Examines the social, political, and cultural changes in Finland from medieval times to the present day. An up-to-date political, social and economic history of Finland from medieval times to the present. David Kirby traces the evolution of Finland's distinctive identity and of the Finnish national state from the long centuries under Swedish rule, through self-government within the Russian Empire, to independence in the twentieth century. Preface
1. A medieval marchland
2. The Swedish legacy
3. From Stockholm to St Petersburg, 1780-1860
4. The embryonic state, 1860-1907
5. The independent state, 1907-1937
6. War and peace, 1939-1956
7. The Kekkonen era, 1956-1981
8. From nation-state to Eurostate
Key dates
Presidents of Finland
Elections and governments
Guide to further reading.
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