Monument og minne. Mobilisering av fortid - argument for fremtid?
This article is part of Lena Aarekol's doctoral thesis, which is available in Munin at http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2596 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 exceptio...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/4201 2023-05-15T16:13:44+02:00 Monument og minne. Mobilisering av fortid - argument for fremtid? Aarekol, Lena 2007 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4201 nob nob Novus Forlag Tidsskrift for kulturforskning 6(2007) nr. 4 s. 5-23 FRIDAID 363898 1502-7473 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4201 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_3916 openAccess VDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070::Contemporary history (after 1945): 084 VDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070::Samtidshistorie (etter 1945): 084 Kven Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2007 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-06-25T17:53:18Z This article is part of Lena Aarekol's doctoral thesis, which is available in Munin at http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2596 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, where the Norwegian king Olav, the Swedish king Carl Gustav and the Finnish president Uhro Kekkonen attended. 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 University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive 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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This article is part of Lena Aarekol's doctoral thesis, which is available in Munin at http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2596 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, where the Norwegian king Olav, the Swedish king Carl Gustav and the Finnish president Uhro Kekkonen attended. 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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Monument og minne. Mobilisering av fortid - argument for fremtid? |
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Monument og minne. Mobilisering av fortid - argument for fremtid? |
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