Soukka is part of the oldest area in Espoo. The oldest discovered signs of habitation in Soukka are from the early
metal age. There have been discoveries of
Bronze Age cairns in the area of the old Soukka village. In public documents, Soukka is first mentioned in 1540, written as
Soijckoby. The name most likely derives from the Finnish word
soukka "narrow" and originally referred to a narrow strait that separated the area from the mainland. As time passed, the name of the village settled on the Swedish name
Sökö. The Finnish Bureau of Geography confirmed the
Finnish name as
Soukka in 1965. In the 1590s, the village of Soukka consisted of a single independent
farm and its subsidiary buildings. The rate of growth was slow and in 1865 there were two independent farms in the village, with a total population according to census of 49. By the late 19th century, the population of Soukka had grown to 103. In the late 18th century, building work had started on the
Sveaborg fortress off the coast of
Helsinki. The construction of the fortress increased demand for
brick and brick construction began also in the lands of Soukka. Industrialisation got off to a real start in the late 19th century, when the first industrial area was founded on the coast of
Espoonlahti. Brick factories in nearby villages increased demand for workers. This, in turn, caused the population of Soukka to increase as part of the workforce arriving in the area settled down in Soukka. In the 1870s, there emerged a strong community of
carpenters in the Soukanniemi area, whose activity lasted until the 1930s. The first of them was Anders Viktor Lindström, the most successful of them was Johan Syrjänen, having bought the southern part of the Staffan island off the coast of Soukanniemi. In wintertime, completed furniture was shipped to Helsinki by
sled on the ice, in summertime by
steam ship. ==Modern times==