Finns abroad : new Forms of Mobility and Migration

This edited book aims at broadening our understanding of Finnish emigration and the multitude of different types of transnational mobility that Finns engage in, which is a distinctive feature of our times. The days when entire villages in the peripheries had to contemplate international migration to a single destination as a survival strategy are long gone. Current migration from Finland is much more diverse, as people make individual choices with their own motivations for undertaking international mobility. FINNS ABROAD – New Forms of Mobility and Migration takes you, our reader, on a trip that spans over four continents and explores different types of mobility, such as marriage and family migration, company secondments and highly-skilled migration. ; Preface Chapter 1: Finns abroad – the profile of emigrants and their thoughts about returning to Finland / Elli Heikkilä Chapter 2: Finns in Sweden and Switzerland – between cosmopolitans and locals / Krister Björklund Chapter 3: Highly skilled Finns in the European labor market: why do they move abroad? / Saara Koikkalainen Chapter 4: Between cultures – place experiences of the Finns in Ireland / Salla Saarela Chapter 5: “A Yankee boy promised me everything except the moon.” Changing marriage patterns of Finnish migrants in the U.S. in the twentieth century / Johanna Leinonen Chapter 6: Finns in Silicon Valley: motivations and identities in relation to place / Carol Marie Kiriakos Chapter 7: Encountering difference. Nordic privileged migrants in Indian mega-cities / Nicol Foulkes Chapter 8: Contemporary emigration on the family level: Finnish expatriate families / Anu Warinowski Chapter 9: Alcoholic expatriate Finns’ life and destiny in Sweden and Australia / Leena Vuorinen Chapter 10: Finnish linguistic and cultural identity in multicultural Australia / Tiina Lammervo Chapter 11: Organizing a transnational advocacy network. A glance into the Finnish Expatriate Parliament and its member associations / Sanna-Mari Vierimaa Contributors.