Tuomainengården

You are now at Tuomainengården, which was built by Johan Petter Vinikka in 1851 and was called Vinikkagården until the Tuomainen family moved in. Karoline and Karl Tuomainen bought the farm in 1918. The family engaged in fishing and small-scale farming. On the farm, they had both sheep, cows, an ox, and a horse. For the newly immigrated Kvens, the horse was traditionally an important tool in agriculture. It was also so in Varanger. In the stable, you can see old horse equipment today. Much of this was made on the farm.