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The Finnish diaspora consists of Finnish emigrants and their descendants, especially those that maintain some of the customs of their Finnish culture. Finns emigrated to the United Kingdom, the United States , France, Canada , Australia , Argentina , New Zealand , Sweden , Norway , Russia, Germany, Israel and Brazil.
The Finnish national awakening in the mid-19th century was the result of members of the Swedish-speaking upper classes deliberately choosing to promote Finnish culture and language as a means of nation building, i.e. to establish a feeling of unity among all people in Finland including (and not of least importance) between the ruling elite and ...
The migration continued well into the 20th century, until U.S. authorities set up a quota of 529 Finnish immigrants per year in 1929. Initially, this led to an increase in Finnish immigration to Canada. But as social and economic conditions in Finland improved significantly during this era, overall immigration decreased by the middle of the ...
Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Finland to the United States (47 P) Pages in category "Finnish emigrants to the United States" The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total.
The Sámi, the indigenous people of Sápmi (spanning parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia's Kola Peninsula), have had a limited migration history to North America. Some Sámi individuals, particularly those involved in reindeer herding, migrated to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to assist in reindeer-based ...
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Imatra Society began to build a large network of Finnish workers´ associations covering all the North America. In February 1903 the society founded the Imatra League which was a Finnish American workers' union consisting of about 40 subdivisions across the United States and Canada. The total membership in the league was approximately 2,000 ...
An estimated 450,000 first- or second-generation immigrants from Finland live in Sweden, of which approximately half speak Finnish. The majority moved from Finland to Sweden following the Second World War, contributing and taking advantage of the rapidly expanding Swedish economy. This emigration peaked in 1970 and has been declining since.