Syvilla \u2013 the cottage at Syv\u00e4niemi on the shore of Lake Kovesj\u00e4rvi in southern Finland \u2212 offers great opportunities for leisure and provides a lovely setting for small-scale festivities and corporate events.<\/p>\n
The Baron of Parkano, Baron Gustaf Wrede af Elim\u00e4, was the forester in charge of the local government-owned woodlands at the beginning of the 20th century. He granted permission for Kristian Samuel’s son and his wife, Julia Efraim’s daughter, to rent a piece of land along Lake Kovesj\u00e4rvi\u2019s shore. In 1907 the young couple built the Syv\u00e4niemi farmhouse on this beautiful shoreline. They were later able to purchase the property outright when the changing Finnish legislation so allowed.<\/p>\n
Kristian and Julia already had four of their eight children when they arrived at Syv\u00e4niemi. The family earned its living partly from agriculture and partly from trade. As a travelling salesman, Kristian had to spend long periods of time away from the family. During those times, Julia had the sole responsibility of looking after the children, the farm and the animals. As time passed, the ownership of the farm was left to the family’s youngest daughter, Taimi. She continued to look after the farm with her husband Hugo until old age caught up with both of them, and they moved to a rented property on the other side of the lake and finally to the centre of nearby Parkano town. The Syv\u00e4niemi estate was left uninhabited for several years, and the beautiful gardens and buildings gradually became run down. The new owners purchased Syv\u00e4niemi in July 2008 and had the estate totally repaired and refurbished, keeping in line with the original tradition.<\/p>\n
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SyVilla was connected to the mainline electricity supply system at the beginning of the 1950s. There was no road leading to Syv\u00e4niemi and the surrounding villas until the middle of the 1980s.The nearest road (to the village of Karvia) was reached by boat in the summer or on foot across the icy lake in the winter, or by following the winding pathway along the shore.
\nThe main building has gone through many changes. The original building only consisted of two rooms, whereas now there are eight. The cowshed was replaced at the beginning of the 1950s with a sauna, a new cowshed and a storage building for the harvested hay. A chimneyless (smoke) sauna and a woodshed were also part of the original setup. There are now differing levels and types of accommodation available for rent in most buildings. The main dining area seats around twenty people. There is a new lakeside sauna with a hot tub, garden swing and a barbecue terrace. For those who like to enjoy the great outdoors, the nearby Pikkusaari Island offers the possibility for overnight stays in a traditional Finnish lean-to.<\/p>\n
If you are interested to know more about the local history, we\u2019ll be happy to have a further chat with you, perhaps over a cup of coffee by the campfire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Parkanon Paroni Gustaf Wrede af Elim\u00e4 valtion paikallisista metsist\u00e4 vastaavana mets\u00e4nhoitajana osoitti Parkanon Vuorij\u00e4rven kyl\u00e4n Korpiniemen kruununtorpan mailta Honkajoelta kotoisin olevalle Kristian Samuelin pojalle ja h\u00e4nen Parkanosta syntyisin olevalle vaimolleen Julia Efraimin tytt\u00e4relle maa-alueen Kovesj\u00e4rven rannalta. T\u00e4h\u00e4n luonnonkauniiseen rantamets\u00e4\u00e4n nuori pariskunta perusti 1907 Syv\u00e4niemen m\u00e4kituvan, jonka he lunastivat itselleen 1927, kun heille tuli siihen mahdollisuus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-544","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"gb","enabled_languages":["fi","gb"],"languages":{"fi":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"gb":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syvilla.fi\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/syvilla.fi\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/syvilla.fi\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syvilla.fi\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syvilla.fi\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/syvilla.fi\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2536,"href":"https:\/\/syvilla.fi\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/544\/revisions\/2536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syvilla.fi\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}