Åbo Cathedral
From The Leading Star, November 2000. June Pelo. Finland’s first bishop was an Englishman named Saint Henry. It is mistakenly claimed that he baptized Finnish pagans into…
Finland
Caino and Torp Families in Vetil
By Marjatta Pulkkinen. Translated by June Pelo. Toward the Vetil River Valley A solitary wanderer shuffled through the backwoods with his knapsack. Along the shore of…
Ancestral Farmhouses in Kauhava Parish, Finland
Excerpts from an article by Jorma Kalliokoski in“A New Journey For North American Finns”, July 1999.June Pelo. One wonders what the first farm house looked like…
American Packages of Great Importance after the War
Assembled by Elof Sänkas. Norden 21 Apr 2005. Translated by June Pelo. When my mother died in 2000, I found an old American letter from my…
A German as Finland’s King
By Jonathan Riikonen FAR, January 2019 June Pelo When Finland achieved her independence on December 6, 1917, according to Parliament’s manifest the country was a sovereign…
Nedervetil Parish Congregation – 250th Anniversary
By Siv Vähämäki-Sundman, ~ 2004. English translation by June Pelo. A landmark which has stood in the middle of Nedervetil parish for many years is the…
Absentee Voting for Finnish Expats
Finland views their citizens living abroad a valuable resource and strive to foster a cooperative relationship with expatriates. This is why the Finnish Expatriate Parliament (FEP)…
Travelling in Finland
Official Languages:Finnish, Swedish Time Zone:GMT + 2 hrs Population:5.4 million Capital:Helsinki Lakes:188 000 Islands:180 000 National parks:37 Geographic size:338,000 km2, of which 33 000 km2 water…
