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May 13, 2011 · 3.91. 412 ratings49 reviews. Forewarned is forearmed—an irreverent look at the beliefs and foibles of nations, almost guaranteed to cure xenophobia. This guide to understanding the Finns explores their national characteristics with humor and style.
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When Helena Ruotsala taught courses about Finns and Finland in Germany, she noticed that the first associations of the students were quite similar. When asked to tell something about Finland, words like sauna, clean nature, sparsely populated, guts, quiet people, heavy metal and ice hockey were commonly used. Löytty tells that the stereotypes are b...
The word guts (sisu) is familiar to every Finn. - Perhaps it has to do with the hard natural conditions and coldness that especially the previous generations had to battle with when trying to croft and make a living. History and particularly the Second World War when a small Finland defended oneself against the Russian troops also highlight this co...
Ruotsala and Löytty emphasise that it is important to remember that stereotypes and images are always individual and they are also in constant change. Since the world is full on information, the stereotypes are evolving more and more elaborate. - You can’t and shouldn’t deny the differences that exist in the world, but the best solution would be to...
Jan 31, 2024 · Most Finns are considered Baltic Finnic as opposed to Germanic, there is a group of almost 300 000 Swedish Finns on the western coast of Finland that would be considered Germanic. Furthermore, along with the Saami, Russians, Mordovians, Chuvash, Estonians, and Hungarians, most Finns are part of the larger Uralic language and ethnic group.
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Jan 1, 2020 · As the book explains, ““At different points in the past 500 years, Finland was a colony of Sweden, dominated by Germany, and controlled by both Denmark and Russia.” Most Finns languished in rural poverty and a famine in the 1860s had killed off a tenth of the population.
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Sep 1, 2008 · Finland's War Of Choice: The Troubled German-Finnish Coalition in World War II. Henrik O. Lunde. 3.54. 316 ratings46 reviews. This book describes the odd coalition between Germany and Finland in World War II, and their joint military operations from 1941 to 1945.
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ETHNONYMS: Karelians or Karjalaiset, Suomalaiset, Tavastians or H ä m ä l ä iset. Orientation. Identification. Finns constitute the majority of the citizens of the Republic of Finland, which has a Swedish-speaking minority as well as Saami (Lapp) and Gypsy minorities. Location.
The Finns. For the people of Finland, mass emigration to the United States did not begin until very late in the 19th century, and the number of Finnish immigrants does not compare with those of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Emigration had a tremendous effect on the Finnish homeland, however, which in a few decades lost roughly ten percent of its ...
