100 YEARS OF FINLAND INDEPENDENCE: A SELECTION OF FACTS AND EVENTS IN FINNISH EDUCATION
100 YEARS OF FINLAND INDEPENDENCE: A SELECTION OF FACTS AND EVENTS IN FINNISH EDUCATION

Summary/Abstract: January 6th 2017 marked Finland’s 100th birthday. After many centuries under Swedish ruling, Russia took control of Finland in 1809. The era of Grand Duchy of Finland took over the country. This period lasted a bit longer than a century before Finland became its own nation. It is worth noting that during those centuries neither Swedish nor Russian was the language the native Finns were speaking. To put this fact into perspective, still today we sometimes hear the old saying by Adolf Arvidsson: “We are not Swedes, we do not want to become Russians, let us, therefore, be Finns.”

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