Monument og minne - mobilisering av fortid - argument for fremtid?
In 1977, a monument in memory of the Finnish immigrants was erected in Vadsø, the capital town of the county of Finnmark. The unveiling ceremony of the monument was an exceptional event, attended by the King Olav of Norway, King Carl Gustav of Sweden and the Finnish President Urho Kekkonen. The purp...
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ftnovusforlagojs:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/503 2023-05-15T16:13:36+02:00 Monument og minne - mobilisering av fortid - argument for fremtid? Aarekol, Lena 2007-06-03 application/pdf http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/TFK/article/view/503 unknown Novus forlag http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/TFK/article/view/503/498 http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/TFK/article/view/503 Opphavsrett 2015 Tidsskrift for kulturforskning Tidsskrift for kulturforskning; Vol 6 Nr 4 (2007) 2387-6727 1502-7473 Monument minne sted kvener Finnmark info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Fagfellevurdert artikkel 2007 ftnovusforlagojs 2022-04-29T11:26:34Z In 1977, a monument in memory of the Finnish immigrants was erected in Vadsø, the capital town of the county of Finnmark. The unveiling ceremony of the monument was an exceptional event, attended by the King Olav of Norway, King Carl Gustav of Sweden and the Finnish President Urho Kekkonen. The purpose of the monument was to pay tribute to the Finnish immigrants and their contribution to the North Norwegian communities. These immigrants were also known as Kven, an old Scandinavian term for people with a Finnish cultural background who moved to North Norway in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. By going back to the memorial-making process, I have reinvested the monument with the memory of its acquired past. It is argued that the construction of the monument in Vadsø was not only a kind of reconstruction of the past and a kind of public mnemonic technique, but also a contribution to the discourse about the present and the future. This monument may be seen as a process where the immigrant's identity was tied to the place, both the geographical space and as an ethnic group in a multiethnic society. The monument may also be interpreted as a first "battle" to draw attention to the Kvens, and a first attempt to revitalize Kven culture and identity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Finnmark North Norway Vadsø Finnmark Novus - Online tidsskrifter (Novus forlag) Norway The Monument ENVELOPE(162.250,162.250,-72.583,-72.583) Vadsø ENVELOPE(29.749,29.749,70.073,70.073) |
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In 1977, a monument in memory of the Finnish immigrants was erected in Vadsø, the capital town of the county of Finnmark. The unveiling ceremony of the monument was an exceptional event, attended by the King Olav of Norway, King Carl Gustav of Sweden and the Finnish President Urho Kekkonen. The purpose of the monument was to pay tribute to the Finnish immigrants and their contribution to the North Norwegian communities. These immigrants were also known as Kven, an old Scandinavian term for people with a Finnish cultural background who moved to North Norway in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. By going back to the memorial-making process, I have reinvested the monument with the memory of its acquired past. It is argued that the construction of the monument in Vadsø was not only a kind of reconstruction of the past and a kind of public mnemonic technique, but also a contribution to the discourse about the present and the future. This monument may be seen as a process where the immigrant's identity was tied to the place, both the geographical space and as an ethnic group in a multiethnic society. The monument may also be interpreted as a first "battle" to draw attention to the Kvens, and a first attempt to revitalize Kven culture and identity. |
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Monument og minne - mobilisering av fortid - argument for fremtid? |
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ENVELOPE(162.250,162.250,-72.583,-72.583) ENVELOPE(29.749,29.749,70.073,70.073) |
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Norway The Monument Vadsø |
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Tidsskrift for kulturforskning; Vol 6 Nr 4 (2007) 2387-6727 1502-7473 |
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