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.…
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Swede Finn Junction
Runeberg Defined the Finnish Spirit
By Irmeli Tanttu Suomen Silta No. 2-2004Translated by June Pelo The Finnish identity began to take it current shape when Sweden lost its eastern section, Finland,…
Pedersöre Church
Translated from “Pedersöre Kyrka” and Jakobstads Tidning by June Pelo, 1990. Medieval Church The Pedersöre church is one of Österbotten’s oldest medieval churches. The foundation was laid…
Solv Church Village
By Evald Strandén from DEN ÖSTERBOTTNISKA BYN.Translated by June Pelo The dry timber cracked when I climbed upstairs in the church bell tower. As a child…
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…
Old Marriage Customs in Finland
Excerpts from “Finnish Folk Culture” by Ilmar Talve.June Pelo At times while doing genealogy research, I’ve noticed that young couples married at a very young age…
Manner and Customs of Kantlax
By Vald. Nyblom in “Den Österbottniska Byn”. Translated by June Pelo. These are some remembrances from the late 1800’s about life in Kantlax, a little coastal village in…
Life-cycle rites: Birth & Churching
Excerpts from “Finnish Folk Culture” by Ilmar TalveTranslated by June Pelo Birth From time immemorial, the Baltic-Finnic people have divided the period of gestation (40 weeks)…
Eleven Days That Disappeared
By Folke A. Netteblad, Hufvudstadsbladet, 9 March 2003. Translated by June Pelo. Think about going to bed on 17 February and not waking up before 1…
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…
