#skogsfinnar

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

Sverige har 5 nationella minoriteter. Sverigefinnar som är finsktalande personer som invandrat till och bor i Sverige och deras ättlingar. Dessutom är tornedalsfinnar, samer, romer och judar. Den överlägset största gruppen är de som idag kallas sverigefinnar. Sverigefinska flaggan Tidig invandring Det har alltid funnits en finsktalande befolkningen i det som idag är Sverige. På medeltiden var en…

it’s the entire weekend but i could only afford going one day so i picked today because of the demo, and luckily it had also one of the program points i was most interested in, which was a talk on forest finn history; a subject relevant to me as i also have forest finn heritage

it was very interesting, and also nice to feel somewhat more as a part of a wider sweden-finnish community, which i have always felt somewhat connected to (due to the finnish roots) but also a bit distant from (as we lost the language, with the last forest finn to be a native finnish-speaker dying in 1969)

METSÄSUOMALAISET / SKOGSFINNAR / FOREST FINNS

FINNISH TYPE FROM VÄRMLAND.

Forest Finns (Norwegian: Skogfinner, Swedish: Skogsfinnar, Finnish: Metsäsuomalaiset) are people of Finnish descent in the forest areas of Eastern Norway and Central Sweden. The Forest Finns emigrated from Savonia in Eastern Finland during the late 16th and early to mid 17th centuries, and traditionally pursued slash-and-burn agriculture.

Painting by Eero Järnefelt showing forest burning. The use of the term "Forest Finns" is first reported in sanctions issued by the Dano-Norwegian king in 1648, although they (at least locally in Norway) more commonly were known asSavolaksfinner (Savonian Finns), Rugfinner (Rye Finns) from their major crop, or notably Svedjefinner (Slash-and-burn Finns). The people itself often use the term Finnskoginger(People from the forest of Finns).