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Larsmo ((フィンランド語:'Luoto')) is a municipality of Finland, located in the Ostrobothnia region of the province of Western Finland. "Larsmo" is also the name of one of the villages in the municipality of Larsmo. The municipality is bilingual with Swedish as the majority language and Finnish as the minority language.〔(Korsnäsista ja Luodosta kaksikieliset kunnat ), YLE 30 December 2014, accessed 1 January 2015.〕 Until 2014 Swedish was Larsmo's only official language. The municipality and consists of an archipelago of about 360 islands and numerous skerries. The length of the coastline is about . Lake Larsmo ('), which is Finland's largest artificial fresh water lake is also located in the municipality. The municipality has a population of ()〔 and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . ==History== The land, which was to become Larsmo rose from the sea some 2,000 years ago, due to post-glacial rebound. Today the municipality consists of more than 360 islands. The administrative municipality Larsmo was founded in 1867, having previously belonged to the parish of Pedersöre. Hunting, fishing and agriculture used to be important sources of income. However, industry and service have now taken over since the changes of agriculture nowadays require larger farms to be profitable. The businesses are mainly influenced by the strong traditions of crafting or boat building. The municipality came to play an interesting role in the Finnish independence-movement. During the dark autumn night of December 6, 1905, the steamer S/S ''John Grafton'' sailed into the Larsmo archipelago with its cargo of weapons, meant to be used for the independence movement in Finland and the revolutionary attempts in Russia. The cargo was unloaded and transported away with the help of the local population. However, the ship ran aground when the ship was heading out to sea. The crew decided to blow up the ship before the Russian guards would find it. The crew fled to Sweden with some smaller sailing vessels and the ship was blown up on December 8. News about the mystical ship spread around the world, and were mentioned in i.e. ''The Times'', ''Deutsche Tageblatt'' and the ''Daily Mail''. This incident is often counted as the first attempt for a free Finland and to obtain independence from Russia. S/S ''Equity'', another ship, loaded with weapons, also unloaded its cargo in the Larsmo archipelago, and a memorial plate is now in place at the Tolvmangrundet island. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Larsmo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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