The history of Finland begins around 9,000 BC during the end of the last glacial period. Stone Age cultures were Kunda, Comb Ceramic, Corded Ware, Kiukainen...

The military history of Finland consists of hundreds of years of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Finland. Finland was first settled...

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia...

demographics of Finland is monitored by the Statistics Finland (Finnish: Tilastokeskus, Swedish: Statistikcentralen). Finland has a population of over 5.6...

to conquer Finland in the Winter War was thwarted, and by the end of World War II, Finland remained an independent country. However, Finland ceded approximately...

The economy of Finland is a highly industrialised, mixed economy with a per capita output similar to that of western European economies such as France...

The history of the Jews in Finland goes back to the late 18th century. Many of the first Jews to arrive were nineteenth-century Russian soldiers (known...

of the Grand Duchy of Finland during Napoleonic times in the early 19th century, to the dissolution of the personal union between Russia and Finland after...

timeline of Finnish history. To read about the background of these events, see History of Finland. Finland History of Finland History of Sweden History of Russia...

transgender (LGBT) history in Finland. 1894 Homosexuality is criminalized in the new Criminal Code and punishable by a maximum of two years in prison...