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Forest Finns (Finnish: metsäsuomalaiset, Norwegian bokmål: skogfinner, Norwegian nynorsk: skogfinnar, Swedish: skogsfinnar) were Finnish migrants from Savonia and Northern Tavastia in Finland who settled in forest areas of Sweden proper and Norway during the late 16th and early-to-mid-17th centuries, and traditionally pursued slash-and-burn agriculture, a method used for turning forests into ...
Grue in Innlandet county, Eastern Norway is the center of the revived Skogfinn minority culture.. Finnskogen ("Forest of the Finns") is an area of Norway and Sweden situated in the counties of Innlandet and Värmland respectively, so named because of immigration of Finnish people in the 17th century, the so-called Skogfinner/"Forest Finns".
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. Group of peoples around the Baltic Sea This article is about the Finnic peoples living near the Baltic Sea. For other uses, see Finnic peoples. Ethnic group Baltic Finnic peoples Finnic languages at the beginning of the 20th century Total population c. 7.4–8.2 million Regions with ...
People with Finnish heritage comprise a relatively large share of the population of Sweden. In addition to a smaller part of Sweden Finns historically residing in Sweden, there were about 426,000 people in Sweden (4.46% of the total population in 2012) who were either born in Finland or had at least one parent who was born in Finland. [3]
The Forest Finns had moved from Savonia in Eastern Finland to Dalarna, Bergslagen and other provinces in central Sweden during the late-16th to mid-17th century. Their relocation had started as part of an effort by Swedish King Gustav Vasa to expand agriculture to these uninhabited parts of the country.
What life is like for a family living off-grid in a 160-square-foot wooden cabin in the remote Swedish forest with no electricity or running water. Sophia Ankel. Updated January 27, 2021 at 1:34 AM.
Forest Finns (Norway & Sweden) Kven people (Norway) Ingrian Finns (Russia) Sweden Finns; Tornedalians (Sweden) Finns in Switzerland; Danish diaspora Danish diaspora ...
Terms used include Sweden Finns and Finnish Swedes, ... a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea, ... Forest Finns (metsäsuomalaiset) of Sweden and Norway; Kvens ...