Sauna at Lumberjack's Smoke Sauna, Jämijärvi, Finland

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Until the late 19th century, timber was only harvested for domestic use in Finland, but the second half of the century saw the establishment of steam sawmills and the emergence of paper manufacture from groundwood pulp and chemical wood pulp. Intensive logging activities began in Finnish forests, first with axes and later with cross-cut saws. Hundreds of forest workers’ saunas and lodges were erected along the headwater rivers of northern and eastern Finland. Jätkänkämppä at Rauhalahti was one of these lodges. It was erected in the forest administration district of Nurmes and used to be called the Lintumäki Lodge. It provided accommodation facilities for up to 70 lumberjacks. The logs of the lodge were hewn by hand.

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