1. Finland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kapKhQR7WjI

2. Finland Finland, officially the republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden to the west, Norway to the north, Russia to the east and Estonia to the south across the Gulf of Finland. land is a demilitarized region of Finland. It is a Autonomous Community.

3. Finland is a sparsely populated country. Its 5.4 million inhabitants are concentrated mainly in the southern and central regions. Finland`s total area is 303 890.89 km2 The capital of Finland Helsinki Official languages Finnish & Swedish Religion Lutheranism Independence 6 December 1917 Population 5,421,827 Finland

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5. Finland was first inhabited by the Sami people as early as 10 000 years ago. Prehistoric Finland

6. Christianity was spread in Finland through Sweden and Novgorod (Russia). The area of Finland was diveded by the two powers in 1323 Ad. Under the swedish rule

7. Most of the Finnish region was a part of the Kingdom of Sweden from the 13th century to 1809. 1809 vast majority of the Finnish-speaking areas of Sweden were ceded to the Russian Empire. Finland was named the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland. Russian empire

8. December 1917, Finland declared independence. A civil war between the Finnish Red Guards and the White Guard started in january 1918. "Whites" won the war. Later on Finland became a rebublic. Independence

9. During the second world war Finland fought two wars against Russia: Winter war and continuation war. After the peace with Russia, Finland had to drive away the German troops from Lappland. Independence remained. Second world war

10. During the Cold war Finland had to balance between the east and the west as a neutral country. Cold war

11. Finland joined the European Union in 1995. Old currency was replaced with the Euro in 2002. Finland is still a neutral country. Modern times

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