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Many of the first generation of Fennomans were originally Swedish-speaking (mother tongue), but not all. Those Fennomans originally Swedish-speaking learned Finnish, and made a point of using it both in the society and at home, giving their children what they missed themselves: the Finnish Mother Tongue . Several of the Fennomans were of Finnish or bilingual homes. Even such may have had originally Swedish surnames, as it was very common in Finland those days. Most of the Fennomans also Finnicize d their family names, particularly beginning from the end of the 19th century. In the last years of the 19th century, and in the first years of the 20th, the Fennoman movement split into two political parties: the Old Finnish Party and the Young Finnish Party . MOTTO The fennoman Motto was coined by Adolf Ivar Arwidsson: "Swedes we are no longer, Russians we can never become, so let us be Finns!" It is said though that these words were put into Arwidsson's mouth by Johan Wilhelm Snellman. LIST OF PROMINENT FENNOMANS
CURRENT FENNOMANS The term 'fennoman' is recently in use, meaning a person who is opposing Swedish language in all its forms, especially as a Mandatory School Subject . The current fennomans work only at Finnish internet message boards. There have not been any notable demonstrations against the Swedish-speaking people or Swedish language. SEE ALSO |