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{{Infobox person
| name        = Lars Kovala
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(contracted; show full)|page=113|asin=B00AGY26I4|publisher=Suomalais-Luteerilainen Kustannusliike|language=Finnish}}</ref> During the catastrophic [[Finnish famine of 1866–1868]] he arrived in Alaska on board of one of the Russian American Co. ships. He entered the fur trade<ref>Cape Girardeau Argus 26 May 1864</ref> but seeing the decline of demand and in conjunction with the American takeover of Alaska, took advantage of the Russian American Co. equipment and properties being sold. Kovalainen invested in the 
[[Gustave Niebaum|Hansen, Nybom and Co.]] who managed to purchase one of the Russian American Co.'s brigs for $4,000.<ref>Cheney Sentinel. 13 September 1889. p. 1, col. 1. (A newspaper in Cheney, Washington).</ref> At the end of November the same year, Kovalainen and other shareholders sailed away in the brig. Their goal was the [[Pribilof Islands]] in the northern Pacific Ocean. That which lured them to the distant islands was the possibility of buying up valuable seal skins. Profiting from the seal skin trade he began investing (contracted; show full)| DATE OF BIRTH     = 25 May 1818
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = [[Suomussalmi]], Oulun Laani, Finland
| DATE OF DEATH     = 12 November 1894
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[[Category:1818 births]]
[[Category:1894 deaths]]