Mats is considered the founder of Soppero. He married Karin Henriksdotter who owned the rights to the land, and built the first permanent homestead there. He passed away in 1728. After the death of his wife the ownership of the property was not inherited by his son, but by his relative Henrik Jönsson Niemi-Soppero from Muonionniska.
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