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Finland's coat of arms from 1633, under the Swedish Empire. In Swedish and Finnish history, Finland under Swedish rule is the historical period when the bulk of the area that later came to constitute Finland was an integral part of Sweden. The starting point of Swedish rule is uncertain and controversial.
The situation was problematic for Sweden, since it once again faced both Denmark and Russia as potential enemies requiring the Swedes to split their forces. The king had thought it impossible to defend Finland should the enemy attack during the winter and chose largely to ignore the repeated warnings of the Russian threat he received in early 1808.
Map showing areas ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union; Porkkala was returned to Finland in 1956. The Karelian question or Karelian issue (Finnish: Karjala-kysymys, Swedish: Karelska frågan, Russian: Карельский вопрос) is a dispute in Finnish politics over whether to try to regain control over eastern Karelia and other territories ceded to the Soviet Union in the Winter War ...
Location: Finland. Sweden: Grand Duchy of Moscow: Truce in December 1475 or early 1476 Second campaign to Livonia (1478) [63] Location: Unknown Sweden: Teutonic Order: Indecisive Swedish military failure; Tott's second Russian war (1479–1482) [64] Location: Finland. Sweden: Grand Duchy of Moscow: Truce in Novgorod 17 January 1482 Russian ...
This is a list of wars involving Finland since its declaration of independence on 6 December 1917. List. Conflict Party 1 Party 2 ... Sweden Norway Finland
The policy originated largely as a result of Sweden's involvement in the Napoleonic Wars, during which over a third of the country's territory was lost in the Finnish War (1808–1809), including the traumatic loss of Finland to Russia, which it remained part of until Finland gained independence in 1917.
Sweden–Finland (Finnish: Ruotsi-Suomi; Swedish: Sverige-Finland) is a Finnish historiographical term referring to Sweden from the twelfth century to the Napoleonic Wars. In 1809, the realm was split after the Finnish War. The eastern half came to constitute the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, in personal union with Imperial Russia.
On 1 January 1995 Finland joined the European Union along with Austria and Sweden. as the EC was now called with the entry into force of the Maastricht Treaty. In 1999, the Finnish markka was permanently fixed to the euro with FIM 5.94573 at EUR 1.