Norway’s Historic Apology to Indigenous Peoples For over a century, Norway has systematically suppressed the languages and cultures of its Indigenous peoples and various minority groups. This oppression included the forced removal of children from their families, part of a broader agenda known as “Norwegianization,” which has left lasting scars on these communities. In a significant move this…

and in the section on folk beliefs and how forest finn folk beliefs differ from swedish ones i learned that one of the big ones i grew up with, which if i remember correctly in religious studies terms is called total animism (”even rocks think in their own way” ~my mother), is apparently of forest finn descent, and originating in the old east-finnish religion

***** Fun migration fact *****

Many people believe Forest Finns came from Savonia then lived and died in Sweden and Norway BUT that's not true.

I tell you our homes were burned down

I tell you we were beaten

I tell you we were spat on

I tell you we were killed as "witches"

I tell you that our language is buried deeper than our ancestors

I tell you that even though i don't know you, your name to me will always be friend - because all of us are wandering through unknown forests, even men born and raised in grey toned cities

And you call me a foreigner? Tell me my people have nothing to be proud of? Tell me our practices are stupid and backwards that they somehow destroy the earth more than your fossil fuels and fraking? Tell me my people are dead? Tell me you're glad that we're not even a footnote in history? Tell me you're glad to see me beg on the Internet (offering up my pride like a lamb to our now forgotten gods) for someone from my community who speaks my language because I'm so alone?

Forest Finn Food Fact #1