaeological...
diaspora of Finnish people Traditional subgroups or tribes (heimot) Finns proper Tavastians Karelians Savonians Ostrobothnians Kainuu people Diaspora Persons...
diaspora of Finnish people Traditional subgroups or tribes (heimot) Finns proper Tavastians Karelians Savonians Ostrobothnians Kainuu people Diaspora Persons...
diaspora of Finnish people Traditional subgroups or tribes (heimot) Finns proper Tavastians Karelians Savonians Ostrobothnians Kainuu people Diaspora Persons...
diaspora of Finnish people Traditional subgroups or tribes (heimot) Finns proper Tavastians Karelians Savonians Ostrobothnians Kainuu people Diaspora Persons...
predominant in the Helsinki metropolitan area and urbanized areas in the Tavastian and Central Finland dialectal areas, such as the cities of Tampere, Jyväskylä...