True it became independent there, but the country had been settled for a long time before that.
Of course Finnish history is complex, when you consider how it was initially Swedish-owned, then became an autonomous (remarkably so) part of the Russian empire between 1809-1917. The brief outline here is presents a good summary:
Of course Finnish history is complex, when you consider how it was initially Swedish-owned, then became an autonomous (remarkably so) part of the Russian empire between 1809-1917. The brief outline here is presents a good summary:
https://finland.fi/life-society/main-outlines-of-finnish-his...
For more details I enjoyed reading "A Concise history of Finland" :
https://www.amazon.com/Concise-History-Finland-Cambridge-His...
(I moved to Finland a couple of years ago, and have spent a fair bit of time learning of local-history.)