North Helsinki (Finnish: Pohjois-Helsinki, Swedish: Norra Helsingfors) is a major area in Helsinki, Finland that was part of Vantaa before the great annexation of 1946.[1] Many single-family houses were built in the area in the 1940s and 1950s due to the settlement of front-line soldiers and evacuees.[2] The term pakiloutinum describes the development of the later decades, when terraced and semi-detached houses were built on the large plots of single-family houses and terraced houses.[3]
In the city's official regional division, Pohjoinen suurpiiri is one of Helsinki's seven major districts, which is divided into five basic districts, which are Maunula, Länsi-Pakila, Tuomarinkylä, Oulunkylä and Itä-Pakila.[4]