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Finnish Maiden
The Maiden of Finland is the personification of Finland, much as Marianne in France, Deutscher Michel in Germany and Uncle Sam for the United States. She is a young woman in her mid-twenties with blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing national costume or a white dress, she was originally called Aura after the Aura river in Turku.
External Links
An account of the Finnish Maiden by Irmeli Tanttu Porkka for Virtual Finland website
03-10-2013 05:06:04
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