Jag kom hem från Salmon Arm, British Columbia på Mondag efter vistas med min brör och svägerska för en vecka. Det flyg var bra utan förseningar eller turbulens.
Jag hade mycka roligt med min släkt. Tony tillagade en stor mängd rökt lax en kväll och Jenny förberett en fantastisk potatissallad. Båda var de bästa jag någonsin [...]
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I came across this story via ”Finland Live.” This new trail winds for 35 km through the boreal forests of northern Finland and Norway. A complete description of this trail and others can be found in English at ”Outdoors.fi” www.luontoon.fi/news.asp?Section=5715&Item=17766 One fascinating aspect of hiking in Finland is ”everyman’s right,” which allows passage through all [...]
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Here is a piece by Finnish Poet Risto Rasa
For more of his work visit his Finnish Poets page
You may also find contemporary Finnish poetry with translations into multiple languages at Electric Verses
Koira tulee illalla
kotiin.
Kun se kiertyy paikalleen
ja nukahtaa,
alkaa sen sydänlämpö levitä
huoneisiin
- Risto Rasa -
In the evening, the dog comes
Home.
When he curls up in his spot
And [...]
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A poster named drummerac may be on to something.
On the Finland-Live site he posted evidence of a possible conspiracy for world domination. Be forewarned!
www.finlandlive.info/finns-finnish-culture/1076-finns-bent-world-domination.html
The Finns have:
attacked Russia twice,
Germany once,
themselves once,Are the Finns bent on world domination?
They export, ships, elevators, mobile phone technology, and networking solutions, and once every year their top agent dressed in [...]
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YLE reports that despite the economic downturn in Finland, those who retain their jobs can expect to see an increase in real income of 4.6% this year. By contrast, last year’s increase was 1.5%.
Quoting the Taxpayer’ Association, YLE notes that ”The group attributes the improvement to slowing inflation and tax cuts. This [...]
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Former Finnish president (1994) Martti Ahtisaari was recognized by the Nobel Committee for his success in brokering deals as a United Nations envoy. He was cited for his work in helping Namibia achieve independence from South Africa, for ending the 3 decade long conflict between the Aceh movement and Indonesia, and for negotiating the end [...]
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Finland’s citizenship legislation changed in 2003 to allow multiple citizenship. Prior to this, Finnish citizens who became naturalized in other countries lost their Finnish citizenship. The 5 year span from May 31st 2003 through May 31st 2008 was established to permit those who had previously lost their citizenship to regain it. The cost of filing [...]
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Check out the site of freehugsfinland, a group in Helsinki with a mission to spread the spontaneous expression of human affection through appropriate forms of personal touch. In a nation of people who are reputed to be almost monolthically, ”melancholic,” and ”shy,” the free-hugs folks create some surprising moments of joy.
Check out the video!
In searching for a definition of ”särskrivning,” I came upon this anonymous post below which gave form to my observations that the Swedish language uses compound words quite freely and creatively.
”The concept of what in Swedish is called ”särskrivning” is becoming a very large problem in Sweden. Combined words are in general not written as [...]