When people hear the word history, many immediately think of wars, kings, and dates they learned at school. But a place is made of the things people remember, pass on, and carry with them in everyday life.
Story of Place is a museum for stories, phenomena, places, trends, and events that may not have found a place in the history books, but still say something important about life here. Its content is built on contributions we have received from people who live here.
We hope the museum can become a shortcut for people like you who are visiting us, a shortcut to the soul and heart of Lapland.
Do you have something that would belong here? It does not matter when it happened or how many people it affected, as long as it is a story that moves people.
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The french expedition
In the mid-1800s, France gathered up a bunch of Europe’s leading scientists and artists and headed for the far north of Sweden. What did they do here? Well they sort of took pictures of the northern lights and selfies in the snow.
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The EPA
Getting from A to B is not easy for young people in a place with long distances and limited public transport. The solution is a short car made before 1975 that even 15-year-olds are allowed to drive. If it has its own music genre? Of course!
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The key hook
On larger farms in the Finnish-speaking parts of Heart of Lapland, some women wore brass hook ornaments on the outside of their clothing. It began as a practical way to keep together the keys to the farm’s most important places: the chest of drawers where money and legal documents were kept, the food store, and
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The meteorites
One of the rarest kinds of meteorites was found in Heart of Lapland in 1906. The iron meteor Muonionalusta has been attracting meteor hunters ever since.
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The female photograper
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The cell phone
The cell phone would not be possible without a man who grew up in a tiny village in Heart of Lapland.
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The Tornedalian lock
Even though houses had locks, buying keys for everyone in a big family wasn't possible for everyone. So since you trusted your community, and needed to keep the door unlocked for your kids, the Tornedalian lock was invented and became the norm and still is. Just put a broom in front of your door and
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