In Finnish mythology, Kaleva is the great king of Kainuu in Kalevala. His twelve sons are later the twelve constellations in the sky. Hiisi is one of his sons.
Kaleva is a newspaper in Oulu, which is in northern Finland. The paper was founded in 1899 and it was published at first time 1 July1899.
Kaleva is the name of a town in Michigan, USA. It was founded by Finnish settlers and boasts "the quality of life that is vanishing all too rapidly in today's society. Life is slower, savored more fully, close to nature. And if you happen to forget to lock your doors, nothing changes."
Kaleva is the name of a fraternal order founded by Finnish settlers devoted to preserving their language and culture. The group appears to have roots in Massachusetts going back to the very early 1900s, but there appears to be evidence of other groups with Kaleva-like names throughout the area. The group still exists today in the town of Lancaster, Massachusetts and hosts regular public pancake breakfasts.
Kaleva is the largest and only remaining sanctioned burial cemetery within the city limits of Teamo, LN. Indeed, with the exception of Kaleva, burials have not been permitted in Bryce County since 1900. In that year the county's boundaries were finalized and Kaleva was grandfathered into the law. Since the end of World War II Kaleva has been open to all regardless of ancestry. Kaleva Cemetery was founded by the city's large Finnish immigrant population (the largest urban Finnish concentration in the U.S.).
Kaleva OH-ALL airliner shot down by Soviet bombers in 1940.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Kaleva house, shanty and shed, in it's "heyday" in the 1970s.
Although the population of the Kaleva area fell under 700, the influx of older Finns returning to Kaleva kept the Kaleva area from dwindling away.
The Kaleva property title was transferred to Yrjö Laaksonen on 8 May 1942, and the mineral rights in 1954, upon the death of Ida. Yrjö never farmed the land, but he did plant many acres of various species of pine trees, with the intent of selling the wood later.
Feeds |
Contact