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13 Beer factory, 1930s.

Photo: LMM

Before the war, the Tornio porter and beer factory
operated in Rovaniemi along the current Koski-
katu street. The factory building was completely
destroyed in the war. After the war, the company
considered transferring all beer manufacturing
operations to Rovaniemi, but the new town plan
did not allow for the factory site to be expanded.
The factory was, however, rebuilt at the previous
site and operated until 1972.

14 Tuisku’s house,
around the 1910s.

Photo: LMM/Iikka Paavalniemi

Shopkeeper A. E. Tuisku had a shop along Maan-
tiekatu and a house on the shore of River Kemijoki.
Tuisku being a local force served as a municipal fore-
man in municipal administration in 1897–1899 and
as the foreman of the municipal board in 1912. He
was also a founding member of Rovaniemen Kirja-
paino Oy that published Rovaniemi’s first newspa-
per and its managing director until 1927.