Finnskogen

Finnskogen
Forested area
Grue Municipality in Innlandet county, Eastern Norway is the center of the revived Skogfinn minority culture.
Interactive map of Finnskogen
Coordinates: 60°40′N 12°25′E / 60.667°N 12.417°E / 60.667; 12.417
CountryNorway, Sweden
Region Eastern Norway
Svealand
County Innlandet
Värmland
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Finnskogen (lit. 'Forest of the Finns') is a forest area of Norway and Sweden situated in the counties of Innlandet and Värmland respectively, so named because of immigration of Finnish people in the 17th century, the so-called Forest Finns (Norwegian: Skogfinner).

The core area of Finnskogen lies in the eastern part of a small region known as Solør, on the border with Sweden. It consists of a forested belt of land, about 32 km (20 mi) wide going through the present-day municipalities of Våler, Åsnes, Grue, and Kongsvinger. It is adjacent to the Swedish region with similar Finnish immigration, named Finnskogarna.

There are also similar forested areas with people of Finnish descent in other parts of eastern Norway, including:

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