Mina föräldrar vara från Kronoby
My folks were born in the Western, coastal area of Finland and I am a first generation Canadian. I continue to learn about Finland’s history and culture in order to understand what my parents experienced, and also endured, particularly in the Winter War of the late 30’s and early 40’s
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Here’s some info on their hometown, Kronoby:
Kronoby in Swedish or Kruunupyy in Finnish is a municipality of Finland.
Kronoby is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 6,800 (2006) and covers an area of 751.66 km² of which 38.59 km² is water. The population density is 9.0 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is bilingual, with the majority speaking Swedish (84.8%) and the minority Finnish (14.3%).
We visited there in the 70’s. With the ferry ride to Sweden, the bus trip to Lapland, and the amazing hospitality of relatives in Kronoby and Helsinki, it remains a vivid and cherished memory to this day.