PLAIN VIEW FARM
STEREOSCOPIC TOUR OF OLD NORWAY, KILTER AND OFF KILTER
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Ett lapplandskt hem, Norra Sverige
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Note: Stereoscopic Pictures, Stereoscope, and Norwegian Flag Pillow Cover, compliments of Pearl A. Ginther, and Stadem Genealogy Book, compliments of Barbara Benson.
THIS SLIGHTLY OFF-KILTER PICTURE OF A LAPLANDER GENTLEMAN AND HIS COUNTRY LOG COTTAGE MAY WELL BE IN SWEDEN FOR ALL WE KNOW. ACTUALLY, THE LAPLANDERS CALL THEIR BORDERLESS HOMELAND "FINNMARK", WHICH HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH THE FINNS, EXCEPT THAT THE LAPLANDERS CAMP OUT IN NORTHERN NORWAY, NORTHERN SWEDEN, AND NORTHERN FINLAND. YOU FIGURE IT, WHY THEY DON'T ALSO CALL THEIR DOMAIN "SWEDEMARK" AND "NORMARK" JUST TO BE FAIR! AND IF THE LAPLANDERS EVER REVOLT AND CLAIM SOUVEREIGNTY OVER THEIR ICY WILDERNESS HOMELAND, THEY COULD ALSO CLAIM A SEAT IN THE UNITED NATIONS AND COVER IT WITH RAINDEER HIDES TO MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE EFFECT OF ALL THOSE UNTREATED RAINDEER HIDES IN THAT AUGUST ASSEMBLY WHEN THEY REACH ROOM TEMPERATURE? IN CASE YOU ARE NOT UP ON LAPLANDERS, THEY ARE "INDIGENOUS," WHICH MEANS THEY WERE LIVING WHERE THEY LIVED IN "FINNMARK" LONG BEFORE ANYBODY MOVED IN SOUTH OF THEM AND ESTABLISHED THE COUNTRIES OF NORWAY, SWEDEN, AND FINLAND. THEY COULD BE CALLED "NATIVES," AND NOBODY, IN FACT, BUT A NATIVE WOULD WEAR SUCH A DISTINCTIVE AND IMAGINATIVE HEADGEAR AS DO THE LAPLANDERS.