Sven Lokka, pen name Oskar Talvi (russian: Свен Петрович Ло́кко, Sven Petrovich Lokko) ( March 3, 1924 - November 15, 2008) was a Soviet and Russian Finnish writer and painter.
[Sergey Shiryayev]
3 марта исполняется 99 лет со дня рождения писателя и художника Свена Локко
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He lost his father during the Great Purge. During the Winter War, he, together with other "foreign nationals", was forcibly resettled from Murmansk Oblast
Murmansk Oblast (russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, p=ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Murmanskaya oblast, ''Murmanskaya oblast''; Kildin Sami: Мурман е̄ммьне, ''Murman jemm'ne'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of ...
to Karelia
Karelia ( Karelian and fi, Karjala, ; rus, Каре́лия, links=y, r=Karélija, p=kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə, historically ''Korjela''; sv, Karelen), the land of the Karelian people, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for ...
during the Soviet campaign of cleansing the border regions of undesirables. In his books he described the experience of Murmansk Finns
Murmansk Finns (Fin: Kuolansuomalaiset , Muurmanninsuomalaiset) are a group of Finns living in Murmansk. They came to Murmansk around 1860 during the Finnish famine of 1866–68. However, there was another immigration period in 1900, due to the ...
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He was one of the three persons presented in the documentary ''Historian unohtamat – tarina Muurmannin rannan viimeisistä suomalaisista'' (Forgotten by history - the story of the last Finns on the Murmansk coast)Historian unohtamat – tarina Muurmannin rannan viimeisistä suomalaisista
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Works
* Lapin lämpöä suonissa, Karjala-kustantamo, 1983
* Kaamos ja valo, Karjala-kustantamo, 1991
* Muurmannin suomalaiset, 1993
* Missä on muuttolinnun kotimaa, 1999
* Kun muuttolintu ei palaa, Levin sanomat, 2006
* Muistoja Muurmannilta, Lapin maakuntamuseo, 2008 ISBN 978-951-98439-1-9
References
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1924 births
2008 deaths
Finnish artists
Finnish writers
Soviet artists
Soviet writers
Russian artists
Russian writers
Finnish diaspora in Russia