History of Finland Part 1
Posted On Friday, February 17, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Finland, HISTORY, History of Finland, NORDIC CULTURE Tags: History of Finland, Winter War
Finland's history begins some 10,000 years ago when the territory of the current Finland started releasing from the thick ice that had covered its surface during the ice age. That is when the area now known as Finland was inhabited by the first settlers who came from the south and east. Throughout the prehistoric era, until the end of the Viking Age around the year 1050, Finland was ...