Koppö

Koppö was a small farm settlement on a peninsula of the Ostrobothnian coast. Land uplift had joined the former island to the mainland, while a deep, sheltered bay offered anchorage for ships. The district's farmers traded across the Gulf of Bothnia, and in 1649 Governor-General Per Brahe ordered a town founded here to bring that commerce into a recognised port. The new town became Kristinestad.