My point of view.

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Helsinki

Sipoonkorpi a natural park near Helsinki

Take an apple.

Old beads as a curtain.

Rocks from abroad.

Tired podengo.

Bedroom

Syksy

Syystaivas.

Drive slow. We have lots of children here but not one to loose.

Kärpässieni. On se nätti.

Muita ideoita

The Finns have something they call sisu. It is a compound of bravado and bravery, of ferocity and tenacity, of the ability to keep fighting after most people would have quit, and to fight with the will to win. The Finns translate sisu as "the Finnish spirit" but it is a much more gutful word than that.

Mothers saying goodbye to their children as they send them off to Sweden so they will be safe during the Winter War.

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Avanto (a hole in the ice) in Keski-Suomi, Finland. Yes, people swim there!

lähde: maaniemi

St. Urho - Legendary patron saint of Finland

Turku Castle, Finland was started ca 1280 by Swediah conquerors.

lähde: Sakari Lampola

Finns in America (and Canada) 1931

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Finland

A.O. Väisänen (Finnish, 1890-1969). The weeper Irinja Taronen. Professional mourners - weeping women - most commonly cried at weddings and funerals in Karelia, Finland.

Kaarina Toivanen, Finnish Christmas stamp, 2011. Seemed like one I should repin for obvious reasons.

Kvinna med barn i Finland ca 1940. Fotograf: Thérèse Bonney. Svartvitt foto, u å. Museiverket Helsingfors / Woman with child in Finland, approx 1940. Photographer: Thérèse Bonney. Black and white photo, National Board of Antiquities, Helsinki

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