Chinese people in Finland

The decision to resort to Chinese labor is believed to have been because Finnish migrant workers had proven to be unsuitable for the construction work on Peter the Great's Naval Fortress.

[7] Chinese labor was deployed in places such as Espoo, Kauniainen, Vantaa, Korso, and Söderkulla in Sipoo, primarily for logging work.

For example, painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela was no longer able to work in the restless conditions at Tarvaspää in Espoo, and he decided to flee with his spouse to Ruovesi.

After the Russian Revolution in the spring of 1917, the fortification work was halted, and most of the remaining Chinese left Finland.

[7] According to contemporaries, there also remained a Chinese-Finnish heritage in Finland as a result of relationships between Finnish women and Chinese men.