In the summer of 1873, researchers from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet, led by Gustaf Retzius, exhumed approximately 82 skulls from Finnish cemeteries (primarily in Pälkäne) to study racial characteristics and prove the superiority of the Nordic race. After decades in Swedish collections and an 2019 apology from the institute, the Swedish government approved their repatriation in April 2024. The remains arrived in Finland in August 2024 and were reinterred in their original communities, such as Pälkäne, in September 2024, marking the end of a 150-year absence.
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