WebThe history of Finland begins around 9,000 BC during the end of the last glacial period. Stone Age cultures were Kunda, Comb Ceramic, Corded Ware, Kiukainen, and Pöljä cultures [].The Finnish Bronze Age started in approximately 1,500 BC and the Iron Age started in 500 BC and lasted until 1,300 AD. Finnish Iron Age cultures can be separated …

WebPorvoo (Finnish pronunciation: ; Swedish: Borgå (); Latin: Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of the city border of Helsinki and about 50 kilometres (30 mi) from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval towns of Finland, along with Turku, …

WebUusimaa (Finnish: [ˈuːsimɑː]; Swedish: Nyland, Finland Swedish: [ˈnyːlɑnd]; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland.It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso.Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, along with the surrounding Greater Helsinki area, are both …

WebHelsinki (/ ˈ h ɛ l s ɪ ŋ k i / HEL-sink-ee or / h ɛ l ˈ s ɪ ŋ k i / hel-SINK-ee; Finnish: [ˈhelsiŋki] (); Swedish: Helsingfors, Finland Swedish: [helsiŋˈforːs] ()) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland.Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of 658,864.

WebKarelia (Finnish: Karjala) is a historical province of Finland which Finland partly ceded to the Soviet Union after the Winter War of 1939–40. The Finnish Karelians include the present-day inhabitants of North and South Karelia and the still-surviving evacuees from the ceded territories. Present-day Finnish Karelia has 315,000 inhabitants. The more than 400,000 …

WebKvenland, known as Cwenland, Qwenland, Kænland, and similar terms in medieval sources, is an ancient name for an area in Fennoscandia and Scandinavia.Kvenland, in that or nearly that spelling, is known from an Old English account written in the 9th century, which used information provided by Norwegian adventurer and traveler Ohthere, and …

WebConstantine I (Latin: Flavius Valerius Constantinus; Ancient Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, romanized: Konstantinos; 27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337, and the first to convert to Christianity. Born in Naissus, Dacia Mediterranea (now Niš, Serbia), he was the son of Flavius …

WebThe Baltic Finnic or Balto-Finnic peoples, also referred to as the Baltic Sea Finns, Baltic Finns, sometimes Western Finnic and often simply as the Finnic peoples, are the peoples inhabiting the Baltic Sea region in Northern and Eastern Europe who speak Finnic languages.They include the Finns, Estonians (including Võros and Setos), Karelians …

WebVantaa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑntɑː]; Swedish: Vanda, Finland Swedish: [ˈvɑnːdɑ]) is a city and municipality in Finland.It is part of the inner core of the Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen.With a population of 239,216 (31 December 2021), Vantaa is the fourth most populated city in Finland after Helsinki, Espoo and Tampere.

WebGautreks saga continues the account found in Hervarar saga.It is tells among other things the adventures of Starkad, the son of Stórvirkr who was the son of Starkad Ala-warrior, whom Thor had killed.. It tells that young Starkad was raised at the court of Harald, the king of Agder, together with Harald's son Vikar.One day, Herþjófr, the king of Hordaland, …