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Visiting the Motherland

November 6th 2006
J is one half Finnish on his Mother's side. His family lived in Helsinki for a few months about 20 years ago and he attended a Finnish school where only a few teachers and students spoke English. Amazingly, he was able to make email contact with several of them and we arranged to meet. We spent a very enjoyable evening with two of his schoolmates (and one of their husbands). It was fun for me ... read more
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Finnish Flag 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 f... ... read more
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