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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".
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 ...
The area is called Finnskogen which means "The Finnish forest". Kongsvinger played an important part in the Norwegian resistance force against the Nazis being a gateway to Sweden. Norway's highest decorated citizen, Gunnar Sønsteby frequently passed through Kongsvinger in his work to sabotage the Nazis' installations in Norway. Some of the ...
Svullrya is a village in Grue Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Finnskogen area, between the lakes Røgden and Skasen. The village is regionally important as a hub of the Finnskogen culture. The Grue Finnskog Church is located in the village. [2]
Finnskogen or the forest of the Finns is a belt about 32 kilometres (20 mi) wide which runs continuously northwards along the border between Norway and Sweden through six Norwegian municipalities, including Åsnes. Åsnes has several lakes and rivers throughout the forested municipality which sits in the southern Glåmdal valley.
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Rotberget is a village in Grue Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Finnskogen district, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) west of the Swedish border. History
Skasen is a lake in the municipalities of Grue and Kongsvinger in Innlandet county, Norway. The 13.41-square-kilometre (5.18 sq mi) lake lies in the Finnskogen forest area about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) to the southeast of the village of Kirkenær and about 28 kilometres (17 mi) northeast of the town of Kongsvinger.