ABSTRACT The Finnish Civil War in 1918 left the newly independent country (1917) scarred for decades. In this paper, we assess the difficult public memory, national narrative and memorialization of the war. We take as our starting point a public crowdsourcing organized by the State-broadcasting company about the material traces of conflicts in Finland. Themes raised by the public in the crowdsourcing are used as foundation to map heritage perspectives. Special attention is paid to the memorial landscapes of the war. In the past century, the remembrance of the war has gone through several stages, from the complete denial of memorializing the defeated side and the associated clandestine remembrance practices based on folk religion, to today’s situation where the war is largely seen as a shared national tragedy. We outline the current status and importance of Civil War heritage based on public perceptions and stake out some directions for future research.

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公共记忆，国家遗产和1918年芬兰内战的纪念活动

摘要1918年的芬兰内战使这个新独立的国家（1917年）遭受了数十年的伤痕累累。在本文中，我们评估了战争的艰难记忆，民族叙事和纪念。我们以国家广播公司组织的公共众包为起点，讨论芬兰冲突的实质痕迹。公众在众包中提出的主题用作绘制遗产观点的基础。特别注意战争的纪念景观。在过去的一个世纪中，对战争的纪念经历了多个阶段，从完全否认纪念失败的一方以及相关的基于民间宗教的秘密纪念活动，到今天的战争在很大程度上被视为共同的民族悲剧。