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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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Muuttoliikkeet vuosituhannen vaihtuessa – halutaanko niitä ohjata? : muuttoliikesymposium 2000, Turku 22.–24.11.
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2001)
Ajankohtaista tietoa muuttoliikkeen ja aluekehityksen piirteistä vuosituhannen vaihteessa.
Siirtolaisuusinstituutti on vuodesta 1975 lähtien järjestänyt viiden vuoden välein Muuttoliikesymposiumin, jossa on keskitytty ...
An African Alternative : Nordic Migration to South Africa, 1815–1914
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti : Suomen historiallinen seura, 1991)
During the 19th century migrations, tens of millions of Europeans exchanged their native lands for new homes beyond the oceans. Although the great majority made their way to North America, the other continents received ...
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 ...
Settlement or Return : Finnish Emigrants (1860–1930) in the International Overseas Return Migration Movement
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 1979)
The crucial problem in analyzing the return migration is to find sample areas which will allow results to be reached that are indicative of the nature of the migration for the country as a whole. Many previous studies – ...
Entering multiculturalism : Finnish experience abroad : papers from FinnForum VI
(Siirtolaisuusinstituutti, 2002)
The first FinnForum was organized in 1974 in Duluth Minnesota and the sixth in Jyväskylä, Finland, in 2001. Numerous scholars from Finland, the United States, Canada and other countries have participated in the conferences ...