Background: Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809. It won its complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its freedom and resist invasions by the Soviet Union - albeit with some loss of territory. In the subsequent half century, the Finns made a remarkable transformation from a farm/forest economy to a diversified modern industrial economy; per capita income is now on par with Western Europe. As a member of the European Union, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system at its initiation in January 1999.
February 23rd 2008Europe » Finland » Lapland Hei! I know it has been a loooong time since I wrote here, I was busy! As a result, I don't have the time to write on this site for a while. But, if you still want to know what I am up to, you can che ... [full story]
November 30th 2007Europe » Finland » Lapland Friends. Snow. Huskey Dogs. Snow. Reindeer. Snow. Long bus rides. Snow. Snow. Snow. SNOW! So I spent this last week in Lapland with 130 other Rotary Exchange students! The charter bus picked me and a ... 27 photos[full story]
December 9th 2007Europe » Finland » Lapland Sorry to the followers of the Blog, but the nearest PC was a bus journey away and the bus was only once an hour and it worked out quite expensive to do.
Since we last logged on, we have managed to ... 6 photos[full story]
December 4th 2007Europe » Finland » Lapland So, I just got back from the Rotary Lapland tour, and I'm ready to tell you all about it!
However, I'm going to start from the last time I updated. So, on Monday I was absolutely exhausted and I pr ... 29 photos[full story]
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