Following Hjalmar Linna from Hietaniemi parish, Bäckesta village in Torne River Valley Sweden-Finland to Port Arthur Canada and then to Russia. He emigrated to USA in 1901 and to Sovjet-Karelia 1932,  by Herbert Wirlöf.

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Prologue(in English)  Take a look

Preparations(in English) Take a look

Our travel to Russia(in English) Take a look

Our visit to Sovjet-.Karelia (in English with help by Ingrid and George Karnikis)(pdf-file) Take a look

At home with Elvi Forsell, daughter to Hjalmar Mattson Linna(in English)  Take a look

Sightseeing in Petrozavodsk(in English) Take a look

Vilho's attempt to escape to Finland, 1959, extract from an unknown Finnish newspaper (in Finnish)(pdf-file) Take a look

They visited relatives in  Canada 1974 (in English)Take a look

Letters from Russia (in Finnish)(pdf-file)Take a look

Extract from an unknown Finnish newspaper (in Finnish)(pdf-file) Take a look

Extract from the Finnish journal Karelia (in Finnish)(pdf-file) Take a look

Extract from the English journal A Chronical of finnish settlements in rural thunder bay (in English)(pdf-file) Take a look

Hjalmar Mattson's ancestors and relatives (in English)(pdf-file) Take a look