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Jakobstad, or Pietarsaari, is a town and municipality in Finland.

The town was founded in 1652 by Ebba Brahe, the widow of the military commander Jacob De la Gardie, and was granted city privileges by Queen Christina of Sweden. The Swedish name literally means Jacobs's City or Jacobs's Town. The town was founded at the old harbour of the parish Pedersöre and this name lives on in the Finnish name of the municipality, Pietarsaari.

Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the national poet of Finland, was born in Jakobstad.

Home of the galleon Jacobstads Wapen based on 1755 drawings by Swedish naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman.
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