Author and translator, June Pelo
June Pelo has contributed dozens of stories about Swedish Finn heritage over the last few decades. You can access nearly 180 of her stories using the links below.
June is a recent winner of the Amerikan Suometar Award of Excellance.
This award recognizes exceptional efforts to preserve Finnish-American history and identity. It is given by the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock, Michigan, which is a part of Finlandia University.
Many of her stories are found under these topic categories:
- Places in Finland
- Traditions
- Emigration
- In the New Country
A complete list of her stories on our website are listed in alphabetical order by title. Use the ‘alphabet’ buttons to search for stories. ( For example: J – “Johan Ludvig Runeberg – National Poet”, or C – “Christmas Traditions in Finland”.)
Story titles that include a person’s full name may be found by using either the person’s first or last name. (J – Johan Ludvig Runeberg or R – Johan Ludvig Runeberg)
Stories by Topic
- Aimo Björklund Saw the Remains of Sorjos Village
- Ancestral Farmhouses in Kauhava Parish, Finland
- Bränno & Havrasgränd Villages, Malax Parish
- Caino and Torp in Vetil
- Early Towns in Finland
- Esse – the Old Village
- Friis Village – the Outpost in the North
- Hanko Remembers the Epoch when Emigrants Traveled to America
- History of Östrobothnia
- Kantlax Village, Munsala Parish
- Klockars Farm & Family in Malax
- Korpilainene Homestead in Korplax Village, Karleby Parish
- Kortjarvi Village, Terjärv Parish
- Lagland Farm, Storby Village, Karleby Parish
- Lepplax Village, Pedersöre Parish
- Migrating Families from Savo Village, Lappajärvi Parish
- Munsala – The Östrobothnian Church Village
- Nabba Village, Terjärv Parish
- Nedervetil Parish Congregation – 250th Anniversary
- Origin of Finland
- Overmark – A visit in 1942
- Pedersöre Church
- Pelo Ancestral Farmhouse in Finland
- Pelo – Tannery & Farm in the Swedish District
- Pelo Village During 1920 – 1930
- Petalax Village & Farm Names
- Rödsö Village, Karleby Parish
- Rökiö Village, Vörå Parish
- Småbönders – A Living Village
- Solv Church Village
- Sundby Village in Pedersöre
- Swedish-Speaking Ostrobothnia
- The King’s Road
- The Åland Islands
- The Åland Islands – A Second Perspective
- Åbo Cathedral
- Christmas Traditions in Finland
- Community Meetings & Farming Traditions
- Customs and Traditions of Karlö, Finland
- Donald Widjeskog Remembers Christmas from Long Ago
- Folk Belief
- Folk Culture
- Food Customs
- Food Traditions in Finland
- Life Cycle Rites: Birth & Churching
- Manners and Customs of Kantlax
- Midsummer
- Old Church Customs
- Old Marriage Customs in Finland
- Peasant Wedding in Jomala, Åland
- Scandinavian Naming Practices
- Swedish Christmas
- The Sauna
- A Lady Travelling Steerage
- Departure of Emigrants
- Ellis Island
- Emigration from Ostrobothnia
- Emigration to North America
- Finland-Swedes in America
- Finland was a Poor Country
- Finns Abroad
- Hanko Remembers the Epoch when Emigrants Traveled to America
- Separation & Self-Sufficiency of Scandanavian Women – Early 1900s
- Terjårv Emigration
- The Immigrant Journey – Passing Through Ellis Island
- Aina Carlson lives in Two Worlds – Närpes & Florida
- Alma & Oscar Kamb- The Fortunes of a Yttermark Family in the US
- Anders Viktor Tast-Nyström & Mathilda Emelie Loulubacka
- C. E. Carson – Peasant boy from Föglö, Åland becomes a Millionaire
- East Tawas, Michigan
- Emigrants to Australia
- Farming in North Dakota at the Turn of the Century 1800 – 1900
- Finland Swedes in America
- Finland was a Poor Country
- Finnholms in Washington State
- Finn Town – Ludington, Michigan
- Finnish Colonists in New Sweden
- Finnish Fishermen of Lake Superior
- Finnish Immigrant Farm Women in NE Minnesota
- Finns Abroad
- Fishing Families on Isle Royale
- Gold Miners from Finland
- I Remember
- Living on the Island
- Oscoda, Michigan
- Overfors Family Homestead in Northern Minnesota
- Sandra Sunde Employed by Rockefeller as a Household Servant
- Swede-Finns in Mason Country, Michigan
- The 1911 Oscada, Michigan Fire
- The Kankonen Brothers – Astoria, Oregon
- The Land is Logged
- The Life of Lars Andersson Friis
- White Cloud’s Swede Town, Michigan
- Adjers Family of Michigan Sought & Found their Roots in Lappfjärd
Alphaberical Order by Title
- A German as Finland’s King
- A Lady Traveling Steerage
- A Lot of Grandparents
- Aimo Björklund Saw the Remains of Sorjos Village
- Aina Carlson lives in Two Worlds – Närpes & Florida
- Albert Båsk
- Alexander Larsson Warg/Wargstrom (1847- 1906)
- Alma & Oscar Kamb – The Fortune of a Yttermark Family in the US
- Ancestral Farmhouses in Kauhava Parish, Finland
- Anders Brännkärr, Finland’s First Medalist at Holmenkollen
- Anders Chydenius
- Anders Viktor Tast-Nystrom & Mathilda Emelie Loulubacka
- American Packages of Great Importance after the War
- August Alfred Strand, Bridging the Past & the Present
- Axel Andersson Pelo 1875 – 1903
- Back Home Again
- Bark Bread
- Before Modern Conveniences
- Birger Alexander Lindqvist
- Birger Lindqvist – Unique Mora Clock
- Bombardment of Helsinki
- Bränno and Havrasgränd Villages, Malax Parish
- Bror and Gunnel Hedman – War Children with Good Memories
- Building Contractor Johan Johansson Bäcksbacka
- Baka-Bäckman, Charly
- Bäcksbacka, Johan Johansson – building contractor
- Båsk, Albert
- Bastubacka, Johan Nilsson – One of Finland’s Foremost Church Artists
- Björklund, Aimo
- Brännkärr, Anders, Finland’s First Medalist at Holmenkollen
- C. E. Carson – Peasant Boy from Föglö, Åland Becomes a Millionaire
- Caino and Torp Families in Vetil
- Carl Carlsson Åivobäck-Clemetsöhem (1722 – 1860)
- Castles in Finland
- Charly Baka-Backman
- Children of Labor
- Christmas Traditions in Finland
- Clerical Surveys – Parish Records
- Community Meetings & Farm Traditions
- Country Store in Olden Times
- Customs and Traditions of Karlö, Finland
- Cainberg, Erik
- Carson, Charles Edward (or C. E. Carson) – formerly Karl Everett
- Chydenius, Anders
- Clemetsöhem, Carl Carlsson (1722 – 1860)
- Early Industry in Finland
- Early Towns in Finland
- East Tawas, Michigan
- Edvin Edberg Found his Roots in Österbotten
- Eighth Symphony
- Eleven Days that Disappeared
- Eli Johnson (1891-1967)
- Ellis Island
- Elmer Alexander Forsberg (1883 – 1950)
- Emigrant Nabb-Kalle on a Visit to Terjärv
- Emigrants from Gamlakarleby & Karleby – Declared Dead by the Court
- Emigrants to Australia
- Emigrants Who Found Their Roots
- Emigration from Ostrobothnia
- Emigration to North America
- Erik Cainberg – Sculptor from Nedervetil
- Erik Lindholm – On a Visit to his Homeland after 68 Years in America
- Erik Sigurd Lärka
- Esse – the Old Village
- Ethnic Puzzle (Schnyder’s Dystrophy)
- Edberg, Edvin
- Farm Life in Finland
- Farming in North Dakota – Late 1880s & Early 1900s
- Fattigubben
- Fiddler Gusta Hellund
- Finn Town – Ludington, Michigan
- Finnholms in Washington State
- Finland
- Finland Facts
- Finland Swedes in America
- Finland was a Poor Country
- Finnish Colonists in New Sweden
- Finnish Fishermen of Lake Superior
- Finnish Genealogical Terms
- Finnish Immigrant Farm Women in NE Minnesota
- Finns Abroad
- Finns Taken Prisoners by Russians during Stora Ofreden 1714 – 1715
- Finns Who Speak Swedish
- Fishing Families on Isle Royale
- Florida’s Finnish Community
- Folk Belief
- Folk Culture
- Food Customs
- Food Traditions in Finland
- Ford Automobiles in Finland
- Friis Village – the Outpost in the North
- Fabar, Harold
- Friis, Lars Andersson
- Forsberg, Elmer Alexander 1883 – 1950
- Hanko Remembers the Epoch when Emigrants Traveled to America
- Historical Dates for Swedish Österbotten
- History of Currency in Finland
- History of Östrobothnia
- Hugo Theodor Nilsson Sankulla – Partial Journal
- Hedman, Bror and Gunnel – War Children with Good Memories
- Hellund, Henrik Gustav – ‘Fiddler Gustav’
- Låglund Farm, Storby Village, Karleby Parish
- Lars Andersson Friis
- Lepplax Village, Pedersöre Parish
- Life Cycle Rites: Birth & Churching
- Literacy in Finland
- Living on the Island
- Lärka, Erik Sigurd
- Lindholm, Erik
- Lindqvist, Berger Alexander
- Lindqvist, Berger – Seeks His Roots
- Lindqvist, Berger – Unique Mora Clock
- Manners and Customs of Kantlax
- Medical Dictionary – Swedish
- Memories from the War 1941 – 1944
- Memories of Harold Wang
- Memories of the Winter War
- Midsummer
- Mikael Kallros – From Pörtom to California
- Midsummer
- Migrating Families from Savo Village, Lappajärvi Parish 1600s- 1700s
- Mikael Kallros – from Portum to California
- Missing (Indberg) Family Branch is Found
- Monastery of Old Valamo
- Munsala – The Östrobothnian Church Village
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- Ray Dolby
- Reunion with Wisconsin Guests at Småbönders
- Rödsö Village, Karleby Parish
- Rökiö Village, Vora Parish
- Ruth B. Pelo: Mother’s and Father’s Family
- Runeberg, Johan Ludvig – Defined the Finnish spirit
- Runeberg, Johan Ludvig – Finland’s National Anthem
- Runeberg, Johan Ludvig – National Poet of Finland
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- Saint Henry
- Sandra Sunde Employed by Rockefeller as a Household Servant
- Scandinavian Naming Practices
- Search for Origin & Definition of Place Names
- Separation & Self-Sufficiency of Scandinavian Women in the early 1900s
- Sideby Parish
- Småbönders – A Living Village
- Solv Church Village
- Stanley Nelson’s Search for Relatives
- Sundby Village, Pedesöre Parish
- Swede-Finns in Mason County, Michigan
- Swedish Christmas
- Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Abigail Church- East Tawas, Michigan
- Swedish Finn Surnames in America
- Swedish Genealogical Terms
- Swedish-Speaking Ostrobothnia
- Sandkulla, Hugo Theodor Nilsson – Partial Journal
- Sibelius, Jean Julius Christian: 8th Symphony
- Sibelius, Jean: (Life of)
- Strand, August Alfred – A Bridge Between the Past and Present
- Sunde, Sandra- Employed by Rockefeller as a Household Servant
- Terjarv Emigration
- The 1911 Oscada, Michigan Fire
- The Christian Tradition
- The Creativity of the Finns
- The Family
- The Immigrant Journey – Passing through Ellis Island
- The Kankonen Brothers in Astoria, Oregon
- The King’s Road
- The Land is Logged
- The Legacy of Johannes Granö, a Priest in Siberia
- The Log Cabin Tradition
- The Meaning of the Word “Mantal”
- The National Anthem of Finland
- The Sauna
- This and That about Finland
- Tast-Nystrom, Anders Victor Johansson
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