Articles and Books about Finland - Authors

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Mikkel Aaland

• Finnish Sauna. History of the Nordic Bath (Cyber-Bohemia)

Olli Alho

• Guide to Finnish Customs and Manners (Virtual Finland)

Paul Andersson

• Some Migrating Families from Savo Village in Lappajärvi During the 1600- and 1700's (SFHS)

Satu Apo

• In Search of Finnish Roots. The Study of Ancient and Modern Folklore (Virtual Finland)

Per Björkgren

• Emigrants Who Found Their Roots (SFHS)

Nils Björklund

• "Gamble Leutinanten och Hans Släkt"

Yrjö Blomstedt

• Changing Uses in the Genealogical Research in Finland

Joe Brady

• A Chronology of Finnish History (Virtual Finland)

Hannele Branch

• The Finnish Language (Virtual Finland)

Edvin Brännbacka

• The Search for Origin and Definition of Place Names (SFHS)

Christian Carpelan

• Where Do Finns Come From? (Virtual Finland)

Gunnar Damström

• The Darkest Moments in Finnish History (SFHS)
• Genealogia Sursilliana (SFHS)
• How the Towns of Ostrobothnia Came to Be (SFHS)

Pertti Ebeling

• The Best Genealogical Book in 1992

Henrik Ekberg

• Swedish in Finland (Virtual Finland)

Vincent Erickson

• The Flagabräde (SFHS)

H. E. Fagerudd & Rafael Lilius

• Larsmo Church Village (SFHS)

Erkki Fredrikson

• Finland 500 years on the Map of Europe (Virtual Finland)

Jacob Gardberg

• Medieval Castles in Finland (Virtual Finland)

Ole Granholm

• Birger Lindqvist Seeks His Roots (SFHS)

Mauno Harmo

• Finnish Coat of Arms (Virtual Finland)

Seppo Hentilä

• Finland's Leap into Democracy - 1906 (Virtual Finland)

Frank Horn

• National Minorities of Finland (Virtual Finland)

Siv Högnäs

• Clergyman from Pelo Became Prisoner of War (SFHS)

Eino Jutikkala

• The Impossible Happened Thrice (Virtual Finland)

Sirpa Karjalainen

• Finnish Wedding Customs (Virtual Finland)

Leena Kartovaara

• Finnish Families (Virtual Finland)

Reino Kero

• The United States During Its First Century of Independence as it Appeared in Finnish Print (1776-1880)

Emil Kisko

• I Have Seen Much

Mary Korvela

• Undisciplined Wilhelmiina : An Autobiography

Auvo Kostiainen

• Mass Tourists, Groups and Delegates: Travel from Finland to the Soviet Union from 1950 to 1980
• The Vodka Trail: Finnish Travellers' Motivation to Visit the Former Soviet Union

Hans-Erik Krokfors

• The Korpilainen Home in Korplax, Karleby. Part I
• The Korpilainen Home in Korplax, Karleby. Part II

Hj. Krokfors

• Esse - the Old Village (SFHS)

Ulla-Maija Kulonen

• The Origin of Finnish and Related Languages (Virtual Finland)

Kimmo Kääriäinen

• Religion and Churches in Finland (Virtual Finland)

Verner Laxström

• Rödsö (SFHS)

Juhani U. Lehtonen

• Finnish Folklore (Virtual Finland)

Andrew Leonard

• Finland -- the Open Source Society (Salon.com)

Leo, Archbishop of Karelia

• The Orthodox Church of Finland (Virtual Finland)

Pär-Erik Levlin

• The Gap in Ostrobothnia's History
• The Great Famine of the 1860's in Finland
• How Our Ancestors Lived
• Old Nordic and Swedish Influences in Finland
• When Did Our Ancestors Come From Sweden to Finland?

Ragnar Mannil

• Genealogy in Ostrobothnia 1
• Genealogy in Ostrobothnia 2
• Genealogy in Ostrobothnia 3

Leif Mether

• Finnish Genealogy
• Finnish Genealogy: Alternative Genealogical Sources
• Finnish Genealogy: Finnish Church Records
• Finnish Genealogy: Finnish Genealogical Literature
• Finnish Genealogy: Finnish Military Records after 1809
• Finnish Genealogy: The Finnish Naming System
• Finnish Genealogy: Passenger Lists

Folke A. Nettelblad

• Eleven Days that Disappeared (SFHS)

Pekka Nevalainen

• The Many Karelias (Virtual Finland)

Mari Niemi

• Emigration from Ostrobothnia (sydaby.eget.net)

Vald. Nyblom

• Manners and Customs of Kantlax (SFHS)

Aina Maki Nyman

• Waiting to Go to America (sydaby.eget.net)

June Pelo

• Ancestral Farmhouses in Finland (SFHS)
• The Christian Tradition (SFHS)
• Christmas Traditions in Finland (SFHS)
• Clerical Survey
• Early Industries in Finland (SFHS)
• Emigration from Ostrobothnia (SFHS)
• The Family (SFHS)
• Famine Bread
• The Finns Who Speak Swedish (SFHS)
• Food Traditions in Finland (SFHS)
• Friis -- Swedish Outpost in the North (SFHS)
• Karleby Resident with Ancestry in Lövånger (SFHS)
• Life-Cycle Rites (SFHS)
• Old Church Customs (SFHS)
• Old Marriage Customs in Finland (SFHS)
• Old Medical Tradition (SFHS)
• Old Traditional Occupations (SFHS)
• Old Traditions in Österbotten (SFHS)
• Ostrobothnia (SFHS)
• Swedish-Speaking Ostrobothnia (SFHS)
• Three Generations of Wickström's Designed Automobiles (SFHS)
• The Village of Pelo (sydaby.eget.net)
• Vörå Descendant Finds His Roots (SFHS)
• The Åland Islands (SFHS)

Arvo Peltonen

• The Population in Finland (Virtual Finland)

Juha Pentikäinen

• The Ancient Religion of the Finns (Virtual Finland)

Thor Portin

• Lepplax (SFHS)

Mika Rantanen

• Plump Director of Souls – or Just Bolstering Up the Class Society (Institute of Migration)

Tomas Ries

• Lessons of the Winter War - Yesterday and Today (Virtual Finland)

John Saari

• Finnish Nationalism Justifying Independence

Tuija Saarinen

• Man, woman and longings in Finnish village tradition (University of Tartu)

Vilhelm Sandnäs

• Sundby (SFHS)

Marja-Liisa Savontaus

• Finnish Genes (Virtual Finland)

Marlene Sjöblom

• A Poor Peasant Boy Becomes a Millionaire (SFHS)

Hugo Staaf

• Malax (SFHS)

Evald Strandén

• Solv Church Village (SFHS)

Tuukka Talvio

• From Furs to the Euro: The Story of the Finnish Markka 1860-2001 (Virtual Finland)

Frans Teir

• Sideby (SFHS)

Pirjo Uino

• The Prehistory of Finland in a Nutshell (Virtual Finland)

Timothy Laitila Vincent

• Finnish Genealogy (Institute of Migration)

Pertti Vuorinen

• Finnish Genealogy

Harry Walli

• Finnish Genealogical Research - Methods and Procedures

E. Norman Westerberg

• Farmland Boundary Revisions

Seppo Zetterberg

• Main Outlines of Finnish History (Virtual Finland)

Unknown Writers

• Dictionary of Races or Peoples
• Finland and the Finns as Seen by Others (Virtual Finland)
• Is Finland Worth Saving?
• Milestones for Women in Finland (Virtual Finland)
• Roots in the Baltic Region
• The Sami in Finland (Virtual Finland)

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