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Finns or Finnish people (Finnish: suomalaiset, IPA: [ˈsuo̯mɑlɑi̯set]) are a Baltic Finnic [41] ethnic group native to Finland. [42] Finns are traditionally divided into smaller regional groups that span several countries adjacent to Finland, both those who are native to these countries as well as those who have resettled.
Lauri Kristian Relander – president of Finland 1925–1931 (1883–1942) Elisabeth Rehn – politician; Olli Rehn – commissioner and vice-president of the European Commission; Heikki Ritavuori – assassinated minister (1880–1922) Risto Ryti – president of Finland 1940–1944 (1889–1956) Miina Sillanpää – minister
The Finnish national awakening in the mid-19th century was the result of members of the Swedish-speaking upper classes deliberately choosing to promote Finnish culture and language as a means of nation building, i.e. to establish a feeling of unity among all people in Finland including (and not of least importance) between the ruling elite and ...
100 years ago, Finland declared its independence from Russia, and it's celebrating the best way it knows how -- with nature days! 100 years ago, Finland declared its independence from Russia, and ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... 21st-century Finnish people (4 C, 251 P) Finnish people by century and ...
The Finnic nations identified by language (west to east): Pinks: Sámi Blues: Baltic Finns Yellows and red: Volga Finns Browns: Perm Finns The Finnic peoples, sometimes called Finno-Permians [1] or simply Finns, are the nations who speak languages traditionally classified in the Finnic (or Finno-Permic) language family, and which are thought to have originated in the region of the Volga River.
Forest Finns (Finnish: Metsäsuomalaiset, Norwegian bokmål: Skogfinner, Norwegian nynorsk: Skogfinnar, Swedish: Skogsfinnar) were Finnish migrants from Savonia and Northern Tavastia in Finland who settled in forest areas of Sweden proper and Norway during the late 16th and early-to-mid-17th centuries, and traditionally pursued slash-and-burn agriculture, a method used for turning forests into ...
Finnish people are stereotyped as being very introverted, having little interest in small talk, and being very protective of their personal space. This was the subject of a 2005 book Finland: Cultural Lone Wolf by Richard Lewis. In October 2018, the BBC published an article on this subject. [9]