Kengis

Kengis (Swedish: [ˈɕɛ̌ŋːɪs];[1] Finnish: Köngäs) is a small rural community in Pajala Municipality in northernmost Sweden, located very near the Finnish border.

For the chess player, see Edvīns Ķeņģis.

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History

In 1644, two Swedish noblemen, later called Renstierna ("Reindeer star"), set up a forge in the Swedish village Pajala (Finnish for "forge village") north of the Arctic Circle. As Sweden at that time was very eager to mint all the copper found in the country, they also got a concession for minting. Renstiernas minted both plate money and minor local coins in values of 5, 10, 15 and 20 öre.

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gollark: This being the UK, the only ISP here that I'm aware of is British Telecom, who offer, at best (for here), "fibre" which is just a fibre connection to some green box somewhere, then VDSL over ancient copper cables.
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References
  1. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 13.



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