Teuva

Teuva (Swedish: Östermark) is a municipality of Finland.

Teuva Östermark
Municipality
Teuvan kunta Östermarks kommun
Municipal office
Coat of arms
Location of Teuva in Finland
Coordinates: 62°29′10″N 21°44′50″E
Country	Finland
Region	South Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Suupohja
Charter	1868
Government
• Municipal manager	Veli Nummela
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	556.05 km2 (214.69 sq mi)
• Land	554.73 km2 (214.18 sq mi)
• Water	1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
• Rank	154th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-03-31)[2]
• Total	4,642
• Rank	175th largest in Finland
• Density	8.37/km2 (21.7/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	96.6% (official)
• Swedish	0.7%
• Others	2.7%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	14.1%
• 15 to 64	51.6%
• 65 or older	34.3%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.teuva.fi

It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Teuva is 4,642 (31 March 2025)^[2] and the municipality covers an area of 554.73 km² (214.18 sq mi) of which 1.35 km² (0.52 sq mi) is inland water (1 January 2018).^[1] The population density is 8.37/km² (21.7/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

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.^[5][6]

Villages

• Horo
• Horonkylä^[7]
• Kauppila
• Kirkonkylä
• Komsi
• Korvenkylä
• Luovankylä
• Nori
• Perälä
• Piikkilänkylä
• Riippi
• Salonpää
• Äystö^[8]

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