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Transnational Finnish Mobilities : proceedings of FinnForum XI
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2019)
This volume is based on a selection of papers presented at the conference FinnForum XI: Transnational Finnish Mobilities, held in Turku, Finland, in 2016. The twelve chapters discuss two key issues of our time, mobility ...
Their Ideals Were Crushed : a Daughter’s Story of the Säde Commune in Soviet Karelia
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2017)
As a young girl, Vieno Zlobina moved with her parents from Cobalt in Canada to Soviet Karelia, and tells the story of an idealistic Finnish community, the Säde Commune (säde means´ray of light´), from its foundation, through ...
From the Front to the West Coast : the Recollections of the Finnish War Veterans in Vancouver
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2014)
This is a story of a country, Finland, at war as told through the experiences of veterans. The book starts off with the Winter War, and continues on to the two other wars that followed, revealing history through personal ...
To the Land of the Gilded Streets : emigrants’ Journey from Finland through Great Britain to North America During the Era of Mass Migration
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2015)
During the “Great Emigration” in 1820–1930 circa 42 million Europeans emigrated to North America. About 380,000 of them were Finnish. In this publication we take a closer look at the emigrants’ journey from their home town ...
Finns over the Atlantic : an Overview of the Emigration from Finland to North America
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2005)
The mass migration to North America started from Great Britain and Central Europe in the beginning of the 19th century. In that great flood of immigration over the Atlantic the Finns formed only a small fraction. When the ...
Language and Culture Contact and Attitudes among First Generation Australian Finns
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2007)
People of Finnish origin have been relocating to Australia ever since early colonial times. The largest immigrant groups arrived during the passage assistance schemes between the late 1950s and 1960s, when Finns were among ...
Labouring Finns : transnational Politics in Finland, Canada and the United States
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2011)
One of the most interesting chapters in the twentieth century history of the Finnish working class is the role these labouring men and women played in shaping the political and social culture of the communities they were ...
Finns abroad : new Forms of Mobility and Migration
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2011)
This edited book aims at broadening our understanding of Finnish emigration and the multitude of different types of transnational mobility that Finns engage in, which is a distinctive feature of our times. The days when ...
Finland-Swedes in Canada : migration, Settlement and Ethnic Relations
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2000)
Finland-Swedes are not well recognized outside of Finland. Based on extensive research across the country, this book explores the history of this group within Canada dating from the 1800s, to the cultural integration, ...
A Century of Strife : the Finnish Organization of Canada 1901–2001
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2016)
A Century of Strife: The Finnish organization of Canada was written by the Finnish Canadian archivist and historian Edward W. Laine (1940–2003). The study was almost completed by Laine, and has been accordingly edited by ...