Santahamina

Summary

Santahamina (Swedish: Sandhamn) is an island and neighbourhood of Eastern Helsinki, Finland. At present it is a military base housing the Guard Jaeger Regiment, making access restricted. The Finnish National Defence University (NDU) is also located on the island.

Location of Santahamina within Helsinki
Hevossalmi bridge and road to Santahamina

Santahamina housed before 2007 a mediumwave broadcasting station used by Yle for broadcasting on 558 kHz with 100 kW.

Politics edit

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Santahamina:

External links edit

  Media related to Santahamina at Wikimedia Commons

  • Santahamina website (in Finnish)

60°09′N 025°03′E / 60.150°N 25.050°E / 60.150; 25.050