Teuva () is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Teuva is () and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is .
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History
In 1954, the Finland-Swedish artist and author Tove Jansson created an altarpiece mural, Ten Virgins, in Teuva's church, her only church painting.
In August 2010, more than fifty pocket-sized saunas were gathered on a lakeside within Teuva for the fifth annual Mobile Sauna Festival. Some six-thousand visitors attended the festival, doubling the population of Teuva for the weekend.
Villages Horo Horonkylä Kauppila Kirkonkylä Komsi Korvenkylä Luovankylä Nori Perälä Piikkilänkylä Riippi Salonpää Äystö
Notable individuals Antti Rajamäki, sprinter Aulis Ranta-Muotio, politician Elonkerjuu, rock band Helge Saarikoski, politician and Member of Parliament Jorma Mattinen, professor and rector at the Åbo Akademi University from 2005 to 2014 Jukka Rauhala, Olympic wrestler Lauri Ingman, theologian, bishop, politician and twice Prime Minister of Finland Mirjam Tuokkola, archer Nicole, a band Oiva Ketonen, philosopher, writer, academic and professor Otto Syreeni, businessman Pauli Nevala, javelin thrower Severi Savonen, professor Simo Korpela, poet and priest Roppal, also known as Riskipiiku, professional Osu! player
References
External links
Municipality of Teuva – Official website