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Two names for the same city on a Finnish road sign. Finland has two official languages , Finnish and Swedish . Many places in the country have different names in Finnish and Swedish, both being official endonyms .
Some odd Finnish names arose when tongue-tied Finns mangled older Swedish names. The picturesque old town of Porvoo is one example. Its Swedish name, Borgå, means Fort River, but Finnish-speakers twisted the tricky sounds b, g and å to make their own version. Likewise, the historic island fortress outside Helsinki, Suomenlinna (Finland’s ...
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There are names in five languages on the Basic map: Finnish, Swedish, North Saami, Inari Saami, and Skolt Saami. Places may also have several names in different languages; the majority language of the municipality is indicated by the order in which the names are presented.
Oct 9, 2022 · Farm names that are a Finnish version of old Swedish name is the name PASS in Esse from 1500’s. Pass is a Finnish version of old Swedish Basse. It is not known where so many with the name Pass came from to Esse. What I think is that they moved to Esse sometime in the 1400’s or beginning of 1500’s.
The Institute’s webpages in Finnish and Swedish contain a lot of information about the languages spoken in Finland, other languages related to Finnish, the language policy in Finland etc. Front page On language Names The Story of a Place Name. Sieiddesavu in Utsjoki. Photo: Vesa Tolonen.
Mar 14, 2024 · Many towns in Finland have Swedish names as well. All regions have Finnish, Swedish, and English names. The following lists help identify the Finnish names under which they are listed in the directories. As the names of towns are often used in possessive form, for example in the names of institutes or organizations, our lists of town names ...
Mar 20, 2024 · Many localities/places in Finland had a Finnish name and a corresponding Swedish name (which were not always a direct translation). It can be helpful to know the place name in both languages, as the locality may be writen as either name in the documents.
