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Transnational Finnish Mobilities : proceedings of FinnForum XI
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2019)
This volume is based on a selection of papers presented at the conference FinnForum XI: Transnational Finnish Mobilities, held in Turku, Finland, in 2016. The twelve chapters discuss two key issues of our time, mobility ...
Sea, Gold and Sugarcane : attraction versus Distance : Finns in Australia 1851–1947
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 1986)
The first comprehensive study of the early Finns in Australia, starting with H.D. Spöring’s visit to Australia in the “Endeavour” with James Cook in 1770. The first permanent settlers from Finland were seamen and argonauts ...
From the Front to the West Coast : the Recollections of the Finnish War Veterans in Vancouver
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2014)
This is a story of a country, Finland, at war as told through the experiences of veterans. The book starts off with the Winter War, and continues on to the two other wars that followed, revealing history through personal ...
To the Land of the Gilded Streets : emigrants’ Journey from Finland through Great Britain to North America During the Era of Mass Migration
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2015)
During the “Great Emigration” in 1820–1930 circa 42 million Europeans emigrated to North America. About 380,000 of them were Finnish. In this publication we take a closer look at the emigrants’ journey from their home town ...
Finns over the Atlantic : an Overview of the Emigration from Finland to North America
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2005)
The mass migration to North America started from Great Britain and Central Europe in the beginning of the 19th century. In that great flood of immigration over the Atlantic the Finns formed only a small fraction. When the ...
Labouring Finns : transnational Politics in Finland, Canada and the United States
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2011)
One of the most interesting chapters in the twentieth century history of the Finnish working class is the role these labouring men and women played in shaping the political and social culture of the communities they were ...
Finland-Swedes in Canada : migration, Settlement and Ethnic Relations
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2000)
Finland-Swedes are not well recognized outside of Finland. Based on extensive research across the country, this book explores the history of this group within Canada dating from the 1800s, to the cultural integration, ...
The Finns on Board the Titanic
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2013)
The purpose of this presentation is to describe the destinies of the Finns on the Titanic. This presentation is based on information gathered by Jarno Linnolahti, Director of The Provincial Archives of Joensuu, about the ...
Finnish emigration to the USA introduction
(Kuopion yliopisto, 1986)
Kuopion yliopiston julkaisuja, yhteiskuntatieteet. Tilastot ja selvitykset 1/1986.
Migration from Finland to North America in the Years between the United States Civil War and the First World War
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 1974)
In general, the term great emigration, has been taken to mean the stream of emigrants that left Europe in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries primarily for countries overseas. The major part of this stream flowed ...