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Finglish - Finns in North America 2013
Finglish Book and Photo Exhibition completed May 2013 The Finglish-project was finally completed in the spring of 2013, a photo book and...
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- 9. maalisk. 2020
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Kip Peltoniemi Minneapolis 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #37 Kip Peltoniemi lives in Minneapolis. His grandparents had a homestead in New York Mills and he spent...
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- 2. maalisk. 2020
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Marianne Wargelin Minneapolis 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #36 Marianne Wargelin´s family traces itself to the early Astoria, Oregon Finnish fishing community,...
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- 24. helmik. 2020
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Armi Nelson Minneapolis 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #35 Armi Nelson´s father Aarne Koskinen was from Raisio, Finland. He came to Duluth, Minnesota, to work as...
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- 17. helmik. 2020
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Saarinens Christ Church Lutheran Minneapolis 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #34 Christ Church Lutheran is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in...
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- 10. helmik. 2020
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Finnish Pioneer Monument Minneapolis 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #33 The Finns of Minneapolis gathered every summer to celebrate “juhannus”, midsummer, in Theodore Wirth...
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- 3. helmik. 2020
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Harvey Barberg Cokato 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #32 Isak Parpa (later Barberg) came to Cokato, Minnesota, from Ylitornio, Northern Finland, in 1866.The...
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- 27. tammik. 2020
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Aliina Charging Hawk Duluth 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #31 Aliina Charging Hawk studies chemistry and American Indian subjects at the University of Duluth. She...
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- 20. tammik. 2020
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Arne Vainio Cloquet 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #30 Arne Vainio is a Finndian. He was born in Chisholm, Minnesota to a full-blood Ojibwe mother and a...
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- 13. tammik. 2020
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The R.W. Lindholm Gas Station Cloquet 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #29 The R.W. Lindholm Gas Station is a service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and located in...
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- 6. tammik. 2020
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Esko Fire Department Esko 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #28 The Esko Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1949 by a very dedicated bunch of local men who knew...
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- 30. jouluk. 2019
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Salolampi Finnish Language Village Bemidji 2011
11thFinglish trip August 2011 #27 Tiina Watts teaches Finnish in the Salolampi Finnish Language Village at Concordia College, where...
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- 23. jouluk. 2019
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The Old Kinnunen Store Wolf Lake 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #26 In the southern part of Becker County in Minnesota lies the threemile long Wolf Lake, Susijärvi, deep...
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- 16. jouluk. 2019
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Raymond Bentley New York Mills 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #25 Raymond Bentley's grandmother's place, the old Tapio Farm, is now the Finn Creek Open Air Museum. His...
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- 9. jouluk. 2019
- 1 min
Annikki Marttila Savo 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #24 Annikki Marttila nee Visuri came to USA in 1975 to interpret her father as he searched for relatives....
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- 2. jouluk. 2019
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Peggy Worthy Savo 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #23 Peggy Worthy lives in the town of Frederick, but runs a bed & breakfast in her grandfather’s house in...
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- 25. marrask. 2019
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Savo Hall and Savo Church 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #22 There are still some forty Finns in the Savo area in South Dakota. Standing in the yard of the...
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- 18. marrask. 2019
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Howard Carlson Rocklake 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #21 Howard Carlson's grandfather came in 1912 from Kuusamo, Finland to Washington State to work in a mine....
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- 12. marrask. 2019
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Alfred Juntunen Rolla 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #20 The Rolla-Rocklake community in Rolette and Towner Counties, initially settled in 1896, evolved into...
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- 4. marrask. 2019
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New Finland - Uusi Suomi 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #19 Together with their families, David Jeremia Kautonen, John Lauttamus and Matti Mustoma were the first...
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