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Categories: Social history of Finland, Forest Finns, Social history of Norway, Finnish-American history, Social history of Sweden
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Forest Finns  Forest Finn  Forrest Finns  Rye Finns  Skogfinner
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Forest Finns were Finnish migrants from Savonia and Northern Tavastia in Finland who settled in forest areas of Sweden proper and Norway during the late 16th and early-to-mid-17th centuries, and traditionally pursued slash-and-burn agriculture, a method used for turning forests into farmlands. Wikipedia
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Forest Finns were Finnish migrants from Savonia and Northern Tavastia in Finland who settled in forest areas of Sweden proper and Norway during the late 16th and early-to-mid-17th centuries, and traditionally pursued slash-and-burn agriculture, a method used for turning forests into farmlands. Wikipedia
Finnish migrants settled in forest areas in Sweden and Norway Wikidata
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ethnic group
PART OF
Sweden Finns
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Savonia
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Forest Finns
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Forest Finns
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Forest Finn, Forrest Finns, Rye Finns, Skogfinner, Skogsfinnar

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