Paavali Halonen was a farmer and settler in Finnish Lappland and a fabled warlord during Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595). King Gustav I promoted Finnish settlement beyond the Russian border of the realm, by promising taxation reliefs to the settlers. This was in order for the king to be able to have claims for the region. The Russian border was then defined by the Treaty of Nöteborg. This caused tensions with Russia, and during Russo-Swedish War, Finnish settlements in northern Ostrobothnia were often destroyed by East Karelian guerrillas. Life of Paavali Halonen belongs to this time. He has been a historical person, although most of the knowledge about him is only folklore. "Halonen" is a Savonian surname and Paavali Halonen was the first permanent and Finnish settler inhabitant of Kemijärv