History
The first building to be built in the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi was the Roosevelt Lodge, which was built in the 1950s for a visit by Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of the at that time US-President, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The first original home of Santa Claus was Korvatunturi, built as the "Finnish equivalent of Disneyland". In 1985, Rovaniemi was declared as an official hometown of Santa Claus.[3][4]
There was an association called Joulumaa, founded 1989 in Rovaniemi, consisting of 34 companies. The association was closed in 1992 due to financial difficulties as Joulumaa could no longer afford to continue the letter service, answering letters received by Santa Claus.[5]
Source: Wikipedia
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