10 NOVEMBER 1984, Page 22

Tolerant Finn

Sir: I am one quarter Finn and I don't mind a bit if Jeffrey Bernard thinks Sibelius was a Swede (Letters, 27 October). My grand- father, together with many of his country- men, changed his name from a Finnish to a Swedish one because it was considered more posh, so I daresay he wouldn't have cared much either.

Alice Thomas Ellis (born Lindholm)

Pennant Melangell, Llangynog, Powys