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Finnish Swede
Any idea who ancient Finns have tried to describe as Pohjola people?
Just as latter one were evil & greedy. And their leader (Louhi the mistress of Pohjola) had dark hair and brown eyes, right?
Kalevala is poem between Kalevala people (Finns) and Pohjola people. And about their fights for Sampo (a magical artifact) which gave the owner endless richness.
Pohjola is Sápmi. Pohjola is also called Turja and Lappi:
"Ellös vainen, poikueni, menkö Pohjolan tuville
ilman tieon tietämättä, ilman taion taitamatta,
Pohjan poikien tulille, Lapin lasten tanterille!
Siellä lappi laulanevi, tunkenevi turjalainen
suin sytehen, päin savehen, kypenihin kyynäsvarsin,
kourin kuumihin poroihin, palavihin paateroihin."
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Jos sanot sa'alla suulla, enp' on tuota uskokana:
ei sinussa laulajata Pohjan poikien sekahan,
etkä tunne kieltä Turjan, maha et lausua lapiksi."
Turja often refers to Kola Peninsula, which is also known as Ter. But Kvens used the term Turja to refer to Norway, so I don't know if Turja can refer to Lapland in general.
Karelians interacted with Saami in the Kola Peninsula. The first permanent Russian settlement on Kola is the town of Varzuga, but it used to be inhabited by Karelians before Norwegian robbers destroyed it in the 1400s (http://web.archive.org/web/201203041...l/ushakov1.htm).
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