Early Deaf Education in Finland
Being Deaf My grandmother had six sisters and one brother. She was the fifth daughter born September of 1897. Her only brother, Anders Edvin, was born…
Traditions and history
Jean Sibelius, 1865—1957 World Famous Finnish Composer
By Shirley Jenkins During the 2014—2015 season musicians throughout the world will be paying tribute to the music of Jean Sibelius to mark the 150th anniversary…
Folk Belief
By June Pelo, excerpts taken from “Finnish Folk Culture” by Ilmar Talve. Image courtesy of the Finnish Heritage Agency, 1915. Traditionally in the Middle Ages, it…
Food Traditions in Finland
June Pelo has taken excerpts from “Finnish Folk Culture” by Ilmar Talve for this article. The country people usually slaughtered animals once a year, between the…
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…
Gold Miners from Finland
By June Pelo.Photo courtesy of NARA. In 1895 a young man from Karleby, Finland traveled to America to search for gold and strike it rich. His…
History of Currency in Finland
By June Pelo. Sources include the National Archive – Old Handwriting and Documents; Kalevi Kiesi and the internet. Monetary unit in the Middle Ages: The unit…
Food Customs
By June Pelo. Historically the western part of Finland belonged to the Roman-Catholic and Lutheran sphere of influence and via them to that of the…
The Kankkonen Brothers in Astoria, Oregon
Excerpts from “Egen lyckas smed” by K-G Olin.English translation by June Pelo. There was a gloomy mood in Astoria, Oregon in the spring of 1896. The…
Swedish Estonians
by Karen Anderson Pockets of languages survive all over the world largely due to the efforts of the native speakers and their resilience. These groups add…
The Creativity of the Finns
Written by Giles C. Ekola, The Finnish American Reporter, Oct. 1998. Submitted to SFHS by June Pelo. Images updated to meet attribution standards in 2021. The…
Customs and Traditions of Karlö, Finland
This information was excerpted by June Pelo from material supplied by former SFHS member, Bernice Korpi. People who lived in houses often owned clocks, but people…
