Nestled tightly right in between Sweden and Russia is the beautiful country of Finland. Most of this country is of low elevation due to giant glaciers in the Ice Age. Granitic rocks eroded out of the ground dot most of Finland, besides giant rocks the glaciers gave Finland another phenomenal feature. Lakes, rivers, and valleys have all been carved out by these glaciers. Thick forests and its contradicing flat lands are also very common.
Even though Northern Finland is in the Arctic circle the climate of the whole country is not as bad as one may think. In fact most of the country is about the same on average as northern united States and Canada. The northen part of Finalnd has such generally mild weather is do to currents from the Gulf Sea bringing warmer weather. However, as this may be Northern Finland has harsher winters and slightly colder summers due to the Arctic Circle. …show more content…
It was about the time after the last brutal ice age when natives started to settle on this vast piece of land. At the time their settled lives were peaceful, but like most countries this didn’t stay the same for very long. Sweden and Russia were in a disagreement about religion and poor Finland was soon to be caught in the middle. Sweden made the first move and sent Catholic missionaries over to Finland to convert more people and soon craved more power. In 1157 Sweden took over and renamed Finland Österland (er- ster- land) which means Land To the East. The Finns were alarmed and many still practiced their Lutheran religion and were still somewhat grateful for Sweden. However, not only did Sweden want Finland but so did other countries. Miniscule wars happened with the Dutch and other Nordic countries, but one country had a enomouss war
Even though Northern Finland is in the Arctic circle the climate of the whole country is not as bad as one may think. In fact most of the country is about the same on average as northern united States and Canada. The northen part of Finalnd has such generally mild weather is do to currents from the Gulf Sea bringing warmer weather. However, as this may be Northern Finland has harsher winters and slightly colder summers due to the Arctic Circle. …show more content…
It was about the time after the last brutal ice age when natives started to settle on this vast piece of land. At the time their settled lives were peaceful, but like most countries this didn’t stay the same for very long. Sweden and Russia were in a disagreement about religion and poor Finland was soon to be caught in the middle. Sweden made the first move and sent Catholic missionaries over to Finland to convert more people and soon craved more power. In 1157 Sweden took over and renamed Finland Österland (er- ster- land) which means Land To the East. The Finns were alarmed and many still practiced their Lutheran religion and were still somewhat grateful for Sweden. However, not only did Sweden want Finland but so did other countries. Miniscule wars happened with the Dutch and other Nordic countries, but one country had a enomouss war