Are Finns European? 🇫🇮

Finns have a fascinating and unique history, but some people think they are more Asian (like the Saami) than European (FUGG XDXDXD)

Although Finns don't speak an Indo-European language, they have many ancient Indo-European words, their pagan religion was heavily influenced by Aryan religion and their DNA has a lot of Yamnaya (steppe) DNA which they got from the Corded Ware culture.

Learn the history of the Finns, their language, their gods like Ukko and Perkele and their DNA.

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Sources:
Corded ware origin of Finnish DNA.
Lazaridis et al. 2014.
"Genome wide data from the Iron Age provides insights into the population history of Finland" Lamnidis et al 2017.

[prize]

Finland is separated from Mongolia by only one country

[jopiira]

We are not Swedish and we dont want to be Russian. Let us be Finns

[Gruuno]

"So in a way, they're the most europian people in europe, and in another way they're the least europian people in europe."
Now that is poetic.

[Tespri]

In Finnish old culture the language was also considered as magical. Saying thing's true name allowed to summon them to your side. For example knowing bears true name and using it would make the bear come to you. Similar thing applies to Perkele. Yes it's a "curse word" but it's mostly used only in situations where Finnish person feels great aggression and is about to hit something (thunder/strikegod). Think it as something similar as what dragonborns have in skyrim.

[Montacos]

Finns are excluded from the Scandinavian "elite" club. Finns are NOT Scandinavian. Finns were the only nation of the Nordic people who managed to effectively defend themselves in the second world war. We are not Scandinavians, we are Finns.

[Ancient_Chronicler]

Finno-Ugric is a macro subgroup of the Uralic language family. The Finno-Ugric is broken down into micro subgroups Baltic-Finnic in which Finnish, Estonian, Karelain, Veps, Livonian, Igarian, and Votic; The Ugarian group includes Mansi, Hungarians, and Khanty; the Finno-Permic members of this group includes Komi and Udmurt; Sami is it's own group; and Finno-Volgaic which Mari and Mordvinic belong. Their is also another major Subgroup called Samoyedic which is divided into Northern Samoyedic in which the Nenets and Enets belong too; and Southern Samoyedic which Selkup belong. The Uralic language family is believed to have emerged in the Ural mountain.

[tschapetin]

Everyone: ooh Finnish people are so intelligent and kind

My neighbour: cutting a tree while being drunk and swearing.

[jubakala]

Oh, my, for a Finn, this was extremely interesting... And I actually think it describes very well the current Finnish culture: being outsiders but the originals at the same time... :)

[Debba_Iptum]

hard proud the ussr like a boss as a people they have my respect :)

[Survivethejive]

Some corrections

2. Western Hunter Gatherers were not the first people in Europe, but they are the most archaic population to have contributed significantly to modern European peoples' DNA. Eastern Hunter Gatherers were also in Finland during the Mesolithic and also contributed to Saami and Finnish DNA.
3. I mispronounced Finno-Ugric repeatedly throughout the video as URGIC instead of UGRIC.
4. The narrative I presented of Finnic displacing Saami is speculative. We know it happened but the exact time and way that this occurred is speculative.

[jormayorccis]

Eastern Finns and Western Finns are genetically further apart from each other than Germans and British. Also, fenno-uralic language and fenno-uralic genes don't always go hand in hand.

[davidannderson]

I will say this: I am fascinated and impressed with Finland! The Kalevala gave Tolkien (among others) such a powerful inspiration; in it the Finns not only have a mythology comparable to the Greek or Norse, but their own Odyssey as well. And the same country has given us Sibelius and Rautavaara, these incredible composers. And the language- one of the nearest non-Indo-European languages to the lands of my own Scottish and Scandinavian ancestors. And as a historian, one more thing; the Finns living for a thousand years around this great international crossroads that rose up around Novgorod, and later on Saint Petersburg! What a fantastic and fascinating country!
I will add: what a wonderfully detailed, thorough and scientific video! This is advanced graduate-school stuff, at least!

[tapanilofving]

Joke: What does Sweden have but Finland doesn't? -Good neighbors.

[ecktoplasmism]

12:40 what are the odds that my little village Grundsunda would show up on the map, it´s approx 250 people living here. Just made my day

[bjorne]

My first girlfriend was Finnish. I used to teach her Swedish and she taught me basic Finnish. I really adore their language, it really is unique and one of the most natural sounding languages I have heard in Europe. Really beautiful. I don't know about other people, but as a legitimate Scandinavian person, I see them as their own people, but are Scandinavian to me as I consider them part of my ethnic group.

[timsweeney]

Thank you for this! Having gotten incredibly interested about where we come from in the past year or so (psychedelics-cough), I hadn't remembered to look into the history of Finland since my great grandmother was Finnish! Now I feel like there is a treasure trove of cool stories to learn about, and I think I need to visit Finland.

[Survivethejive]

So many plebs leave comments without watching the video. Please don’t leave comments in response to the title, only to the video itself otherwise i will assume you are a dolt!

Also: No need to point out the mispronunciation of Ugric as it has been done a hundred times already

[vargurlord]

that drawing of man at 8:39 could be just any current age finnish man after week long cabin trip.

[Psychedelic-O-Moose]

according to 23andme I am 98, 3% Finn 1, 7% Inuit.

[robertagardner]

My grand mother was from Finland and a decendant of the Samii people. She and her family were from Laihia and around that area. She also mentioned Upsala in Sweden. All my relatives spoke Finnish when we were together and I picked up some of it through conversation. I find it very interesting from a family point of view. I have wanted to learn more about Finland and your videos are really very good. Thank you for uploading such interesting content. Very good!