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This page contains links to two important aspects of Finnish society: minorities and migration.
Finlandia University,
Finnish American Heritage Center at Finlandia University, Hancock, Michigan (http://www.finlandia.edu/index.php?id=619)
Houses the largest collection of Finnish-North American materials in the world. Along with archival materials, the collection includes genealogical resources, information about Finnish culture, artifacts, and North America's largest collection of Finnish-American artwork. Includes information about the Center, related links, calendar, news and events, and more. Searchable. In English and Finnish.
Suomi-Seura - Finland-Samfundet - Finland
Society (http://www.suomi-seura.fi)
Suomi-Seura, Finland Society, provides information and services to Finns living abroad or returning to Finland. In Finnish, Swedish, and English.
U.S. Department
of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Country Reports on
Human Rights Practices 2006: Finland (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78811.htm)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Immigration
Suomi.fi.
Maahan -- ja maastamuutto (http://www.suomi.fi/suomifi/english/subjects/migration/index.html)
Migration. Information on migration to include immigration, guidance of immigrants and integration, and moving abroad. Links to news, acts and decrees, contact information, and more. In Finnish, Swedish, and English.
Siirtolaisuusinstituutti
-- Institute of Migration (http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/index%5Fe.php)
Includes links to articles, statistics, news, and other resources as well as information about the Institute. In Finnish, Swedish, and English.
Ulkomaalaisvirasto (http://www.migri.fi/netcomm/default.asp)
Finnish Immigration Service site includes information on the Directorate, forms and fees, publications, statistics, visitors, working, returnees and refugees, family, citizenship, and links to other information and databanks. In Finnish, Swedish, and English.
Minorities
About the Inari Sámi (http://www.siida.fi/anaras/english/yleistietoa/yleistietoa.html)
General information about the language, culture, history, and demography of the Inari Sámi
Åland Island Autonomy ( http://finland.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=160122&contentlan=2&culture=en-US)
Finnish Sámi Parliament ( http://www.samediggi.fi/index.php?lang=finnish)
In Finnish and various Sámi languages.
Roma in Finland Links (http://www.dromedu.org/finland.htm)
Part of the DROM-EDU Project. In English and Finnish.
Sámi Council (http://www.saamicouncil.net/?deptid=1116)
International umbrella organization of Sámi organizations. In English, Finnish, Swedish, Russian, and North Sámi.
Sámi Radio (http://lotta.yle.fi/srwebanar.nsf/sivut/frontpage)
News about the Sámi community.
Skolt Sámi Life (http://www.siida.fi/saamjiellem/english/index.html)
A multimedia presentation about the Skolt Sámi, their history and culture, and more.
Swedish-Speaking Finns (http://www.folktinget.fi/en/index.html)
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