Finns At The Middle Age

Vikings in Finland

The dutch Vikings came to finland about 1000 after crist.

When they arrived here they first discowered our

 high mountains and wide field and in the citys

 the shops smelled like fresh bread and

other countryside sweaties.

Why exactly Finland?

The Vikings soon discovered our nature treasures like

silver and prons.

They stealed them from the locol peoples.

The jewerlys they cept theirselves,

and the big peaces of silver and prons, they selled

forward with big provite.

Tiia and Veera, 7A

Vikings came to Finland from Sweden, Norway and Denmark. 

They wanted to trade things with the fnnish people, but later they stole many valuable things from them.

Finnish Foods

The finnish  people ate then salted fish and meat, cheese, porridge, mushrooms, salad and drank beer.

Finnish Houses

They saw there that wood – made houses. The houses were close to each other. 

Houses didn’t have much furniture.

Timo and Eetu, 7A

Hard-working hostess

Hard-work was a virtue and not have to be lazy.

Medieval household manual advised the peasant farmer’s wife or wives this morning chores like this: She can’t be lazy.

First in the morning she has to pray before she gets up from the bed, then clean the house, set the table, milk the cow, drank to baby cow, make  the food, bake bread and make beer.

The Food J

In the medieval, Finland belonged to the catholic church. The catholic religion had Fasting days. At the fasting days, they couldn’t eat any meat, so they had to eat fish. The fasting days were Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, wich meant that there was more “fishdays” than “meatdays”.

Herring 

At the medieval, herring was an important grocery. It was sold to other countries too. The herring was an everyday food. It was especially eaten salted. The salt percentage could’ve been over 30%.

Salting

Because there were no fridges in the medieval, the food had to be salted to make it stay eatable. The salt was pretty expensive, so everybody couldn’t afford to it.

Beer

The salty food made people thirsty. Beer was the most important drink in the medieval. It was often more reliable than the water from the well. Everybody drank many litres of beer everyday. The beer wasn’t that alcoholic than the beer nowadays. The children’s and servicers beer had less alcohol than the men’s and soldiers beer.

New things

The new food supplies were the herring, cabbage, ryebread, sausage, spices and dried fruits.

Julius, Ville A and Elias, 7A

Vikings in finland

Farming was basic business hunting and fishing was very important fur hunting in the desert was lively fur shopping combined finish Vikings trade net work they imposed weapons and silver. Is possible that finnish people have been in Viking’s trips.

Osku and Ville T, 7A

The Vikings

When the Vikings came to Finland first what them saw is the forest. The Vikings kept coast line Finnish people in fear, so lots of them moved further in the woods. The Finnish people weren’t

the only ones who scared at the Vikings.

The Vikings made lots of foray and trade trip to the east, west and south. The Vikings were men’s who lived in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. They knew how to made boats that were easy to sail for long trips. The situation of Scandinavians made them to get

 food and wealth from elsewhere.

Jenna, Sanni and Emmi, 7A

The Vikings came to Finland.

Vikings age lasted 800-1050years.

Vikings age was preceded by a crusade to.

The Vikings saw the ice in Finland and the forest.

1000 people lived in the Häme.

Finland was so cold and that there could not grow any.

There was an ambulance of log cabins.

Tommy and Jere, 7A

The time of vikings

Business life got stronger around the baltic sea at the end of 18^th century. The tools from this perioud improofs all this as falt. There is around 50 silver findings incluesing coins, chais, or pieces of them in Finland.

Food and disshes in finland during middle ages

In the middle ages the food was mainly simble. The Finish drank beer and ate  fish like Baltic herring. Before easter they selebrated lent when they didn´t eat meat at all. The solt was very important spice in the middle ages. It for examble kept food good and eatable for an longer.

In the middle ages new food was Baltic herring, swede, cabbage, sausage, patty, foreign spices and dried fruits.

  

Jessica and Vera, 7A

What did vikings see in Finland?

Finnish people ate baltic herring, and drank beer. Finnish people fasted when they belonged to Catholic Church. Males’ job was hunting and the weapons was a bow. Fishing was mens’ and womans job. Kids collected berries, mushrooms and nuts.

What did the vikings see in Finland?

When the Vikings came to Finland, they saw a houses, 

which was treestructure walls and it was sealen with clay.

      Houseanimals were usually dogs, cows, sheeps, pigs, goats and later on horses, cats and chickens.

      The finnish peoples livelihood where farming and hunting. They cultivate barley, wheat, rye and oats. Finnish people ate everyday food at the time a cabbage soup and other soups and porridge, 

stockfish and Baltic herring.

      Salt was a very important cooking material. It was very expensive, so everyone couldn`t afford it.

       Beer was food drink for suppers because it didin`t spoil that.

Mens clothes little is known about, because the dead people were burned on the formal dress.

        Clothes were undershirt, robe, belt and ley ties.

The people of that time:

The finnish people of that time wore shoes made out of birch. They were excellent for slashing and burning. They were called löttöset. They also wore shirts and pants made out of cotton. Finnish people also believed in gods like Ahti, Ukko, Tapio and so on.

The buildings and homes:

Finnish people lived in buildings made out of clay. They were warmed up with finnish stoves. A finnish stove that is warmed up with water, hot stones and burning wood is called a kiuas.

Cities of that time: Vanaja (now Hämeenlinna), 1000 citizens, a castle, was destroyed in 1311 by Novgorod.

Fishing, hunting, farming with slashing and burning,

collecting berries and mushrooms.

Currency:

Finnish people used squirrels’ skins as currency.

Juuso, Aatu and Amalia, 8A

What did the Vikings see in Finland?

Vikings was very surprised that finns outfit was so much different than their. They saw new farming styles. They got to know our culture and farm home animals. They found cave paintings and saw new wild animals fishes and other animals and they saw new build types. Houses were made of stones. They met a sports and finnish culture and sauna.

 

What did vikings see in Finland?

Finnish people had a dog, cow, pig, sheep and goat. Late comers were cat and horse. Chickens were ordinary. Houses´ floor was terrain, clay or stone. Fireplace was in the corner. In the Viking age there were silvermoney and silverjewels.

 Finnish people did very much trading. They planted, hunted and were fishing. Women wore undershirt, skirt, apron and tunic. Men wore shirt, jacketskirt, tunic, tibialbandage and belt. Bothes used leathershoes. Finnish people got rich because they sold iron and furs. Merchants sailed in Finland to get furs because foreigners bought them. Sables´ fur was very expensive.

Wisemen and deities were important persons in ancient Finland because they were doctors, fortunetellers and goodluckbringers. Wisemen were witches and they were respectable and feared. First finnish people built the sauna because there they had a sauna and they lived there. People slept there and in the cooking place they did food.

What did Vikings see in Finland?

At the time Finnish people grew grain, caught fish and went hunting. The Finns had domestic animals; cat, dog, cow, chicken, pig, sheep and horses. They lived in wooden houses and women wore garments skirt and man had coat dress. Clothes were manufactured from wool and cotton. The Finns ate salt herring, porridge, cabbage soup, dry fish and blood pancakes. Food was salted to preserve it for longer. They hunted seals, which provided meat, fat and skin. They were moving trough waters by boat, ruuhi.

 They lived in Savo-Karjala. In Finland at first they did not have coins, but they paid with silver, which was weighed with a scale. Commerce grew, but most took place in the Baltic see, villages and communities were founded and the Christian faith spread to Finland. Finnish sauna invention was already known to them at that time. Finland’s climate was somewhat warmer than it is today. The Finns were a little shy and lived a modest life in Finland.

What did Vikings see in Finland?

Finland was a remote and sparsely populated country at Vikings time. People lived in little villages. They got their food from fishing, hunting and farming. Fishing happened with webs. They hunted seals and other animals. Hunting happened with bows and spinners, spears, traps and hunting bumps. People cultivated barley, rye, wheat and oats. Their pets were dogs, cats, hens, pigs, sheep, cows, goats and horses.

Finnish people lived in woodenhouses. At the middle floor there was a fire place, where they were making food. The dishes were made of clay and they were flowerpot-shaped. Almost every garden had a sauna. The clothes were made out of wool, flax and animals skin. Belt, shirts, shoes, aprons, cloaks, skirts, hats and piercings were typical clothes. Tradings were made at of sables, seals and squirrels skins. They chanced salt, that helped preserving food.