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и, таким образом, мы надеемся помочь литературе квенов и региональной литературе в целом в дальнейшем продвижении для оцифровки. И, конеч­ но, мы сделаем все возможное для продвижения литературы и авторов Фин- нмарка, а оцифрованы они или нет - неважно. Ryssdal R0nnaug KVEN LIBRARY SERVICE - A BILINGUAL DIGITAL PLATFORM WITH PRESENTATIONS AND REVIEWS OF KVEN LITERATURE Kven Library Servic e www.kvenskbibliotektjeneste.no i s a website hosted by Finnmark County Library, launched June 1st 2017. It is designed to meet the needs of information about Kven literature, which commonly can be defined as publications in Kven language, and publications about Kven culture, language and history, in all languages. The main purposes of the service is to increase the knowledge of the national minority group of Kvens in Norway, and to contribute to the revitalization of the Kven language. Before I go ahead to a further descrip­ tion of Kven Library Service, I will give a short sketch of the Kven history and language. The Kvens/Norwegian Finns, a national minority o fNorway. Up to 1700 the borders between the countries of the North Calotte were not strictly drawn. Both Sami people and others could move between the countries to find their outcome for living. In the period of 1700 to 1900, numbers of inhabit­ ants continued to wander from Finland and the Torne Valley of Sweden to North­ ern Norway. The migration movement went forward in form of waves, differing in strength, depending to different causes: war, bad climatic conditions for farm­ ing, with famine as a result, and a press of increasing population. Ruija - as Troms and Finnmark were called in Finland - became sort of a promised land, with its long coastal line and abundant resources of fish, a grant for food for eve­ rybody. 118