Petalax Village & Farm Names

Recollections by Viktor Smeds of his childhood in Petalax.From “Den Österbottniska Byn”.Translated by June Pelo. Petalax church village was a typical Österbotten village during my childhood.…

Early Towns of Finland

Excerpted from “Finnish Folk Culture” by Ilmar Talve.Translated by June Pelo.    During the Middle Ages there were only six towns in Finland, and eight in…

Finland Facts

By June Pelo, 1982 ‘Sisu’ is an ancient Finnish word that has no exact counterpart in other languages. ‘Sisu’ has preserved the Finns as a race…
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