place_of_death jalmari eskola
Pöytyä ( Swedish : Pöytis ) is a municipality of ___MASK48___ located in the Southwest ___MASK48___ region . Southwest ___MASK48___ , also known in English as ___MASK48___ Proper is the region in south - western ___MASK48___ that borders the regions of Satakunta and Tavastia Proper . Its capital and biggest city is ___MASK86___ with 182 , 000 inhabitants , which was also the most important city in ___MASK48___ from its establishment around the 13th century until the 1840s . Jalmari Johannes ( `` Lauri '' ) Eskola ( November 16 , 1886 , Pöytyä -- January 7 , 1958 ) was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the Cross Country Team . He competed for ___MASK48___ in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm , ___MASK96___ in the Cross Country Team where he won the silver medal with his team mates Hannes Kolehmainen and Albin Stenroos . ___MASK48___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK48___ , is a sovereign state in Northern Europe . A peninsula with the ___MASK98___ to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west , the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest , Norway to the north , and Russia to the east . Estonia is south of the country across the ___MASK98___ . ___MASK48___ is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia , which also includes Scandinavia . ___MASK48___ ' s population is 5 . 5 million ( 2014 ), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades . The majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region . In terms of area , it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union .