Finland-Swedes in Michigan
Language: en
Pages: 167
Authors: Mika Roinila
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-01 - Publisher: MSU Press

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Who are the Finland-Swedes? Defined as citizens of Finland with a Swedish mother tongue, many know these people as “Swede- Finns” or simply “Swedes.” Th
Finns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Language: en
Pages: 128
Authors: The Finnish American Heritage Center
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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"On Midsummer Eve, 1865, more than 30 Finnish and Sami immigrants disembarked from a Great Lakes ship to a place called Hancock, Michigan. At the time, Hancock
Swedes in Michigan
Language: en
Pages: 160
Authors: Rebecca J. Mead
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-01 - Publisher: MSU Press

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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, large numbers of Swedish immigrants came to Michigan seeking new opportunities in the United States and re
Finns in the United States
Language: en
Pages: 418
Authors: Auvo Kostiainen
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-01 - Publisher: MSU Press

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Late-arriving immigrants during the Great Migration, Finns were, comparatively speaking, a relatively small immigrant group, with about 350,000 immigrants arriv
History of the Finns in Michigan
Language: en
Pages: 546
Authors: Armas K. E. Holmio
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-06-19 - Publisher: Wayne State University Press

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Michigan's Upper Peninsula was a major destination for Finns during the peak years of migration in the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth