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View Poll Results: Which word do you relate mostly with Finland?
Reindeer 9 4.89%
Santa Claus 16 8.70%
Marimekko 5 2.72%
Nokia 42 22.83%
Sauna 70 38.04%
Linux 2 1.09%
Mika Häkkinen 6 3.26%
Metal Bands 34 18.48%
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Old 24th-January-2008   #11 (permalink)
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Ancestry.

All of my grandparents came from Finland.
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Ancestry.

All of my grandparents came from Finland.
What part of Finland?
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What part of Finland?
Dad's father grew up on a farm near Naarjoki in rural Satakunta, south of Pori and east of Rauma. My daughter and I visited the farm this past summer.

Mom's father was Karelian, from a little village on Lake Ladoga south of Sortavala (now part of Russia). We visited Pohjois Karjala in the summer of 2006.

Mom's mother's family moved to the USA from Ii, a small town in North Ostrobothnia between Oulu and Kemi. We are going there next summer.

We are not sure about dad's mom. That is a future project & trip!
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Reindeers: well I suppose that is because I now live in Lapland.
Santa: Because he belong there
Nokia; Because we all have them and they are the best
Sauna. because its great and good to relax.
Finland is breathtaking with its nature, espically in winter, what I live for, I love the cold weather and snow.

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Wish I had a winter like in Finland
I love the coldness
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Dad's father grew up on a farm near Naarjoki in rural Satakunta, south of Pori and east of Rauma. My daughter and I visited the farm this past summer.

Mom's father was Karelian, from a little village on Lake Ladoga south of Sortavala (now part of Russia). We visited Pohjois Karjala in the summer of 2006.

Mom's mother's family moved to the USA from Ii, a small town in North Ostrobothnia between Oulu and Kemi. We are going there next summer.

We are not sure about dad's mom. That is a future project & trip!
Very interesting - I love genealogy - that is how I found out about all my Finnish relatives.
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I think finland is all of those things and more.
But anyway I choosed Santa Claus
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I voted for sauna although I fell in love with Finland through metal bands
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I voted for sauna! I grew up with an outdoor wood-fired sauna in my back yard. There are a lot of Finnish immigrants in my home town and everyone had a sauna! But it also reminds me of family, because although I'm also half Hungarian, I spent far more time with the Finnish side of my family because they lived in the same area.
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Default What word do I associate most with Finland?
LOL >> Well, SUOMI of course- this is a no-brainer, my fellow Americans are such idiots ... lol again
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