Author: Arnold Robert Alanen
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873518608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
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This succinct yet comprehensive volume outlines the contributions and culture of Minnesota's Finnish Americans, perhaps best known for their cooperative ventures, their political involvement, and, of course, their saunas.
Author: Hans R. Wasastjerna
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Category : Finnish Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Author: Minnesota Finnish American Family History Collection
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Category : Finnish Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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The collection is housed and available to researchers at the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota, which has continued to organize and index the materials.
Author: James A. Johnson
Publisher: North Star Pressof st Cloud
ISBN: 9780878390434
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Cloquet native Jim Johnson explores the lives and emotions of his Finnish grandparents and other immigrants, capturing their unique identity, their struggles and joys and courage.
Author: Mark Knipping
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870205323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 71
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From mining to logging to farming, Finns played an important role in the early development of Wisconsin. Although their immigration to the state came later than that of most other groups, their contributions proved just as significant. Finns pride themselves for their sisu, a Finnish term which, roughly translated, means fortitude or perseverance, especially in the face of adversity. They needed their strength of character to help them face the difficult task of building a new life in a new land. Many Finns arriving in Wisconsin, unable to own land at home, hoped to establish themselves as small independent farmers in the new land. They settled mainly in northern Wisconsin, due to jobs and land available there. This book traces the history of Finnish settlement in Wisconsin, from the large concentrations of Finns in the northern region, to the smaller "Little Finlands" created in other areas of the state. Revised and expanded, this new edition contains the richly detailed story of one Finnish woman, told in her own words, of her hardships and experiences in traveling to a new country and her resourcefulness and strength in adapting to a new culture and building a new life.
Author: The Finnish American Heritage Center
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 146712978X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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"On Midsummer Eve, 1865, more than 30 Finnish and Sami immigrants disembarked from a Great Lakes ship to a place called Hancock, Michigan. At the time, Hancock consisted of nothing more than a small cluster of humble buildings, but it was here, on the outskirts of mid-19th-century civilization, that Finnish settlement in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP) took root. Much to the surprise of these new Americans, Midsummer was not a religious holiday marked by feasts in celebration of the season's prolonged sunlight. Rather, the newcomers were immediately hastened into the bowels of the earth to extract copper in pursuit of the American Dream. In short order, hardworking Finnish immigrants became reputable miners, lumberjacks, farmers, maids, and commercial fishermen. A century and a half later, the UP boasts the largest Finnish population outside of the motherland and sustains the determined spirit the Finns call sisu--an influence that remains palpable in all 15 UP counties."--
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Category : Finnish Americans
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Minnesota Historical Society Pamphlet Collection contains pamphlets and printed ephemera relating to Finns, their participation in the American Finnish Delaware Tercentenary, the Minnesota Finnish American Historical Society and the visit of President Kekkonen of Finland to Duluth and northern Minnesota. Some materials are in Finnish.
Author: John Ilmari Kolehmainen
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Category : Finns
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Author: Suzanna Moody
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Languages : en
Pages : 42
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The collection is housed and available to researchers at the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota, which has continued to organize and index the materials.
Author: Minnesota Finnish-American Historical Society
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Category : Finns
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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