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Originally Posted by PeterThaGreat
I'll read your link and we get back to it, ok?
Where on earth have you got the idea of Lönnroth being a Finnishswede? He was Finnish speaking Finn, who wrote Finnish mythology Kalevala, from old Eastern Finnish folklores he collected by interviewing rural Finns. Runeberg was a Finnishswede, some Fennomans do not even raise a flag in Runeberg's day, a national memorial day in Finland, since he couldn't speak Finnish.
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Sure.
There are others like Lönnroth amongst notables. Finns(or their parents had) who changed their name and language when going to school or moving to a city.
I don't consider myself a fennoman. I have nothing against finnish-swedes, indeed I have many relatives who identify as such, but I think that
both rabid fennomans and rabid svekomans try to present a false image of finnish-swedes.