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Finland has received what appears to be the first doctoral dissertation on traditional forest trolls.

Master of Philosophy Camilla Asplund Ingemark, 30, has researched the subject for six years. She will defend her doctoral dissertation, which is classified as a work on folklore, at the ?bo Akademi University in Turku on Friday.

The study describes the world of trolls according to the beliefs in the folklore of Swedish-speaking Finns.

no trolls here please. or flamers or other such internet forum terrorists!

so, are we all going up to turku for the disseration of friday? there's bound to be a good party on afterwards!

It's a about time the field of folklore leaves the witches and fairytales alone for a while, and focus on those who live below the ground in the woods - or so I've been told. They are only out at night, so I can verify anything.