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Torne Valley — The Torne Valley or Torne River Valley (Finnish: Tornionjokilaakso , Swedish: Tornedalen ) lies at the border of Sweden and Finland. It is named after the Torne River flowing through the valley and into the Gulf of Bothnia. Geographically the… … Wikipedia
Torne River — Infobox River river name = Torne river (Tornionjoki) caption = Torne River at Tornio length = 521.63 km [http://www.smhi.se/sgn0102/n0204/vdragreg.pdf Vattendragsregistret] ] elevation = origin = | Lake Torne mouth = Gulf of Bothnia discharge =… … Wikipedia
Finnish language — language name=Finnish nativename=suomi pronunciation=/ˈsuo.mi/ states=FIN EST Flag|Ingria Flag|Karelia NOR SWE Flag|Torne Valley region=Northern Europe speakers=about 6 million script=Latin alphabet (Finnish variant) familycolor=Uralic fam2=Finno … Wikipedia
Finnish immigration to North America — During the late 19th century and early 20th century, over 300,000 people from Finland migrated to the United States and Canada, in the search for a better life. While there had been a sporadic flow of immigration before the mid 19th century, the… … Wikipedia
North Finnish — noun A generic name for a number of Finnish dialects spoken in the Northern parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway. Two of them, Meänkieli or Torne Valley Finnish in Sweden and Kven in Norway are officially recognized as minority languages in their… … Wiktionary
Meänkieli — Spoken in Sweden, Finland Region Torne Valley Native speakers 40,000 70,000 (date missing) … Wikipedia
Tornedalians — The Tornedalians are descendants of Finns who in some point in history settled to the areas of today s Northern Sweden near the Torne Valley district and west from there. Tornedalians migrated from today s Southwestern Finland, mainly from Häme… … Wikipedia
Kven language — Kven Kainun kieli Kveenin kieli Kväänin kieli Meiðän kieli Spoken in Norway Native speakers 2000–8000[1] (2005?) … Wikipedia
Sweden — /sweed n/, n. a kingdom in N Europe, in the E part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 8,946,193; 173,732 sq. mi. (449,964 sq. km). Cap.: Stockholm. Swedish, Sverige. * * * Sweden Introduction Sweden Background: A military power during the 17th… … Universalium
Finns — Ethnic group group=Finns caption= poptime= 6.5 7.0 million (est.) regions=flagcountry|Finland:nbsp|6 approx. 5,300,000 [ [http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/vaerak/2006/vaerak 2006 2007 03 23 tie 001.html Finnish Population Registry Center 31.12.2006] … Wikipedia
