Tukkilaiskisat (Tukkilaiset) is a traditional
timber rafting competition in
Finland. Originally ''tukkilaiset'' referred to
log drivers.
Recent sites where Tukkilaiskisat took place are
Ii (Raasakkakoski),
Kuusamo
Kuusamo ( sme, Guossán; smn, Kuáccám) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
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(Käylä),
Laukaa (Kuusaankoski),
Ylitornio (Kattilakoski),
Imatra (Tainionkoski), and
Lieksa. The 2017 championship was held in
Torniojoki
The Torne, also known as the Tornio ( fi, Tornionjoki, sv, Torne älv, , se, Duortneseatnu, fit, Väylä), is a river in northern Sweden and Finland. For approximately half of its length, it defines the border between these two countries. In ...
. Participants can be experienced or novices.
In popular culture
* ''Koskenlaskijan Morsian,'' (1923 film) produced by
Erkki Karus.
* ''
Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta
, translator = W. J. Alexander Worster
, image = Thesongofthebloodredflower 1921.jpg
, caption = A hardcover of the 1921 English version
, author = Johannes Linnankoski
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, cover_artist =
, count ...
,'' (book) by
Johannes Linnankoskis.
* ''Tukkijoella,'' (book) by
Teuvo Pakkalas
Both books were also adapted into films.
* ''Me tulemme taas'' (2008 book) by Mauri Hast and Pekka lanko
* ''Tukkilaisen tulo ja lähtö'' (1996 book) by
Hanna Snellman
Hanna Kyllikki Snellmann (born 16 April 1961) is Professor of Ethnology and Vice-rector at the University of Helsinki. The focus of her research is on migration within and from the Arctic.
Career
Snellmann completed her PhD in ethnology at the ...
[https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10224/4767 infopage ''finnish'']
References
Finnish culture
Forestry
Timber rafting
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