Das finnische Mökkiwesen: Ein landestypischer Lebensstil im Umbruch?

Abstract: To have a free-time residence of one's own has been a long tradition in Finland. At the beginning (in the early 19th century) there were impressive summer villas belonging to a small and wealthy group of the population. After a period of slow but steady growth the demand for private leisure homes in Finland has risen exponentially since the Second World War. Nowadays it is no longer a privilege of a certain social or income class to own such a home. Meanwhile nearly every third family has its own Mökki, as the Finns call their summer cabin. The period of use is getting longer and longer, and the simple summer cabin has often become a free-time residence fit to live in all year round. Fundamental changes in political, economic and social conditions (economic crises, new planning regulations, ecological problems and so on) will, however, bring to a sudden halt a further increase in the number of free-time residences, possibly within a few years. Nevertheless, initial findings show de.... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/2341

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Das finnische Mökkiwesen: Ein landestypischer Lebensstil im Umbruch? ; volume:50 ; number:2 ; year:1996 ; Erdkunde ; 50, Heft 2 (1996)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Jäderholm-Vogel, Kristina ; Steingrube, Wilhelm

Further information

• DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.1996.02.05
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410290838462.713456214429
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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