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Juho Kusti Paasikivi became president of Finland. [8] 1947: 10 February: The Paris Peace Treaties were signed and restored borders from 1 January 1941. 1952: Finland entered into a passport union. 1956: 1 March: Urho Kekkonen became president of Finland. [8] 1961: Finland requested membership for the European Free Trade Association. 1975
The history of Finland began around 9000 BC during the end of the last glacial period. Stone Age cultures were Kunda , Comb Ceramic , Corded Ware , Kiukainen , and Pöljä cultures [ fi ] . The Finnish Bronze Age started in approximately 1500 BC and the Iron Age started in 500 BC and lasted until 1300 AD.
Finland, [a] officially the Republic of Finland, [b] [c] is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia .
Regent (interim head of state) of Finland (1918–1919). Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces (1939–1945). The only Field Marshal and Marshal of Finland. Decreed as president in 1944 by an exception law. Resigned in 1946 because of poor health. Finland's only non-partisan president and the only president to die outside Finland. 7.
The part of Finland controlled by the Reds at its largest in February–March 1918 (from History of Finland) Image 66 Finnish Guards' Rifle Battalion , 1850s (from History of Finland ) Image 67 Battle of Valkeala was part of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) .
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This article deals with the political history of Finland from prehistoric times, through the Swedish rule (c.1200-1808), to the Russian rule (Grand Duchy of Finland, 1809-1917) and the time of independent Finland (1917-). In this context, Finland broadly refers to the geographical area in which the current Finnish state is located.
A Concise History of Finland. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83225-0. Mäkinen, Ilkka. (Winter 2015), "From Literacy to Love of Reading: The Fennomanian Ideology of Reading in the 19th-Century Finland", Journal of Social History, 49 (2). Seton-Watson, Hugh (1967), The Russian Empire 1801–1917, London: Oxford.