Abstract
The paper concentrates on the changes of the industrial structure and mobility of labour force in Tampere. The city of Tampere with a population of 195.000 is the second largest urban agglomeration in Finland. The Tampere urban area has a population of about 300.000. Tampere has been a forerunner especially in the heavy processing industries, such as large textile and clothing industries, leather industries, paper mills, cardboard factories and metal works. Along with a general industrial change in the country, Tampere lost a great part of its heavy industries in the 1970s and 1980s. The volume of labour force in the sector plummeted to less than a half causing a high unemployment rate, which was worsened by a severe depression in the country in 1991-1994. After the depression the city experienced an unexpected rapid development to become one of the major high-tech centres. These developments have created new demands for skilled workers. The paper analyses industrial changes and labour migration and their interconnections in the Tampere urban area..
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