Immigration of Finns to Argentina began at the beginning of the 20th century and was not as widespread as from other European countries . Most of the immigrants from Finland settled in the province of Misiones , many others settled in Buenos Aires . Currently, many of their descendants live in the town of Obera (Misiones) and its surroundings. [one]
The first Finnish migrants arrived in Argentina in 1906 and founded the “Finnish colony” [2] in the province of Misiones. Their number is estimated at 120 people, the native language of this group was Swedish . There are two official languages in Finland today: Finnish and Swedish. The overwhelming majority (75%) of the first Finnish settlers were unmarried people. [3] One of the reasons for the migration of the Finns was the tightening of the domestic policy of the Russian Empire in the Duchy of Finland [4] , which was previously a “testing ground for liberal undertakings” by Alexander II [5] . Another factor that attracted colonists to Misiones was the hope of getting rich in 20 years. [3]
The Finns were one of the first foreign communities to settle in the area where the city of Ober is now located.
Links
- Wikimedia Commons contains a multimedia category on Immigration from Finland to Argentina .
- Finnish school in Buenos Aires (website)
Notes
- Фин “Finnish Community” Government Report of the Administration of the City of Buenos Aires (Spanish)
- ↑ fi: Colonia Finlandesa (Fin.)
- 2 1 2 [1] Finnish Colony in Colombia and the Spread of Anomie
- ↑ “El centenario de los finlandeses en Argentina” Archived copy on the Wayback Machine Embajada de Finlandia en Buenos Aires
- ↑ Cyril Novikov. Finland paid nothing for the whole century . Vlast magazine (11/26/2007).
- ↑ El legado de los japoneses