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hi,
What does ethnicity "kven" mean.Is the name Laurits ossociated with
this ethnicity?
Thanks,
David.

[Ivar Ståle Ertesvåg]

[email protected] wrote:

hi,
What does ethnicity "kven" mean.Is the name Laurits ossociated with
this ethnicity?
Thanks,
David.

"Kven" is a national minority of finnish origin in Northern Norway.
Mainly decendants of 18th and 19th-century immigrants from Finland.
Variant of Finnish language.

Laurits is of roman (latin) origin. Commonly used by Norwegians and many
other nationalities.

[Vegard Krog Petersen]

on 01.11.2005 14:59 Ivar S. Ertesvåg wrote:

[email protected] wrote:

hi,
What does ethnicity "kven" mean.Is the name Laurits ossociated with
this ethnicity?
Thanks, David.


"Kven" is a national minority of finnish origin in Northern Norway.
Mainly decendants of 18th and 19th-century immigrants from Finland.
Variant of Finnish language.

Laurits is of roman (latin) origin. Commonly used by Norwegians and many
other nationalities.

A starting point for information about the kvens in English:
http://home.online.no/~solhanse/kvenuk.htm

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