Finnicization
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Finnicization is the changing of one's personal names from other languages into Finnish. During the era of National Romanticism in Finland, many people, especially Fennomans, finnicized their previously Swedish family names.
A set of graves in Tampere, showing the Swedish surname 'Kyander' as well as the finnicized 'Kiianmies'.
Hjalmar Siilasvuo
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Hjalmar Fridolf Siilasvuo was a Finnish lieutenant general, a knight of the Mannerheim Cross and a member of the Jäger Movement. He participated in the Eastern Front of World War I, the Finnish Civil War, the Winter War, Continuation War and the Lapland War.
Hjalmar Siilasvuo (right) receiving a situation report during the Battle of Raate-Road
General Hjalmar Siilasvuo in 1939
General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (left) with Major General Hjalmar Siilasvuo (right) at the start of the Continuation War.