Johan Nilsson Bastubacka, One of Finland’s Foremost Church Artists
By June Pelo with excerpts from “ÅGLIIDE 3” by Ole Granholm.Photo by Martti Jokinen, courtesy of the Finnish Heritage Agency. The transition to the 1700’s brought major changes…
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Finnholms in Washington State
By Gösta Svenfelt in Suomi-USA, Jan 2005. Translated by June Pelo.Photo by Blazeblaze, CC BY SA 2.5. For nearly 100 years, when emigration from Finland was greatest, the…
Hangö Remembers the Epoch When Emigrants Traveled to America
Birgitta Ekström and archivist Marketta Wall have put together a living history about an important epoch in the city’s history. Submitted by June Pelo. Image courtesy…
