A History of Finland

Describes some of the main aspects of Finland's position and history during the many centuries before the nineteenth when the country was an integral part of the Swedish realm, offers a summary of the eleven decades from 1808 to 1917 when Finland was an autonomous constitutional state in union with Russia, discusses the attainment of independence in 1917-18, the growth of the republic in 1919-1939, its involvement in World War II, and delineates the development of the nation since 1945.