The Land is Logged
Excerpts from “Roots in the Past – Seeds for the Future” and “The Heritage & History of Clover Valley, French River & Surrounding Communities”.By June Pelo.…
Traditions and history
Jean Sibelius
Suomen Silta, #3-04 Irmeli Tanttu.Translated by June Pelo. Jean Sibelius spent most of his life in a large villa in rural Tuusala, about 40 km from Helsinki.…
The King’s Road
By June Pelo. Along the King’s Road there exists an uncounted number of old buildings and sights. The important road has turned to an interesting series…
Farm life in Finland
Translated from Swedish by June Pelo 1982 Haymaking was the most grueling task of all summer work on farms. All grass growing on fields had to…
Munsala – The Ostrobothnian Church Village
From “Den Österbottniska Byn” by R. Blomqvist. Translated by June Pelo This article was written by R. Blomqvist during a visit to Munsala in the early 1900’s. At…
Lepplax Village, Pedersöre Parish
By Thor Portin, from Den Österbottniska byn.Translated by June Pelo. There are 12 villages in Pedersöre parish, the same number as the apostles on the parish…
Sundby Village, Pedersöre Parish
By Vilhelm Sandnäs from Den Österbottniska Byn. Translated by June Pelo. Readers whose families emigrated from Sundby village in Pedersöre parish will enjoy the following description…
Esse – the Old Village
By Hjalmar Krokfors from “Den Österbottniska byn”.Translated by June Pelo When some special work such as baking, distilling or brewing needed to be done in olden…
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…
Finland
From the book ‘FINLAND’ by Tamiko Bjener, 1988June Pelo Official name: Republic of Finland, Suomi (soo-WAH-mee) History Early History – the Sami and the Finns The…
Folk Culture
By Teppo Korhonen, Professor of Ethnology, University of Turku,Extracted from “Finland – A Cultural Encyclopedia”. Translated by June Pelo Folk culture in Finland is clearly divided between…
The National Anthem of Finland
By June Pelo, citing the Internet as her source of information. The Finnish national anthem, with words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg and music by Fredrik Pacius,…
