In 1872, Hans Gutzeit, a Norwegian, founded a sawmill in Kotka, which grew to be Stora Enso, which still operates.

Many of them settled in Finland permanently, and established communities in the middle of Finnish rural regions.

The tenth Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari is a descendant of the sawmill workers.

[2][3] According to the International migrant stock: The 2017 revision,[1] there were 2,156 Norwegian immigrants living in Finland.

[7] The northernmost municipalities of Finland (Inari, Enontekiö and Utsjoki) want to increase teaching of the Norwegian language in schools.

The school curriculum however doesn't include Norwegian and it can only be learned as an optional subject.