Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Jonathan Clements is the author of a biography of Finland's most famous leader, Mannerheim: President, Soldier, Spy (Haus, 2009), as well as A Brief History of the Vikings (Robinson, 2005) and An Armchair Traveller's History of the Silk Road (Haus, 2013). After living in Finland for over a decade, he became a Finnish citizen in 2021.'Highly entertaining' Nordic Reach; 'Lively and humorous... a good introduction to Finland' Scandinavian Journal of History
Acknowledgements // xi
Introduction // 1
1. From the Fenni to Lalli: Prehistory to 1159 // 5
The Martyrdom of Saint Henry // 6
Prehistory & Early Finns // 10
The Vikings & Balagard // 14
The Newborn King // 24
2. East of Sweden: 1159-1809 // 29
The Imaginary Crusades // 30
People of Österland // 36
Finns in 'New Sweden' // 43
Finland in the Northern Wars // 46
The Swedish Legacy // 51
3. The Russian Century: 1809-1899 // 56
Industrial Revolutions // 57
Laestadius & Laestadianism // 62
The Great Migration // 65
The Åland War // 68
The Kalevala // 74
National Romanticism // 77
4. A Nation is Born: 1899-1939 // 85
Russification // 87
Revolution: Whites vs Reds // 94
The Jaegers and the King of Finland // 98
Karelian Fever // 104
Racing the Storm // 110
5. The Jaws of Peril: 1939-1944 // 113
The Winter War // 115
The Continuation War // 121
The Lapland War // 128
6. In the Cold: 1944-1995 // 131
Stella Polaris // 134
Finlandisation // 138
From Eurovision to Europe // 140
7. The Landscape of Thorns: 1995-2022 // 147
Satan & Santa // 150
My Homeland is Finland // 153
Centenary, COVID, and NATO // 164
8. Echoes of the Past // 175
The Metadata of Meals // 177
From Temperance to Pantsdrunk // 185
National Holidays and Local Festivals // 191
Architecture and Public Art // 195
Finishing with Finnish // 201
Chronology of Major Events // 205
Further Reading and References // 219