Sompasaari

Sompasaari (Swedish: Sumparn) is an island on the Kruunuvuorenselkä water area in the Sörnäinen district in Helsinki, Finland.

In 2016 the island was converted to a residential area and it was separated from nearby Kalasatama by digging a new channel called Sompasaarenkanava between them.

In the early 19th century the island was also called Lowiseholm after its tenant, Kristina Lovisa, wife of marine captain Gustaf Wilhelm Sundman.

The Swedish name means a corf and refers to old fish trade; "sump" is originally a Low German word.

[4][5] The high cliffs of Sompasaari were blasted away, ground flat and connected to the mainland[6] when the Sörnäinen Harbour was expanded seaward from 1958 to 1962.

[7][8] Land reclamation use in the area had already been started in the 1950s when two islands, Hanasaari and Kana were combined as the foundation of the new power plant.

Also the new Kalasatama-Pasila tram line currently under construction is planned to go from Nihti through Sompasaari to the Kalasatama metro station and thereafter through Hermanni to Pasila.

Apartment buildings in Sompasaari, built in 2020.
The island near the harbour in 1937.
The pier at the island. The forested and cliff-faced island of Sompasaari hosted a summer camp for the children of Elanto employees in the 1950s. [ 1 ]
The harbour at Sompasaari in 1966.
Priki Venuksen kuja ("Brig Venus alley") is one of the street names referring to old ships on the island.