ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the adaptation of resettled farmers, their acceptance by the local host population, the forms and levels of compensation, and the institutional systems and measures that were required to carry out the resettlement program. It highlights the successes and problems of Karelian resettlement in the hope that the experience would be useful in other projects resettling displaced communities. The Karelians had more livestock before resettlement. After resettlement, the Karelian farms had less hired labor than did the host population. The Karelian resettlement process caused roads to be built to “cold farms". Sociocultural integration and re-establishment was aided by a number of new organizations that helped Karelians cope with their new environment. Economic, social, and cultural changes were very rapid in Finland from the 1940s onwards, and this has affected the resettled Karelians in much the same way as other segments of the Finnish population.
