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Representatives of White Finland in Berlin duly requested help on 14 February ; on 13 February the German Imperial Military Council had made the decision to send troops to Finland.
At the beginning of the war the governments of White Finland and Red Finland officially opposed acts of terror, but such operational decisions were made at the military level.
After failed experiments with protectionism in the 1950s, Finland eased restrictions and made a free trade agreement with the European Community in 1973, making its markets more competitive.
In the United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland and Australia, a new variety of Pringles made from rice have been released and marketed as lower in fat than their potato counterparts.
His strong inclination to Germany compelled him to leave the Rector's post in the new political situation created by the events of 1944, when Finland made peace with the Soviet Union.
Germany's defeat in World War I – marked by the armistice with the Allies on 11 November 1918 at Compiègne – made it possible for Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Poland to become independent sovereign states.
* List of state visits made by President Urho Kekkonen of Finland
The recent success of grape-based vodka in the United States has prompted traditional vodka producers in the Vodka Belt countries of Poland, Finland, Lithuania, and Sweden to campaign for EU legislation that will categorize only spirits made from grain or potatoes as " vodka ".
Topelius became a student at the Imperial Alexander University of Finland in 1833, received his master's degree degree in 1840, the Licentiate degree in 1844 and was made a doctor of philosophy in 1847, having defended a dissertation titled De modo matrimonia jungendi apud fennos quondam vigente (" About the custom of marriage among the ancient Finns ").
In Finland the soup is made of green peas, in Sweden yellow.
He proposed creation of buffer satellite states made out of Greater Finland, Baltica, Ukraine, Caucasus.
The Tsar Alexander I confirmed the new Finnish constitution ( which was essentially the Swedish constitution from 1772 ), and made Finland an autonomous Grand Duchy.
During her lifetime ( 1353 – 1412 ) the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden ( including the Faroe Islands, as well as Iceland, Greenland, and present-day Finland ) became linked under her capable rule, in what became known as the Kalmar Union, made official in 1397.
Gradually, commercialism has made him look more and more like the American Santa Claus, but the Swedish jultomte, the Norwegian julenisse, the Danish julemand and the Finnish joulupukki ( in Finland he is still called the Yule Goat, although his animal features have disappeared ) still has features and traditions that are rooted in the local culture.
The candidacies of Helsinki, Finland ; Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia ; Zakopane, Poland ; and Klagenfurt, Austria were dropped by the Selection College after all six candidate cities made their candidate presentations.
Finland Proper made commerce with Hanseatic cities, so it is plausible that the greeting was borrowed from their dialects.
Large numbers of these Mosin-Nagant rifles, some Russian, and some made by foreign countries such as France and even America for Tsarist Russia, were inherited and then re-worked by Finland into various models prior to WWII.
John was the Duke of Finland and was married to a Polish princess, which made him friendly with Poland.
In Finland, a porridge made from the fruit is also popular.
Alexander led his army to Finland and successfully routed the Swedes, who had made another attempt to block the Baltic Sea from the Russians in 1256.
A common mistake made by many Swedes is to mistake Finland Swedish for Swedish with a Finnish accent, something that can be a considerable source of frustration to most native Swedish-speakers in Finland.

Finland and its
The Baltic Sea might be considered to be bordered on its northern edge by the Gulf of Bothnia, on its northeastern edge by the Gulf of Finland, and on its eastern edge by the Gulf of Riga.
Finland experienced its most stable government ( Lipponen I and II ) since independence with a five-party governing coalition, a so called " rainbow government ".
Because of its graphic violence and terror, the original version of the movie was banned in several countries, including Finland, Germany, Iceland and Ireland.
* Finland contains an estimated 60, 000 lakes within its borders.
The constitution of Finland and its place in the judicial system are unusual in that there is no constitutional court and the supreme court does not have an explicit right to declare a law unconstitutional.
After failed experiments with protectionism, Finland eased restrictions and concluded a free trade agreement with the European Community in 1973, making its markets more competitive.
Finland is well represented in the UN civil service in proportion to its population and belongs to several of its specialised and related agencies.
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Finland has moved steadily towards integration into Western institutions and abandoned its formal policy of neutrality, which has been recast as a policy of military nonalliance coupled with the maintenance of a credible, independent defence.
Australia is represented in Finland through its embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, and through an honorary consulate in Helsinki.
In Finland, the term " Finlandization " was perceived as blunt criticism, stemming from an inability to understand the practicalities of how a small nation needs to deal with an adjacent superpower, without losing its sovereignty.
The Wehrmacht's defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad led Finland to basically revert to its 19th-century traditions, which had been perceived as highly successful until the Russification of Finland ( 1899 – 1905 ).
Thus Finland had to face its big neighbour on its own, without any greater power's protection.
As in the 19th century, Finland chose not to challenge the Soviet Union's foreign policy, but exerted caution to keep its independence.
Under this pact, Finland was obliged to resist armed attacks by " Germany or its allies " against Finland, or against the Soviet Union through Finland, and, if necessary, ask for Soviet military aid to do so.
Although actual combat didn't spread to Finland until 1918, the war between Germany and Russia had a major impact on the Finns from its beginning in 1914.
Lenin calculated that the Bolsheviks could perhaps hold central parts of Russia but would have to give up some territories on its periphery, including Finland in the less important north-western corner.
The Helsinki Guard, the strongest Red unit with its crucial strategic position in the capital of Finland had already become active on 23 – 25 January, aiming to secure a major power base for the Reds.
In foreign policy Red Finland leaned on Bolshevist Russia, which declared its support for the Finnish revolution.

Finland and Olympic
* 1980 – The United States Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal.
Of the 69 Olympic medals that have been awarded in the men's javelin, 32 have gone to competitors from Norway, Sweden, or Finland.
In 1952, Nurmi was persuaded by Urho Kekkonen, Prime Minister of Finland and former chairman of the Finnish Athletics Federation, to carry the Olympic torch into the Olympic Stadium at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
The USSR first participates in the Olympic Games at Helsinki, Finland, in 1952.
* Olympic Games, assigned to Tokyo, Japan, and later to Helsinki, Finland, are suspended due to WWII.
Category: Olympic freestyle skiers of Finland
Category: Olympic gold medalists for Finland
Category: Olympic silver medalists for Finland
Category: Olympic athletes of Finland
Category: Olympic gold medalists for Finland
Category: Olympic silver medalists for Finland
* Ken Morrow, an ice hockey defenseman, played on the U. S. men's ice hockey team in the 1980 Olympic Winter Games that won the gold medal by beating Finland after defeating the Soviet Union's team in what has become known as the Miracle on Ice.
More recently, Eveleth produced Mark Pavelich, who played on the 1980 U. S. Olympic team that memorably defeated the Soviet Union ( depicted in the movie Miracle about the Miracle on Ice ) and Finland en route to a gold medal.
* The United States Men's Olympic hockey team win the Gold Medal after defeating the USSR in the medal round and then Finland in the Gold Medal Round.
In June 2007, an Eagle Owl nicknamed ' Bubi ' landed in the crowded Helsinki Olympic Stadium during the European Football Championship qualification match between Finland and Belgium.
Following bids from both Stuttgart, West Germany and Helsinki, Finland, the IAAF Council awarded the inaugural competition to Helsinki, to take place in 1983 and be held in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium ( where the 1952 Summer Olympics were held ).
* Olympic Games ( Men's Competition ) in Helsinki, Finland
Representing Finland in international competition, Selänne is the all-time points leader in men's Olympic ice hockey.
The major international athletics event of the year was thus the annual Finland-Sweden athletics international, held at the new Helsinki Olympic Stadium, exceptionally held as a triple international between Finland, Sweden and Germany.
After his second year in Toledo, Eruzione, who played forward, was named the captain of the 1980 Olympic hockey team, scoring the winning goal against the Soviets and helping the Americans win the gold medal against Finland.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Lidström was a major factor in Sweden's win over Finland in the finals, scoring the gold medal clinching goal, thus earning him a spot on the Olympic All-Star Team.
Category: Olympic athletes of Finland
Category: Olympic gold medalists for Finland

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