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The history of Finland begins around 9,000 BC during the end of the last glacial period. Stone Age cultures were Kunda, Comb Ceramic, Corded Ware, Kiukainen, and Pöljä cultures [ fi]. The Finnish Bronze Age started in approximately 1,500 BC and the Iron Age started in 500 BC and lasted until 1,300 AD. Finnish Iron Age cultures can be ...
- The Finnish Declaration of Independence
- The Finnish Civil War
- The Winter War
- The Continuation War
- The Lapland War
- Cold War to Present
- Finland in The 21st Century
‘The people of Finland have by this step taken their fate in their own hands; a step both justified and demanded by present conditions. The people of Finland feel deeply that they cannot fulfil their national and international duty without complete sovereignty. The century-old desire for freedom awaits fulfilment now; Finland’s people step forward ...
Of all the conflicts Finns have been involved in throughout history, the Finnish Civil War remains the most contentious and controversial even today. It was fought by the forces of the Social Democrats, led by the People’s Deputation of Finland, commonly known as the ‘Reds’, and the forces of the non-socialist, conservative-led Senate, commonly cal...
On the 30th of November, 1939, Russia attacked Finland with 21 divisions and some 450,000 soldiers, leading to its expulsion from the League of Nations on December 14th. Finnish forces were heavily outnumbered, Russia had four times as many troops, thirty times more aircraft, and over six thousand tanks to Finland’s thirty two, yet the Finns were i...
The second of the two wars fought between Finland and the Soviet Union during the second World War is known in Finland as the Continuation War, which began with exchanges of hostilities on the day the German invasion of the Soviet Union was launched. On June 25th 1941, the Soviets launched an air offensive, prompting the Finns to launch operations ...
Once Finland had signed the Moscow Armistice, it was obliged to force German troops from its territories. These hostilities were fought in Finland’s northernmost Lapland Province. During the first few weeks the withdrawal of the Germans was coordinated with the advance of Finnish troops, with the Finns firing on evacuated trenches. However, the Sov...
Finland’s infrastructure and economy had suffered heavy damage because of the wars fought during WWII, and the first order of business for the country was to repair the former, and breathe new life into the latter. As its citizens and politicians began a return to normal life, Finland’s army and navy were busy from the autumn of 1944 clearing the s...
So, how is Finland today? One way of evaluating the country is to see how it is viewed from elsewhere. The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (the last ESI published) ranked Finland first out of 146 countries. The ESI was produced by a team of environmental experts from Yale and Columbia Universities in the US. Finland’s excellent ranking was ...
During the Second Northern War, Russians occupied Finland for eight years (1713–21), and, under the Peace of Uusikaupunki (Nystad) in 1721, Sweden had to cede the southeastern part of Finland with Viipuri as well as the Baltic provinces. Sweden’s capacity to defend Finland had weakened, and the years of hostile occupation had given the ...
Dec 14, 2023 · Finnish prehistory to 1323. People have lived in the region of Finland since the Ice Age, circa 8800 BCE. Habitation first settled along water routes, and since then busy trading traffic has always passed through the region. The name of Finland’s oldest city, Turku, means ‘place of trade’. The first written sources that mention Finland ...
Mar 14, 2021 · Then, in 1397, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland). The Union broke up in 1523. Finland 1500-1800. The reformation in Finland was led by Mikael Agricola who became bishop of Turku in 1554. When he died in 1557 Finland was firmly Lutheran. Then in 1581, Finland was made a Grand Duchy. Meanwhile, Helsinki was founded in 1550.
Finland, [a] officially the Republic of Finland, [b] [c] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland covers an area of 338,145 square kilometres (130,559 sq mi) [4] and ...
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Aug 31, 2023 · This brochure presents the development story of Finland. Available for download as a printed or digital version.
