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My g r e a t g ra n d fa th e r Elsa w ith th e two children, G unnar and Torolv, Schaanning w ith fow ling in K irkenes (outside doctor Wessels house). piece (gun). 4. December 1905. Photographer unknown. PhotobyE. Wessel. TheSchaanningarchive, TheSchaanningarchive, privately owned. privately owned. This could have ended afte r a couple of seasons, with a retu rn to fu rthe r studies in the south of Norway. But his stay and experiences in Pasvik were to dramatically shape his fu tu re life. Schaanning fell in love with a Finnish girl in the upper part of Russian Pasvik. This was Elsa Fiina Rautiola, a daughter of immigrants from K ittila in North Finland. Her family was the firs t immi grants and farmers in these parts. Despite of many warnings about the cul tural differences, they started a family and got married. Schaanning very often expressed himself through poems. Even letters to family and friends (and opponents) could be in lyric way. From his poems it is clear tha t Schaanning wanted to settle in Pasvik and build a farm with Elsa. They got three children and started to build the ir home; Noatun, on the Norwegian side. But Elsa got ill and died very young. She became 21 years old. Schannings life fell apart. 1 44