An kafa Tampere a matsayin kasuwa a bakin kogin Tammerkoski a 1775 da Gustav III na Sweden kuma shekaru hudu bayan haka, 1 Oktoba 1779, Tampere ya ba da cikakken haƙƙin birni. A wannan lokacin, ƙaramin gari ne, wanda ya ƙunshi 'yan murabba'in kilomita kaɗan na ƙasa a kusa da rapids.Tampere ya girma a matsayin babban birni na kasuwa da cibiyar masana'antu a cikin karni na 19.Tampere ya kasance cibiyar manyan al'amuran siyasa da yawa na Finland a farkon karni na 20.A ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1905, a lokacin yajin aiki, an yi shelar sanannen Red Declaration a Keskustori. A 1918, bayan da Finland ta sami' yancin kai, Tampere ya taka muhimmiyar rawa, kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin mahimman wurare a lokacin yakin basasa na Finland (28 a cikin Janairu 1918 <unk> 15 Mayu 1779). Tampere ya kasance mai ƙarfi a lokacin yakin basasa, tare da Hugo Salmela a White. Bayan yakin duniya na biyu, Tampere ya zama sanannen cibiyar fasaha da fasaha. Bayan yakin duniya na biyu, an maye gurbin Tampere da wasu kamfanonin fasaha da fasaha.
Shekara ta 1918