Today is Finland's Swedish Heritage Day. It celebrates the shared history of Sweden and Finland. Finland was part of Sweden in the 13th century with both languages being spoken. Even when Finland became part of Russia, Swedish was still one of the official languages. today, about 5% of Finns speak Swedish.
Sweden also provided support to Finland during the Winter War and many Swedes volunteered to fight. If you want to see a movie about these volunteers, go find and watch "Beyond Enemy Lines".
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Huh, didn't know that... And I've been to both countries.
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