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We share immigrants' stories and achievements to promote an international Finland

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Immigrants in Finland share how they have found their space in the hope that their nuanced everyday experiences will encourage others and give wider society pause for thought.
Kathy Weidenfeller leading a music rehearsal in Helsinki, Finland. Photograph for Finland My Home project.
April 14, 2019April 14, 2019

I still struggle between frustration with Finland and knowing there are so many good things

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Kelsi Vaahtojärvi from the United States in Helsinki, Finland. Photograph by Peter Seenan for Finland My Home project.
April 13, 2019July 19, 2020

“Sometimes I default to Swedish when I try to ask for something in a shop”

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Jiří Hofman, an immigrant from Czech Republic, in Tampere, Finland. Finland My Home
April 13, 2019July 11, 2020

“I’ve been here almost 20 years, but no way do I consider myself Finnish”

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Peter Thompson from England, photograph by Finland My Home outside the Accenture office in Ruoholahti, Helsinki in 2017.
February 12, 2019February 12, 2019

“I felt guilty that I had let so much of my Englishness slip”

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June Yeoh Karjalainen in Lahti. Photo by Finland My Home
December 10, 2018February 12, 2019

“I studied Finnish for 2-3 years and then I applied to the Lahti tourist board”

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Jack Räisänen, 2017, Finland My Home
November 30, 2018April 16, 2020

“It was very profound and touching to speak in Finnish to my grandfather”

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Emma Nkonoki in Espoo, Finland in 2018
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“I’ve learned that getting where you want to be is a life-long struggle”

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Kubilay Kağan Özkan in Helsinki
October 20, 2018April 24, 2020

“I fell in love with Finland because I tried to find the ‘Finnish thing’ – like ice swimming”

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Yury in Joensuu, Finland
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“The first person I came out to was the director of my dance college in Finland”

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