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Project Runeberg - Project to build the biggest center for nordic literature.
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New Finnish Fiction - A list of books presented in the Review of Contemporary Fiction by Dalkey Archive Press. Reviews not included.
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Travels in Finland in the 1870s - Illustrations from the classical Finnish book of the same name by Zachris Topelius.
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Books from Finland - A quarterly journal of writing from and about the country. Excerpts from past issues.
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Nordic Authors - Short biographies of more than 100 Finnish and Scandinavian writers.
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The Birth of Finnish Literature - Finland's literary past from the Middle Ages to Michael Agricola and the first complete Bible translation.
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The Literature of Finland - An overview of Finnish literature written by Dr. Irmeli Niemi.
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Suomen Nuorisokirjailijat - The union of Finnish authors writing for children, youngsters and young adults. A short description in English plus many biographies and excerpts in Finnish.
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Finnish Literature Information Centre (FILI) - Author biographies, translation database and grants for translators.
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NFFF - New Fiction and Facts from Finland - A selective list of books published in Finland. For public libraries with collections of books in Finnish.
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Electric Verses - Finnish and Finland-Swedish poetry.
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Finnish Cottage Tradition - Finnish Cottage Tradition

The origin of the log structure is uncertain. It is probable that it began in northern Europe sometime in the Bronze Age (c. 3,500 B.C.). By the time Europeans began to settle in America, there was a long tradition of usin...