[Bear_in_RoseBear]

The Koivenen in my home town was a doctor. Or maybe he was a dentist. In either case, I don't recall him ever marrying his amnesiac sister.

Hmm... finding a good translation of the Kalevalala to read would be a good research project for me, I think.

Mine?

[Corin Stormhands]

Um...we have some furniture from IKEA...

Mine?

[JenB]

The Kirby translation's fun. I read that last spring. It's an older translation so check the library; retains the traditional, rather than phonetic, spellings, and has that rythme to it... Kalevala has the same beat as Longfellow's Hiawatha, which is actually very similar, except with indians rather than Finnish gods and heroes. I like Kalevala better...

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

The Koivenen in my home town was a doctor

About half of all Finnish names end with the -nen suffix. I believe that it means 'person who' does something. I have that kind of Finnish name myself.