Finland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kapKhQR7WjI
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1. Finland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kapKhQR7WjI
2. Finland Finland, officially the republic of Finland, is a
Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern
Europe. It is bordered by Sweden to the west, Norway to the north,
Russia to the east and Estonia to the south across the Gulf of
Finland. land is a demilitarized region of Finland. It is a
Autonomous Community.
3. Finland is a sparsely populated country. Its 5.4 million
inhabitants are concentrated mainly in the southern and central
regions. Finland`s total area is 303 890.89 km2 The capital of
Finland Helsinki Official languages Finnish & Swedish Religion
Lutheranism Independence 6 December 1917 Population 5,421,827
Finland
4. Four seasons
5. Finland was first inhabited by the Sami people as early as
10 000 years ago. Prehistoric Finland
6. Christianity was spread in Finland through Sweden and
Novgorod (Russia). The area of Finland was diveded by the two
powers in 1323 Ad. Under the swedish rule
7. Most of the Finnish region was a part of the Kingdom of
Sweden from the 13th century to 1809. 1809 vast majority of the
Finnish-speaking areas of Sweden were ceded to the Russian Empire.
Finland was named the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland. Russian
empire
8. December 1917, Finland declared independence. A civil war
between the Finnish Red Guards and the White Guard started in
january 1918. "Whites" won the war. Later on Finland became a
rebublic. Independence
9. During the second world war Finland fought two wars against
Russia: Winter war and continuation war. After the peace with
Russia, Finland had to drive away the German troops from Lappland.
Independence remained. Second world war
10. During the Cold war Finland had to balance between the east
and the west as a neutral country. Cold war
11. Finland joined the European Union in 1995. Old currency was
replaced with the Euro in 2002. Finland is still a neutral country.
Modern times