Erik Sigurd Lärka
Written by Erik Nix for the Norden, March 5, 2009. Translated into English by June Pelo. Erik Sigurd Lärka was born in Gottböle, Närpes, Finland on…
Swedish Finns
Ethnic Puzzle (Schnyder’s Dystrophy)
Story by Patricia Anstett, medical writer for the Detroit Free Press. Submitted by June Pelo. For 14 years, Dr. Jayne Weiss has tried to find…
Swede-Finns in Mason County, Michigan
This story includes many of the details recorded in the book titled, ‘Finn Town and Living on the Island’ by Evert Johnson, January 1980.(Evert Johnson’s parents…
Swedish-Speaking Ostrobothnia
Extracted from “Exploring Ostrobothnia” an article by Kjell Herberts and Börje Vähämäki. Translated by June Pelo At the turn of this century the Finnish- and Swedish-speaking populations…
Sideby Parish
By Frans Teir, from “Den Österbottniska Byn”.Translated by June Pelo. The writer takes us on an imaginary visit in the 1870’s to a farm in Sideby,…
Fiddler Gusta Hellund
By Ester Lauren. Rewritten 21 Mar 1973 by Paul Andersson. From Släkt-och Bygd # 17. English translation by June Pelo. How well I remember him, the…
Johan Ludvig Runeberg – National Poet of Finland
By June Pelo. Sourced from the internet. Runeborg was the national poet of Finland who wrote in Swedish, and also exercised great influence on Swedish literature.…
Building Contractor Johan Johansson Bäcksbacka
From Finlands Swedish Technicians. By Prof. Jonatan Reuter. Rewritten by Bror Höglund.Translated by June Pelo. After the severe years of famine 1867-68, a man named Johan…
Axel Andersson Pelo – 1875 -1903
By June Pelo. Axel Pelo was my father’s uncle who emigrated from Finland to Ashland, WI and married there in 1900 to Brita Johanna Jakobsdotter Nyberg-Lågland,…
Pelo – Tannery & Farm in the Swedish District
From Österbottningen, 17 Oct 1959. Sent by Birger Lindqvist of Gamlakarleby.Translated by June Pelo. Thirty-four-year old Fritiof Gustafsson of Pelo in Nedervetil drove at full speed into the…
Eighth Symphony
By Adrian Niemi. Written in his 10th grade writing class, ca 1965.June Pelo On March 24, 1924, an audience in Stockholm was unknowingly hearing the first of…
Finland-Swedes in America
By Anders Myhrman, 1972. Excerpted from “Finlandsvenskar i Amerika” (The Finland-Swedes in America)Translation by June Pelo. The number of emigrants from Finland to America during the…
