North Karelians
Karelians from northern and central Karelia have referred to themselves as ‘karjalaine’ or ‘karjalaže’. In the 19th and 20th centuries this ethnonym also began to be used by other Karelians. This name has been asoociated with favorable conditions for pasturing, but also with rocky waters.
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