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Finn MacCool. 3C. Leader of Irish warriors, subject of Fenian legends.
Oisin. (Ossian). 3C. Gaelic warrior bard. Legends of his father Finn MacCool.
Ossianic Ballads. 11-18C Irish based on 3C themes of Finn MacCool. Oisin.
Aho, Juhani. 1861-1921. Finnish novelist.
Åland Islands. Swedish- 1809 Russian. 1917 Finland. 1920 autonomous/Finnish.
Anjala League. 1788-89. Swedish, Finnish officers conspire vs Gustav III to end Russo-Swedish War.
Erik IX. -1160. King 1150-, Patron Saint of Sweden. Killed trying to convert Finns.
February Manifesto. 1899-1905. Override of Finnish Constitution. Rule by Czar’s Edict. Russification 1890-1905.
Finland. 7C Finns settle, displace Lapps. 1157 Sweden. 1809 Grand Duchy of Russia. 1919 Indepependent republic.
Finnish War of Independence. 1918. Anti-communists defeat Bolsheviks with German aid.
Joyce, James. 1882-1941. Innovative Irish writer in Stream of Consciousness style. Experimented with linguistic techniques. Dubliners 1914. Portrait of the Artist 1916. Ulysses 1922. Finnegan’s Wake 1939.
Kalevala. Finnish national epic poem compiled by Lönnrot, 1835.
Lapua. 1929-32. Finnish-Estonian Fascist movement. Failed putsch, 1932.
Lönrott, Elias. 1802-84. Finnish. Compiled folk verses to create Kalevala 1835,49.
Magyars. Finno-Urgic peoples of Asia who settled Hungary.
Mannerheim, Carl. 1867-1951. Finnish president. 1944-6. Led fight vs Bolsheviks 1918-21, army 1939-44.
Mannerheim Line. Eastern Finnish fortification. Crossed by Russians 1940.
Paasikivi, Juho. 1870-1956. Finnish Prime Minister 1918~46. President 46-56. Appeasement policy to USSR.
Runeberg, Johan. 1804-77. Finnish epic poet. National anthem adapted from his poem Vårtland.
Russo-Finnish War. 1939-40. Russia gains territorial concessions.
Saarinen, Eero. 1910-61. Finnish/US experimental architect. St. Louis Gateway Arch 1948-65.
Saarinen, Eliel. 1873-1950. Finnish/US modern architect, teacher. Palace of League of Nations (Geneva) 1927.
Sibelius, Jan. 1865-1957. Finnish composer. Finlandia. Symphonies and tone poems evoke feeling of North. Kulervo Symphony 1892.
Snellman, Johan. 1806-81. Finnish nationalist. Established national language.
Sprengtporten, G.M. 1740-1819. Finnish colonel. Finland to join Russian Empire.