Before the Flood The Last Couple in Vuotos

If you wish to stay together this long dont ever forget to say good night my darling and good morning dear Veikko and Impi Schroderus 78 built a house in Pelkosenniemi Finnish Lapland in the beginning of 1950s At the time a stateowned hydroelectric company Kemijoki Oy started harnessing the rivers of Lapland When the company presented its plan to build the Vuotos reservoir the area to be drowned was inhibited by 150 people including Veikko and Impi Now they are alone The fight over Vuotos reservoir has lasted over forty years In 1982 the Finnish government decided that the reservoir wouldnt be built but the company didnt give up A decade later a new government decided that the company can apply Water Court for the permission to build the reservoir and the fight was on again Despite the long fight Veikko and Impi havent given up hope They still love their home