Isovanhempani olisivat aikoinaan halunneet vaihtaa ruotsinkielisen sukunimensä suomenkieliseen käännökseen, joka olisi ollut Leppäkivi. Nimi oli kuitenkin suojeltu eikä sitä saanut käyttää. Nyt nimi on tietääkseni vapaa, mutta enpä taida enää ottaa kolmatta sukunimeä.
My grandparents wanted to change their Swedish name into Finnish but it was impossible because the name was protected. As far as I know the name is free now but I don’t think I’m going to take the third family name. PS. My family name is Alderstone in English.
Luonnollinen valokuvaaja 
Löysin ihan ’sattumalta’ kauniin uuden blogisi. Ainakin minulle uuden. Sillä vanhallahan vierailinkin aikoinaan. Nyt alan kahlaamaan läpi kuviasi…
This is nice. The background is beautiful and perfect for the leaf.
My mothers maiden name was Swanson. Her Grandparents came from Jemjo BleKinge, Sweden.
Hei, Irma, hauska tavata pitkästä aikaa! Olen minäkin välillä käväissyt blogissasi, muttei ole tullut kommentoitua. Nyt kuvaan vain silloin tällöin, joskus on mennyt viikkokin ilman kuvaa… outoa, mutta vapauttavaa. 🙂
Hi, Steve! Nice to know more about your family. Swanson is a pretty name and I guess it means ’swan’s son’. Swedish language has many same words than English and it’s totally different from Finnish language. I can speak Swedish too because Finland has two official languages and they are Finnish and Swedish.
I did some reaearch work because the name Jemjo sounded odd. I found out that Jemjo is actually Jämjö and it is a village in Karlskrona, a town in the Blekinge county.
That’s interesting! I wish when we were in Sweden we would have had time to visit there. Maybe another time. I didn’t realize Swedish was also spoken in Finland. And you also speak Swedish also! I have a hard enough time speaking English! I took German and became a little fluent, but just a little. However, I didn’t keep up with it and so have lost a lot of what little I knew.
Finland has been a part of Sweden and that’s the explanation to our bilingualism. We have to learn Swedish at school (not fun but useful).