Note that Finland was always seen as a place of its own. People in Finland and Sweden understood that there was “Finland” and an ethnicity of Finns in there. Per Brahe, a statesman in Sweden, and a ruler of Finland wrote beautifully about the character of Finns.
Swedes who moved to Finland, accepted Finnish identity almost immediately and their descendants felt themselves totally Finnish. Many heroic Finns like Marshal Mannerheim were Swedish speaking Finns. They had roots in Sweden. I have also Swedish ancestors though I’m a Finnish speaking Finn. I’m also a distant relative to Marshal Mannerheim and many other upper class Swedish speaking people in Finland, and they were all patriots toward Finland first, and then toward the whole Sweden. This is very important thing to understand. Swedishness in Finland is first and foremost Finnishness. Sweden does not have any special “right” to Swedish Heritage in Finland, because it was always authentic local culture heritage of Finland. And still is.
What happened in 1721, was there a Russo-Swedish war that went badly for Sweden?
Edit : found it. It’s the Great Northern War and it was the beginning of the Russian Empire and the end of the Swedish one. Rough. The only consolation is that Britain took a L at the end of it.
Ah, “The Good Old Swedish Times”, as they are known in Estonia.
not a fan, personally
Swedish Empire was so large that it didn’t even fit to the map!
Imagine what could have been if Sigismund III Vasa managed to unite both Sweden and Poland-Lithuania, instead of both ending up at war with eachother.
We’re still waiting for nice numbers in parentheses behind Skåne, Blekinge, Halland, Gotland, Jemtland and Bohuslen.
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Note that Finland was always seen as a place of its own. People in Finland and Sweden understood that there was “Finland” and an ethnicity of Finns in there. Per Brahe, a statesman in Sweden, and a ruler of Finland wrote beautifully about the character of Finns.
Swedes who moved to Finland, accepted Finnish identity almost immediately and their descendants felt themselves totally Finnish. Many heroic Finns like Marshal Mannerheim were Swedish speaking Finns. They had roots in Sweden. I have also Swedish ancestors though I’m a Finnish speaking Finn. I’m also a distant relative to Marshal Mannerheim and many other upper class Swedish speaking people in Finland, and they were all patriots toward Finland first, and then toward the whole Sweden. This is very important thing to understand. Swedishness in Finland is first and foremost Finnishness. Sweden does not have any special “right” to Swedish Heritage in Finland, because it was always authentic local culture heritage of Finland. And still is.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Brahe_the_Younger
https://www.kookas.fi/tiede/historia/kreivin-ajan-kenraalikuvernoori
https://tuomjari.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/kenraalikuvernoorit-suomessa-1600-ja-1700-luvuilla-per-brahe-ja-gustav-fredrik-von-rosen/
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Libera et impera
Acerbus et ingens
Augusta per angusta!
What happened in 1721, was there a Russo-Swedish war that went badly for Sweden?
Edit : found it. It’s the Great Northern War and it was the beginning of the Russian Empire and the end of the Swedish one. Rough. The only consolation is that Britain took a L at the end of it.
Ah, “The Good Old Swedish Times”, as they are known in Estonia.
not a fan, personally
Swedish Empire was so large that it didn’t even fit to the map!
Imagine what could have been if Sigismund III Vasa managed to unite both Sweden and Poland-Lithuania, instead of both ending up at war with eachother.
We’re still waiting for nice numbers in parentheses behind Skåne, Blekinge, Halland, Gotland, Jemtland and Bohuslen.
What’s with the 1581 date on Finland? Finland was a part of Sweden since at least the 13th century.
Wikipedia has the [same map](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Finland#/media/File:Swedish_Empire_(1560-1815)_en2.png), too, without that date.