Figure 10.

The croft of Paikkari, Sammatti, in the south of Finland, was a typical building in the countryside. It was built in 1799–1800 and enlarged by a later owner in 1825. In the more developed parts of Finland chimneys were common, but in the poorer parts of the country the smoke was led out from the building by a hatch in the roof. Originally the croft was a one room (ca 6 × 6 m) log cabin and the birth place of Elias Lönnrot (1802–1884), who collected the Finnish national epos Kalevala. The household consisted of nine persons. The separate sheds were not warmed. Lönnrot's father was a parish-tailor. The family belonged to the stratum under the farmers, but socially represented the crofters, that were the highest group of the non-landowners. The picture is taken in November (2007), the soil is already frozen and the sun is above the horizon for 5 h and 30 min.