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{{short description|Town in Ostrobothnia, Finland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Nykarleby
| official_name = {{lang|sv|Nykarleby stad}}<br />{{lang|fi|Uudenkaarlepyyn kaupunki}}
| native_name = {{lang|sv|Nykarleby}} – {{lang|fi|Uusikaarlepyy}}
| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Nykarleby kyrka.jpg
| image_caption = The [[St. Birgitta Church]] in Nykarleby
| image_shield = Uusikaarlepyy.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size = 120x80px
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| map_caption = Location of Nykarleby in Finland
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ostrobothnia (administrative region)|Ostrobothnia]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jakobstad sub-region|Jakobstad]]
| leader_title = [[Town manager]]
| leader_name = Thomas Björk
| established_title = [[Charter]]
| established_date = 1620
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|timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset = +02:00
|timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +03:00
| website = {{URL|https://www.nykarleby.fi/}}
}}
[[File:NyCarleby - Johan Knutson - Finland framställdt i teckningar - 110.jpg|thumb|Illustration in [[Finland framstäldt i teckningar]] edited by [[Zacharias Topelius]] and published 1845-1852.]]

'''Nykarleby''' ({{IPA|sv-FI|nyˈkɑːrleˌbyː|lang}}; {{langx|fi|Uusikaarlepyy}}, {{IPA|fi|ˈuːsiˌkɑːrlepyː|lang}}) is a [[town]] in [[Finland]], located on the west coast of the country. The town is situated in [[Ostrobothnia (administrative region)|Ostrobothnia]], along the [[Gulf of Bothnia]]. The population is approximately {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{Data Finland municipality/population count|Nykarleby}}round -3}}}}, while the [[Jakobstad sub-region|sub-region]] has a population of approximately {{formatnum: {{#expr: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Nykarleby}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Larsmo}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Pedersöre}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Jakobstad}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Nykarleby}}round -3}}}}. It is the {{ordinal|{{Data Finland municipality/population count sequence|Nykarleby}}}} most populous [[Municipalities of Finland|municipality]] in Finland.

Nykarleby is a [[bilingual]] municipality with [[Finnish language|Finnish]] and [[Swedish language|Swedish]] as its official languages. The population consists of {{Formatnum: {{pct|{{Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish|Nykarleby}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Nykarleby}}|0}}}} Finnish speakers, {{Formatnum: {{pct|{{Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish|Nykarleby}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Nykarleby}}|0}}}} Swedish speakers, and {{Formatnum: {{pct|{{Data Finland municipality/native language other|Nykarleby}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Nykarleby}}|0}}}} speakers of other languages.

The largest employers in the town are Prevex (member of [[KWH Group]]), a packaging and piping products manufacturer, Westwood, which manufactures wooden staircases, and in the village of [[Jeppo (village)|Jeppo]], KWH Mirka, a coated abrasives manufacturer.<ref name="uusikaarlepyyfi">{{Cite web |url=http://www.uusikaarlepyy.fi/fi/1894 |title=Nykarleby :: Historiikki<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=24 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907180113/http://www.uusikaarlepyy.fi/fi/1894 |archive-date=7 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A Swedish-speaking art school (''{{lang|sv|Svenska Konstskolan}}'') is located in Nykarleby town.

==History==
The town is located at the mouth of the {{Ill|Lapua River|fi|Lapuanjoki|sv|Lappo å}}. The name of the place was {{Lang|fi|Lapuan Joensuu}} or 'mouth of Lapua river'. The municipality was founded in 1607 by merging parts of [[Pedersöre]] and [[Vörå]] into a new parish. In 1620, the small village of '''Lepua''' was [[Royal charter|chartered]] as a city, with the Swedish name {{Lang|sv|Nykarleby}}, which means 'New Karleby'; the Finnish name is a Finnicized version of the same. The town was chartered in the same year as the nearby city of [[Kokkola]], or in Swedish, {{Lang|sv|Gamlakarleby}} (later, {{Lang|sv|Karleby}}).

The [[Battle of Nykarleby|battles of Nykarleby]] and [[Battle of Jutas|Jutas]] were fought there between Swedish and Russian troops during the [[Finnish War]] in 1808.

[[Zacharias Topelius]], an important author in Finland, was born in Nykarleby.

In 1995, the small, idyllic town was ranked as "the happiest city in Finland" in a controversial article in ''[[Helsingin Sanomat]]'', the leading newspaper of Finland.<ref>Helsingin Sanomat Kuukausiliite, January 1995. [http://www2.hs.fi/extrat/kuukausiliite/arkisto/1995/01/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309001055/http://www2.hs.fi/extrat/kuukausiliite/arkisto/1995/01/|date=9 March 2008}}. Externally referred to in: Asiakastieto. Luottolista 2000. [http://www.asiakastieto.fi/luottoriski/j_ll_hakutulosartikkeli.jsp?l1=6&l2=1&v=2000&A=249]{{Dead link|date=April 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Nykarleby has the highest concentration of Ukrainian speakers in Finland.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = left
|caption = Population by mother tongue in 2021<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11rm.px/ | title=Väestö 31.12. Muuttujina Alue, Kieli, Sukupuoli, Vuosi ja Tiedot }}</ref>
|label1 = Swedish
|value1 = 85.3
|color1 = gold
|label2 = Finnish
|value2 = 6.7
|color2 = darkblue
|label3 = Ukrainian
|value3 = 2.1
|color3 = green
|label4 = Vietnamese
|value4 = 1.2
|color4 = red
|label5 = Other
|value5 = 4.7
|color5 = gray
}}

==Politics==
Results of the [[2011 Finnish parliamentary election]] in Nykarleby:

*[[Swedish People's Party]] 63.8%
*[[Social Democratic Party (Finland)|Social Democratic Party]] 24.9%
*[[Christian Democrats (Finland)|Christian Democrats]] 4.6%
*[[True Finns]] 2.0%
*[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party]] 1.6%
*[[Left Alliance (Finland)|Left Alliance]] 1.5%
*[[National Coalition Party]] 0.7%
*[[Green League]] 0.6%

== Notable people ==
List of notable people that were born in, or have lived in, Nykarleby.
* [[Zachris Topelius|Zacharias Topelius]] (1818–1898), author<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Topelius, Zakris |volume= 27 |last= Gosse |first= Edmund William |author-link= Edmund William Gosse | page = 49 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Erik Bergman]] (1911–2006), composer
* [[Gösta Ågren]] (1936–2020), poet and director
* [[Leo Komarov]] (born 1987), ice hockey player
* [[Sandra Eriksson]] (born 1989), a middle distance runner
* [[Rory Penttinen]] (born 1979), racing driver
* [[Alma Hongell]] (1849–1935), children's literature author

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland}}

===Twin towns – sister cities===
Nykarleby is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:

*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Hammel]], Denmark
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Steinkjer Municipality|Steinkjer]], Norway 
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sollefteå Municipality|Sollefteå]], Sweden

==See also==
* [[Finnish national road 8]]
* [[Finnish national road 19]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Nykarleby}}
* [https://www.nykarleby.fi/ Town of Nykarleby] – Official website
* [http://www.nykarlebyvyer.nu/ A comprehensive collection of stories and pictures from Nykarleby's history] {{in lang|sv}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Nykarleby
 | N  = [[Jakobstad]]
 | E  = [[Pedersöre]]
 | SE = [[Kauhava]] ([[South Ostrobothnia]])
 | SW = [[Vörå]]
 | NW = ''[[Kvarken]]''
}}
{{ostrobothnia}}

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[[Category:Nykarleby| ]]
[[Category:Grand Duchy of Finland]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Finland]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Finland]]
[[Category:1620 establishments in Sweden]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1620]]