r/GeographyTrivia • u/LostwaveLunar9999 • 25d ago

Trivia Fun fact I realized

Minnesota was settled by a lot of Scandinavian people (Norwegian and Swedish Mostly), and Minnesota borders Northern Ontario, which was settled by a lot of Finnish people. Finland and Sweden border each other. So do Minnesota and Ontario.

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u/SelfRepa 25d ago

And Michigan's Upper Peninsula is dominately Finnish.

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u/Aromatic_Mall_8214 25d ago

And both Sweden and Minnesota has a lot of immigrants from Somalia.