These later annexed territories include Eastern Poland ( incorporated into two different SSRs ), Latvia ( became Latvia SSR ), Estonia ( became Estonian SSR ), Lithuania ( became Lithuania SSR ), part of eastern Finland ( became part of the Karelo-Finnish SSR ) and northern Romania ( became the Moldavian SSR ).

The autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, as a part of the Russian Empire, became a part of the vacuum and the struggle for power.

Both armies used child soldiers, mainly between 14 and 17 years of age, the most famous example being Urho Kekkonen who fought for the White Army and later became the longest-serving President of Finland.

In the early 13th century, Bishop Thomas became the first bishop of Finland.

Finland became an associate member of the European Free Trade Association in 1961 and a full member in 1986.

Before the 18th century the Kalevala poetry was common throughout Finland and Karelia but in the 18th century it began to disappear in Finland, first in western Finland, because European rhymed poetry became more common in Finland.

Voroshilov still became the scapegoat for the initial failures in Finland.

The Soviet Union became a member on 18 September 1934, and was expelled on 14 December 1939 for aggression against Finland.

After the Winter War ( 1939 – 1940 ) according to the Moscow Peace Treaty, Ladoga, previously shared with Finland, became an internal basin of the Soviet Union.

Mobile phones were introduced in Japan in 1979 but became a mass media only in 1998 when the first downloadable ringing tones were introduced in Finland.

In 1171, Alexander became the first pope to address the situation of the Church in Finland, with Finns allegedly harassing priests and only relying on God in time of war.

Because of the commercial failure of the machine and lack of support, particularly in Finland, Torvalds became very used to having to write his own software rather than relying on programs written by others.

* Skruuvi is a Finnish variant of Vint, which became common in Finland while it was a part of Russia

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 ").

During the 11th and 12th centuries, Sweden gradually became a unified Christian kingdom that later included Finland.

On the 7 August 1743 ( the Treaty of Åbo ), Sweden ceded to Russia all the southern part of Finland east of the river Kymmene, which subsequently became the boundary between the two states.

The eastern part became the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland.

At the same time, Finland remains one of the last non-NATO members in Europe and there seems to be not enough support for full membership unless Sweden joins first.

Denmark, Sweden, and the Russian Empire dominated the political relationships on the Scandinavian Peninsula for centuries, with Iceland, Finland, and Norway only gaining their full independence during the 20th century.

The ICUU has " full member " groups in the United States, Australia & New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka.

* Women's suffrage movement continues to make gains as women obtain full voting rights in New Zealand ( 1893 ), the Grand Duchy of Finland ( 1906 ), Denmark ( 1915 ), the United Kingdom in 1918 ( women over 30 ) and in 1928 ( full enfranchisement ), and in the United States in 1920 ; women begin to enter the workplace in larger numbers.

The State of Finland has announced plans to support Espoo with 30 % of full expenses on a new metro rail, the Regional Council of Southwest Finland is going to use this as a test case for a new light rail network in Turku.

The most popular kestomakkara in Finland is meetvursti ( etymologically this word comes from mettwurst ), which contains finely ground full meat, ground fat and various spices.

Russia and the other former Soviet Republics use a ( originally ) gauge while Finland continues to use the gauge inherited from Imperial Russia ( the two standards are close enough to allow full interoperability between Finland and Russia ).

Ahtisaari has argued that Finland should be a full member of NATO and the EU in order " to shrug off once and for all the burden of Finlandization ".

The rationale was that after Germany had been given its full rights as a sovereign state, Finland could not remain bound by the antiquated treaty.

Annual world championships ( full name: " The Annual Air Guitar World Championship Contest ") were first held in 1996 as part of the Oulu Music Video Festival in Oulu, Finland.

The band appeared in two other Aki Kaurismäki films, the Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses ( 1994 ) and the Total Balalaika Show ( 1994 ), which is a film of a concert performed by the band and the full 160-member Alexandrov ensemble in Helsinki, Finland in June 1993.

This move can perhaps be explained in the context of the general post-war improvement of Finno-Soviet relations, which also included such steps as the Soviets ' return of the Porkkala Naval Base leased territory to full Finnish sovereignty ( January 1956 ), and leasing Maly Vysotsky Island and the Soviet section of the Saimaa Canal ( conquered by the USSR in 1940 and 1944 ) back to Finland ( 1963 ).

Norway was the second country in Europe after Finland to have full suffrage for women.

:(...) The people of Finland dare to confidently await how other nations in the world recognize that with their full independence and freedom, the people of Finland can do their best in fulfilment of those purposes that will win them a place amongst civilized peoples.

At the same time the People of Finland dare to hope that the other nations of the world recognizes, that with their full independence and freedom the People of Finland can do their best in fulfilment of those purposes that will win them an independent position amongst the people of the civilized world.

In Finland letters received to poste restante address are kept in post office for three full calendar weeks and packages for two full calendar weeks.

The new title Grand Prince of Finland did not result in any Finnish autonomy as Finland was an integrated part of the Kingdom of Sweden with full parliamentary representation for its counties.

Liberals are also in government in eight other EU member states: Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.

In the European Union, Finland is a member of the Eurozone, and in addition, the Schengen treaty abolishing passport controls.

Cooperation with the other Scandinavian countries also is important to Finland, and it has been a member of the Nordic Council since 1955.

In addition to the organisations already mentioned, Finland is a member of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, the International Finance Corporation, the International Development Association, the Bank for International Settlements, the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Council of Europe, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Since 1996, when Sweden and Finland formally won a final exemption from the European Economic Area rules with 60-tonne and 25. 25-metre combinations, all other member states gained the ability to adopt the same rules.

The wording of EMS combinations and EuroCombi are now used interchangeably to point to truck combinations as specified in the EU document ; however apart from Sweden and Finland the EuroCombi is only allowed to operate on specific tracks in other EU member states.

Halonen was a surprising candidate as she didn't represent many traditional values: She was known as a left-wing social democratic party member, who lived in a domestic partnership, was a single parent and had resigned from the national church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

Yrjö Hakanen, pro-Soviet chairman of the Communist Party of Finland, was a member of the board and a member of the founding committee.

Greece did not enter the eurozone until 2001 and was not able to start minting coins as early as the other eleven member states, so a number of coins circulated in 2002 were not minted in Athens but in Finland (€ 1 and € 2 – mint mark S ), France ( 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c and 50c – mint mark F ) and Spain ( 20c – mint mark E ).

Finns ) is commonly used to refer to a member of the Finn ethnic group or a citizen of Finland.

Ahtisaari's presidential campaign in Finland began when he was still a member of the council dealing with Bosnia.

He believes politicians should file application and make Finland a member.

Kallio served in the Diet of Finland 1904 – 1906 as a member of the Estate of the Peasantry.

As one of the baronial branch of his family, he was a member of the Estate of Nobility in the last session of the Diet of Finland.

Ståhlberg participated in the Diet of Finland ( 1904 – 1905 ) as a member of the Estate of Burgesses.

Ståhlberg's appointment as the first President of the Supreme Administrative Court in 1918 meant that he relinquished his role as a member of Parliament, and was therefore not involved in the election by the Parliament of Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse as King of Finland in October of that year.

As head of his family, Svinhufvud participated as a member of the Estate of Nobles in the Diet of Finland in 1894 and 1899-1906.

On the other hand, when a right-wing Conservative member of Parliament, Edwin Linkomies, proposed in 1934 that Finland abandon parliamentarism in favour of a government led by the President and that the President be given an absolute veto power over the laws passed by the Parliament, Svinhufvud opposed his ideas.