Tavastian

…ancestors of the Hämäläiset (Tavastians, or Tavastlanders), the people of southern and western Finland (especially the historic region of Häme); those who entered from the southeast were the Karelians. Scandinavian peoples occupied the western coast and archipelagoes and the Åland Islands.

…crystallized: the Finns proper, the Tavastians, and the Karelians. These each had their own chiefs, and they waged war on one another.

…home of the Hämäläiset (Tavastians, or Tavastlanders), one of the original groups of Finnish people, and derives its name from the medieval castle of Häme, which lies near the city of Hämeenlinna. Tampere, in west-central Häme, developed as the region’s major industrial centre during the early 19th century, a…