View Poll Results: Which word do you relate mostly with Finland?

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  • Reindeer

    9 3.73%

  • Santa Claus

    18 7.47%

  • Marimekko

    5 2.07%

  • Nokia

    59 24.48%

  • Sauna

    93 38.59%

  • Linux

    3 1.24%

  • Mika Häkkinen

    9 3.73%

  • Metal Bands

    45 18.67%
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Thread: What is Finland for you?

  1. 24th-January-2008 #11
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    Ancestry.

    All of my grandparents came from Finland.
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  2. 24th-January-2008 #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ravvy View Post
    Ancestry.

    All of my grandparents came from Finland.
    What part of Finland?
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  3. 25th-January-2008 #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by susanr View Post
    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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  4. 25th-January-2008 #14
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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.

    Shanaya
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    Wish I had a winter like in Finland
    I love the coldness
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  6. 28th-January-2008 #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ravvy View Post
    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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  7. 28th-January-2008 #17
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    I think finland is all of those things and more.
    But anyway I choosed Santa Claus
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  8. 3rd-February-2008 #18
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    I voted for sauna although I fell in love with Finland through metal bands
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  9. 6th-February-2008 #19
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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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  10. 12th-February-2008 #20
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    LOL >> Well, SUOMI of course- this is a no-brainer, my fellow Americans are such idiots ... lol again
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