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Iisalmi (Idensalmi in Swedish) is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 22,647 (2003) and covers an area of 872.65 km² of which 109.27 km² is water. The population density is 26.0 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Iisalmi Industry
Olvi, the last big independent beer brewery in Finland (other big Finnish breweries have been bought by multinational companies), has its factory and headquarters in Iisalmi.
Genelec, a firm making high-quality speakers used in recording studios worldwide, has its factory and headquarters in Iisalmi.
Iisalmi Music
Currently the most famous Iisalmi-based band is a humorous country-rock orchestra Halavatun Papat. A rough translation of the name is "Goddang Grandfathers".
Jaakko Teppo, one of the greatest singer-songwriters ever in Finland, is originally from Iisalmi.
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