Name changes and visions of  ”a new Jew” in the Helsinki Jewish community

Ekholm, Laura Katarina; Muir, Simo

doi:10.30674/scripta.66574

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“…The relative multiculturalism of the urban Swedish-speakers in Finland, already successfully assimilating Germans, Russians, and other immigrants, may have contributed to the appeal of Swedish schools and associations to minorities. Many Finnish Jews were also Swedish-speaking until the 1930s (Ekholm and Muir 2016).…”

Section: Stereotyping and Self-defense In The Grand Duchymentioning

confidence: 99%

Core Citizens, Imagined Nation: Historical Security Practices of the Majority and Strategies of the Minorities in Finland; An Introduction to the Issue

Roman

Stadius

Stark

2021

Journal of Finnish Studies

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Scandinavism was a political idea in the nineteenth century that strived to unite the Scandinavian countries into one state. In Finland, Scandinavists were few in number but formed networks with Scandinavists in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, networks that have been largely ignored hitherto in Finnish historiography. This article focuses on the Finnish Scandinavist Emil von Qvanten, who proposed a Nordic federal state including Finland in 1855 in the pamphlet "Fennomania and Scandinavism" (von Qvanten 1855a). Moreover, his correspondence reveals an influential exiled Finnish patriot, who became a Nordic politician and a trusted person to the Swedish King Karl XV. Von Qvanten corresponded extensively with the Finnish architect Nestor Tallgren, European dissidents such as the Russian anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, the Russian socialist Alexandr Herzen, and Polish separatists like Josef Demontovicz and Walerian Kalinka, as well as Swedish and Danish politicians and Scandinavian intelligentsia. An alternative option of Finland having a Scandinavian political dimension during the age of autonomy will be discussed here with a focus on the letters that Nestor Tallgren wrote to Emil von Qvanten.

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Section: Stereotyping and Self-defense In The Grand Duchymentioning

confidence: 99%

Core Citizens, Imagined Nation: Historical Security Practices of the Majority and Strategies of the Minorities in Finland; An Introduction to the Issue

Roman

Stadius

Stark

2021

Journal of Finnish Studies

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Section: Stereotyping and Self-defense In The Grand Duchymentioning

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Between Religious Identity and National Identity? Pentecostal Finnish Roma in Lutheran Finland

Roman

2021

Journal of Finnish Studies

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Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this article focuses on the present-day belonging of Finnish Roma to Pentecostalism. On the one hand, in what appears to be a ladder of social mobility, Pentecostalism provides Roma with the opportunity for enhanced participation in the nation-state, thus enhancing their relationship with the majority Finns. On the other hand, Lutheranism continues to be a symbol of Finnish belonging and a symbol of unity across the Nordic countries. Therefore, in the case of a historically marginalized group adopting a minority religious denomination, this article explores the complex relationship between community belonging, religious identity, and national engagement, and the ways in which these become entangled with one another. The aim is thus to introduce a contemporary perspective on how minorities themselves are actively engaged and reflect upon their role within their society, while also developing grassroots “strategies” of connecting with others (majority “Finns”), and with one another.

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Name changes and visions of ”a new Jew” in the Helsinki Jewish community

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

Core Citizens, Imagined Nation: Historical Security Practices of the Majority and Strategies of the Minorities in Finland; An Introduction to the Issue

Core Citizens, Imagined Nation: Historical Security Practices of the Majority and Strategies of the Minorities in Finland; An Introduction to the Issue

Between Religious Identity and National Identity? Pentecostal Finnish Roma in Lutheran Finland

Jews, second-hand trade and upward economic mobility: Introducing the ready-to-wear business in industrializing Helsinki, 1880–1930

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