Finnish Americans

Finnish Americans are Americans of Finnish descent, who currently number at about 700,000. Finns first started coming to the United States in large numbers in the late 19th century, and continued until the mid 20th century. However, there were some Finns in the United States beforehand; in particular, they were instrumental in the development of the New Sweden colony, later renamed Delaware.

Notable Finnish Americans include John Morton (originally Jukka Marttinen), signer of the Declaration of Independence, Linus Torvalds, inventor of the Linux operating system, and Gus Hall (originally Arvo Kusta Halberg), U.S. Communist Party leader.