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Language, Literature and Culture
Finland-Swedish
Expressions While "Finlandssvenska" is not a separate language, there
are some expressions which Swedish speakers from Sweden find a bit
unusual or archaic. This list is based on Harry Stenmark's book on
Finland-Swedish idioms, and partially on the author's own
observations.
Forskningscentralen
för De Inhemska Språken - Svenska Avdelningens
Hemsida
New
Fiction and Facts from Finland includes listings and very brief
summaries of the
latest releases of Finland-Swedish books for adults and children.
Schildts Förlag and Söderström &
Company
are the two major Finland-Swedish publishing houses.
Finland Swedish Educational Institutions
Åbo
Akademi's Home PageThe only Swedish-language university in Finland.
Departments/Professional Schools are located in both Åbo (Turku)
and in Vasa (Vaasa).
"Hanken"'s home page"Hanken"
is the pet name for the Swedish School of Economics and Business
Administration in Helsinki.
Lyran: Akademiska
Damkören Includes links to other academic choirs in Finland.
Äbo
Svenska Teater
Nature and Physical Environment
Natur och Miljö
Finland-Swedish organization for protection of nature and the
environment.
Famous Finland Swedes
Anders Chydenius An 18th century Finnish politician and economist,
his chief work, Den
Nationnale Winsten described free market principles and the
idea of an invisible hand already in 1765, 11 years before Adam Smith
"introduced" the same ideas in The Wealth of Nations. It was first
published in English in 1929.
Tove Jansson, a
Finland-Swedish author and artist is the creator of the "Moomintrolls".
This page includes a brief English bibliography of both Jansson and her
creations. The
Moominvalley page in Estonia has a rather incomplete list of what
Jansson's different creatures are called in various countries.
C.G.E. Mannerheim A very
important President and Field Marshall. One of the most important Finns
of the 20th century.
J.L
Runeberg National poet of Finland. He wrote, among other things, the
national anthem and his birthday, February 6th, is a national holiday in
Finland.
Jean Johann
Julius C. Sibelius, is considered to be Finland's greatest composer.
His works, such as Finlandia and Pohjala's Daughter are
performed and loved throughout the world. To hear some of Sibelius'
masterpieces, click here.
Edith
Södergran. She was one of the first modernist poets in all of
Europe. This link is to some of her poems (in Swedish)
Linus Torvalds. He is the young
inventor of
the Linux operating system, a version of the UNIX computer operating
system. He has quite a cult following, mostly because he created a very,
very good system at a young age with a colloquy of "hackers" across the
net and it is distributed for free. Click here for an interview
with Torvalds.
Misc. about Finland Swedes and Swedish-speaking Finland
What do Finland-Swedes and
Mormons have in
common? Click here to
find out....
Where do Swedish-speaking Finns
do their
obligatory military service? Many serve in Nylands Brigad, the
only Swedish-speaking brigade in the Finnish Army.