In 1865,Frederik Idestam founded a woop-pulp mill in southern Finland,naming it NOKIA.It rapidly gained worldwide recognition,attracting a large number of of workforce and the town Nokia was born.
In 1920s.After WW2,the rubber company took a majority shareholding in the finnish cable work.In 1967,the companies consolidated to become the Nokia group.
The recession of the 1990 led the group to focus on the mobile phone market.