The new border after 1809 between Sweden and Russia meant that the Finnish-speaking area in the Tornedalen was divided in half. The Tornedalings in Sweden became a minority that would be Swedishized at any price.
A long time after the racial biology institute in Uppsala was shut down so continued doctors and teachers to measure skulls and photograph people in northern Sweden, without government directives.
Swedish Tornedalings have been heard. The abuses must be investigated and measures must be taken. But is it possible to save Meänkieli, the language and the culture, when a whole generation has not been taught the mother tongue?
