Carl Linnaeus, The Lapland Journey, translated by Peter Graves (Edinburgh: Lockharton Press, 1995), p. 177.

Österbotten, 13/08/1732, ¶989:

13th. I attended a Finnish church service in the farmers’ church in Torneå. I also witnessed the churching of a wife who had recently given birth – it was accompanied by the elevation of the host. I noticed that most of the Finnish menfolk had white hair or white that had become dark with time. No one had red hair, very few had black, and for the most part it was straight rather than curly.

  1. Torneå