Christmas Greeting card from the old part of Jakobstad called Skata.Swedish text. Posters and Art Prints

This Christmas card shows part of the idyllic town of Jakobstad, Finland. Jakobstad's historical neighborhood, known as both Skata and Norrmalm, is one of the largest cohesive wooden house neighborhoods in Finland. It is a culturally and historically valuable place, on both the local and national level. The old wooden houses of Skata create a harmonic atmosphere, and carry with them interesting stories. The first houses in Skata were built already in the beginning of the 18th century and until the latter part of the 18th century most of Skata's inhabitants were seamen and their families.