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Month: February 2021

Songs of the Finnish Migration from Laulu Aika

Posted on February 24, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of migrants came from Finland to the United States beginning in the 1870s. Some sought religious freedom, others economic opportunity. Some followed family, friends, and lovers. Others fled Russification. Still others simply …

Posted in NewsTagged Finnish, Folk Music

Gloria Johnson’s “Finnish bread with a Swedish touch”

Posted on February 17, 2021

  Gloria Johnson is known for her cardamom bread, but it was only about 10 years ago that she made her first loaf. For 55 years, Gloria and her husband Arnold raised strawberries and ran …

Posted in NewsTagged Finnish, Foodways

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