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The bulk of the Finnic peoples (more than 98%) are ethnic Finns and Estonians, who reside in the two independent Finnic nation states—Finland and Estonia. Finnic peoples are also significant minority groups in neighbouring countries of Sweden, Norway and especially Russia.
Finnic peoples, descendants of a collection of tribal peoples speaking closely related languages of the Finno-Ugric family who migrated to the area of the eastern Baltic, Finland, and Karelia before ad 400—probably between 100 bc and ad 100, though some authorities place the migration many.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Finnish tribes (Finnish: suomalaiset heimot) are ancient ethnic groups from which over time Finns evolved. In 1548, Mikael Agricola mentions in his New Testament that Finnish tribes are Finns, Tavastians and Karelians. The same division can also be seen in typical brooches that women wore in the 12th to 14th centuries.
The broadest sense in the contemporary usage includes four groups: [3] the Baltic Finns, the Sami of northern Fennoscandia, and the Volga Finns and Perm Finns of Russia. [4] The last two include the Finnic peoples of the Komi-Permyak Okrug and the four Russian republics of Komi, Mari El, Mordovia and Udmurtia. [5]
Jan 31, 2024 · There is, however, a sub-group of some 450 000 Sweden Finns along the Finnish coast (and on the Åland Islands) whose heritage and ethnicity would be considered Scandinavian, and parts of northern Finland are technically located on the Scandinavian peninsula.
The first people arrived in Finland about 9,000 years ago. They probably represented several groups and tribes, including the ancestors of the present Sami. Lured by the plenitude of game, particularly fur-bearing animals and fish, they followed the melting ice northward.
The broadest sense in the contemporary usage includes four groups: the Baltic Finns, the Sami of northern Fennoscandia, and the Volga Finns and Perm Finns of Russia. The last two include the Finnic peoples of the Komi-Permyak Okrug and the four Russian republics of Komi, Mari El, Mordovia and Udmurtia.
