User talk:Migro

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Kaivopuisto
Both "Kaivopuisto" and "Brunnsparken" happen to mean "well park". I know this as a native speaker of Finnish and having studied Swedish for six years. But this still does not mean "Well Park" is an official name for the district of Kaivopuisto. J I P | Talk 21:29, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

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Maria Åkerblom
Regarding this edit, please add a reliable source in the article about the fact that Maria Åkerblom spoke Swedish. Marcocapelle (talk) 05:50, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

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