The History of Finland Podcast

Finland has been the worlds happiest country now eight times in a row. It all started with Friendly Vikings some 1200 years ago..

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Mentioned in this episode:
Viking museum
Sources
Edited by Joonas Ahola & Frog, with Clive Tulley, Fibula, Fabula, Fact: The Viking Age in Finland, Finnish Literary Society, 2014
Matka muinaiseen Suomeen (Journey to Ancient Finland)

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Hi! Just a quick update on the podcast and life in general.  
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Episode which is "also a Tom Cruise movie.. of sorts!" This is the first of maybe 3 or 4 special episodes on Finnish minorities. In this episode we will introduce the Sami people.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Pulttibois
Petra Laiti Twitter
Sami National Anthem 
ILO 169
Cyberpunk 2077
Running sound from Zapsplat.com
Sources
Samuli Aikio, Marjut Huuskonen, Eva Lettinen, Sukelluksia Saamelaisten ja Suomalaisten Suhteisiin, Raakku Kustannus, 2016Pekka Isaksson, Jouko Jokisalo, Historian Lisälehtiä: Suvaitsevaisuuden ongelma ja vähemmistöt kansallisessa historiassa, Like Kustannus, 2005Veli-Pekka Lehtola, The Sámi People: Traditions in Transition, University of Alaska Press, 2004Kukka Ranta, Jaana Kanninen, Vastatuuleen: Saamen Kansan Pakkosuomalaistamisesta, Kustantamo S&S, Helsinki 2019 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Before we take a little break from our usual chronological narrative, (Next surprise episode or two) let's take a look what proto-Finns were doing before "Viking Age". We have mysteries, more Tolkien (he was fan of Finnish language after all!), Finnish weapon Angon and much more! 
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Mentioned in this episode:
Varkaus
Fennoscandia
Vöyrin Käldamäki
Käldamäki 3D-Face reconstruction
Cassiodorus and Procopious
Merovingi family
Eura-Köyliö
Angon Spear
Leväluhta
Israel Alftanus
Nature magazine 
 
Sources
Ilari Aalot, Elina Helkala, Matka muinaiseen Suomeen: 11 000 vuotta ihmisen jälkiä, Atena Kustannus Oy, 2017
Georg Haggrén, Petri Halinen, Mika Lavento, Sami Raninen & Anna Wessman, Muinaisuutemme jäljet, Gaudeamus Oy, 2015
Juha Hurme, Niemi, Teos, 2017
Eino Jutikkala, Kauko Pirinen, A History of Finland, Translated from Finnish by Paul Sjöblom, WS Bookwell Oy, 2003
David Kirby, A Concise History of Finland, Cambridge University Press, 2006
Henrik Meinaner A History of Finland, Translated from Swedish by Tom Geddes, C. Hurst & Co., 2011
Pentti Virrankoski, Suomen Historia, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura 2019
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I know you’re waiting for Romans and we have them, kind of! Finland was at best in the Roman Empires periphery, but most likely in Romans margins. Finland of course never was a province of Roman Empire, but we have a slice in the coast, that did inhabit people with their cultural influence at least.  Bit more about ceramics too, since it is the last time they play bigger role in our Story. Vikings have to wait their turn for bit more.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Tacitus (Germania)
The Roman Army at War: 100 BC - 200AD
The History of Rome (Marcomannic Wars, Episode 93)
Mythologia Fennica (Folklore about cupstones)
 
Sources
Ilari Aalot, Elina Helkala, Matka muinaiseen Suomeen: 11 000 vuotta ihmisen jälkiä, Atena Kustannus Oy, 2017
Georg Haggrén, Petri Halinen, Mika Lavento, Sami Raninen & Anna Wessman, Muinaisuutemme jäljet, Gaudeamus Oy, 2015
Eino Jutikkala, Kauko Pirinen, A History of Finland, Translated from Finnish by Paul Sjöblom, WS Bookwell Oy, 2003
Henrik Meinaner A History of Finland, Translated from Swedish by Tom Geddes, C. Hurst & Co., 2011
Pentti Virrankoski, Suomen Historia, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura 2019
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