Anjala

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Anjala was a town in Southern Finland, which merged in 1975 with Sippola to form Anjalankoski, later further merged into Kouvola.{{Cite web |last=Lindberg |first=Johan |date=2011-10-28 |title=Anjalankoski |url=https://uppslagsverket.fi/sv/sok/view-170045-Anjalankoski |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109205517/https://uppslagsverket.fi/sv/sok/view-170045-Anjalankoski |archive-date=2021-11-09 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Uppslagsverket Finland |language=sv}}

Anjala is remembered historically in connection with the 18th-century event known as the Anjala Conspiracy.{{Cn|date=June 2022}}

The Regina School, one of the country's first public schools, was located here, as was its library, which was the first in the country. They were founded by {{Ill|Rabbe Gottlieb Wrede|sv}} with the help of the Christian educational society Pro Fide et Christianismo, of which he was a member.{{Cite book |last=Wiklund |first=Henry |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/909277940 |title=Uppdraget som växte : historien om Svenska litteratursällskapet som förvaltare av allmännyttigt kapital |publisher=Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland |year=2015 |isbn=978-951-583-275-7 |location=Helsingfors |pages=424 |language=sv |oclc=909277940}}{{Cite journal |last=Ahokas |first=Minna |date=2013-03-01 |title=Pro Fide et Christianismo -seuran papisto ja 1700-luvun ruotsalainen koulu-uudistuskeskustelu |url=https://journal.fi/kasvatusjaaika/article/view/68364 |url-status=live |journal=Kasvatus & Aika |language=fi |volume=7 |issue=1 |issn=1797-2299 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415235505/https://journal.fi/kasvatusjaaika/article/view/68364 |archive-date=2018-04-15}}

People born in Anjala

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Category:Populated places disestablished in 1975

Category:Former municipalities of Finland

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