Rautalampi () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of () The parish (pitäjä) of Rautalampi was established in 1561. It was a large parish which included parts of 27 modern municipalities, most of them in the modern region of Central Finland.
Administratively Rautalampi was divided into three divisions (despite their amount, called "fourths"):
- Keitele, named after the lake Keitele, containing modern Viitasaari, Kivijärvi (incl. Kinnula and the Salamajärvi village in modern Perho
The first ecclesiastical division of the Rautalampi parish happened when Laukaa became separate in 1628, while the last division was the separation of Konnevesi in 1919 (administratively slightly later in 1922).
National park
Southern Konnevesi National Park was established in 2014. It is known for its prehistoric rock paintings.
Culture
Music
The Finnish rock band Grand Merlin, originally from Rautalampi, made a Finnish-language cover version of the 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd single "Sweet Home Alabama" in 1983. The song under the name "Rautalampi" was written by the band's bassist Hannu Niskanen.
Food
In the 1980s, the traditional dish of Rautalampi was a "cobbler's roast" (Suutarin paisti) made of browned pork and vendace.
Notable people
- Juho Heimonen (1861–1930)
- Kustaa Jalkanen (1862–1921)
- August Raatikainen (1874–1937)
- Ville Heimonen (1875–1951)
- Mikko Hult (1915–1993)
- Urpo Korhonen (1923–2009)
- Anne Hänninen (born 1958)
- Sisko Hanhijoki (born 1962)
- Martti Marttinen, the great-grandfather of John Morton
- Anna-Reeta Korhonen (1809–1893)
See also
- Finnish national road 69
References
External links
- Municipality of Rautalampi – Official website