Finland has occupied the political, religious, cultural and economic border between eastern and western Europe since prehistoric times. Despite its peripheral l

A concise history of Finland, from its part in the Swedish kingdom to autonomous nation state

An up-to-date political, social and economic history of Finland from medieval times to the present. David Kirby traces the evolution of Finland's distinctive id

Finland has often been ignored or misunderstood by the English-speaking world and this work presents the reader with a readable and authoritative introduction t

This open access book uses Finland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as an empirical case in order to study the emergence, shaping and renewal of a nati