True it became independent there, but the country had been settled for a long time before that. Of course Finnish history is complex, when you consider how it

True it became independent there, but the country had been settled for a long time before that. Of course Finnish history is complex, when you consider how it was initially Swedish-owned, then became an autonomous (remarkably so) part of the Russian empire between 1809-1917. The brief outline here is presents a good summary: https://finland.fi/life-society/main-outlines-of-finnish-history/ https://finland.fi/life-society/main-outlines-of-finnish-his... For more details I enjoyed reading "A Concise history of Finland" : https://www.amazon.com/Concise-History-Finland-Cambridge-Histories/dp/0521539897 https://www.amazon.com/Concise-History-Finland-Cambridge-His... (I moved to Finland a couple of years ago, and have spent a fair bit of time learning of local-history.)