Browsing by Subject "Finland"

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    Country Report 2018: Finland
    (2018) Muukkonen, Martti
    Military organized associations are forbidden. Associations can only do business that is related to their purpose or that is so small by volume that it can be seen as insignificant. Foundations must have a public benefit purpose. Foundations that support the kin of the founder are not allowed. The minimum founding capital for a foundation is EUR €25,000 (approximately US$26,500).Social enterprises are for profit companies wherein a minimum of 30 percent of its workforce are individuals with disabilities or individuals who were unemployed long term. Registration as a Social Enterprise gives the company special support from the state, for example easier procedure and a longer time frame for employment supports.
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    The Late Medieval Church and Graveyard at Ii Hamina, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland – Pollen and macro remains from graves
    (Universtiy of Helsinki, 2020) Trandberg, Annemari; Alenius, Teija Helena; Kallio-Seppä, T.; Philip, Buckland; Mullins, Paul R.; Ylimaunu, Timo; Anthropology, School of Liberal Arts
    The historical Ostrobothnian (Finland) burial tradition is poorly known, particularly when discussed from the environmental archaeological viewpoint. This article examines Late Medieval burial methods in Ii Hamina village using both micro- and macrofossil analyses incorporated into archaeological work. This research provides information on the continuity of burial methods that were sustained through the medieval period and into modern times. Burial tradition patterns in the Northern Ostrobothnia region exhibit widely recognised characteristics, but also contain some local features.
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    Public Memory, National Heritage, and Memorialization of the 1918 Finnish Civil War
    (Taylor & Francis, 2019) Seitsonen, Oula; Mullins, Paul R.; Ylimaunu, Timo; Anthropology, School of Liberal Arts
    The Finnish Civil War in 1918 left the newly independent country (1917) scarred for decades. In this paper, we assess the difficult public memory, national narrative and memorialization of the war. We take as our starting point a public crowdsourcing organized by the State-broadcasting company about the material traces of conflicts in Finland. Themes raised by the public in the crowdsourcing are used as foundation to map heritage perspectives. Special attention is paid to the memorial landscapes of the war. In the past century, the remembrance of the war has gone through several stages, from the complete denial of memorializing the defeated side and the associated clandestine remembrance practices based on folk religion, to today’s situation where the war is largely seen as a shared national tragedy. We outline the current status and importance of Civil War heritage based on public perceptions and stake out some directions for future research.