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Säynätsalo is a municipality consisting of three islands in Lake Paijanne. The history of Säynätsalo as an industrial community began in 1897, when Johannes Parviainen bought the island and set up a saw mill. In 1914, a plywood mill was started and in 1940, a factory manufacturing complete houses. In 1946, the factories were acquired by Enso-Gutzeit. At the time the town hall was built, some 3,000 people lived on the island and half of them worked in the factory.