Iskmo is a village in Korsholm, Finland.[1] It has a population of 315 people.[1] ] The village is located in the middle of Finland on the west coast. The first known inhabitants, in the 14th century, were named in old documents in Sweden (Finland was the eastern part of Sweden for about 700 years until 1809 when it was lost in a war to Russia). The population in villages in this area has always spoken Swedish and even today about 90% still do.
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- 1 2 "Korsholms byar" (in Swedish). Korsholm: Korsholms kommun. 2009-01-28. Archived from the original on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
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