Päijät-Häme’s first baby of 2023 was born in Sysmä

Newborn baby under blanket.
The first baby of the year in Päijät-Häme was born to the family of Minttu and Joel Hakala on Sunday.

Last year, 1,449 children were born in Päijät-Hämee. On the first day of this year, there were three births.

Yesterday, Sunday, three children were born at Päijät-Häme Central Hospital. The birthplace of the first baby from Paijätämä is Sysmä. Lahti and Asikkala also got a population increase.

The first baby came into the world at ten o’clock in the morning. The family of Minttu and Joel Hakala already has a two-year-old sibling.

The second child of the year was born to a family from Lahti.

The third baby is the new child of Liisa Peltonen and Risto Arvassalo from Asikkala. There is already one child in the family.

The new family Liisa Peltonen and Risto Arvassalo and their newborn baby girl pose on a hospital bed.
The baby girl of Asikkala residents Liisa Peltonen and Risto Arvassalo was born in the afternoon at Päijät-Häme Central Hospital.

A total of 1,449 children were born in Päijät-Häme Central Hospital in 2022.

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