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 ).

Finland became a full member of the European Union ( EU ) in January 1995, at the same time acquiring observer status in the EU's defence arm, the Western European Union.

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.

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.

Finland became an associate member in 1961 and a full member in 1986 ; Iceland joined in 1970 and Liechtenstein did the same in 1991.

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He served as lecturer ( 1966 – 1975 ) and associate professor ( 1975 – 2002 ) of musicology at the University of Helsinki and was also the leading writer on classical music in Finland.

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.

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.

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.

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 ".

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.

In 1992 the Blue Angels deployed for a month-long European tour, their first in 19 years, conducting shows in Sweden, Finland, Russia ( the first foreign flight demonstration team to perform there ), Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain.

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European route E 4 passes from north to south through Sweden from the border with Finland, total length.

* Olli Rehn ( Keskusta, Finland ): Vice-President, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs

Bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, as well as Sweden, Norway, and Russia, Finland is the northernmost country on the European continent.

* Finland is the only European nation on the mainland of the European continent to lie completely north of the 60th parallel

* At, Finland owns the distinction of having the second-longest border with Russia of any European country, surpassed only by Ukraine ().

During the late 19th and 20th century there was significant emigration, particularly from rural areas to Sweden and North America, while most immigrants into Finland itself come from other European countries.

Finland deepened her participation in the European integration by joining the European Union with Sweden and Austria in 1995.

Trade policy is managed by the European Union, where Finland has traditionally been among the free trade supporters, except for agriculture.

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.

Sociologists have found that people with a farming background were present in other occupations to a considerably greater extent in Finland than in other West European countries.

Finland, like most other European countries, has right-hand traffic.

However, Halonen allowed Finland to join European Union Battlegroups in 2006 and the NATO Response Force in 2008.

Finland joined the United Nations in 1955 and the European Union in 1995.

Both Finland and Estonia are members of the European Union and the Schengen agreement, freeing international travel and trade between the countries.

The European rights to the beer are owned by Heineken International, who brew and distribute a 4 % ABV Foster's in most European countries, including the United Kingdom, Greece, France, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Finland, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and Ireland.

The military significance of the Grand Duchy of Finland had been increasing for the Russians from the mid-19th century with the rising tensions and competition among the major European powers.