The Animated History of Finland

More than just Soviets and Swedes, find out more about this technology giant and how they struggled for many centuries to find their feet. It's Finland!

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[temeweckis]

Just a little clear-up, calling Finland socialist is a bit of an overstatement. Politically we're a parliamentary republic with a "ceremonial" president. The Nordic model, which is commonly called socialist for some reason, combines, on a national level, free market capitalism with ideas of welfare state and collective bargaining. Just because our QOL is high and public healthcare exists doesn't mean we're a Marxist society or something.

[Hallanrauta]

"Which means the land of lakes"

According to whom? The ethymology of the word "Suomi" is unclear, but definitely it has nothing to do with the Finnish word for "lake", which is "järvi".

[martinandersson]

As a former history teacher i will give this a D+. There are alot of misstakes, misconseptions etc etc in this clip.

[Schmidty]

Social Democracy* not socialism. Big difference.

[Dimetropteryx]

About 30% accurate. Not sure if I should be impressed or disappointed.

[Zometh]

"The Finns call their land Suomi which means land of lakes"
...no it doesn't.

[thiagovscoelho]

Video starts at 1:02
It stops at 5:27 and resumes at 6:15

[Atlas_]

3:23 'Another Union you never heard of, the Hanseatic League'. Why do you assume people have never heard about it? Pretty common knowledge for Europeans who have some interest in history.

[miikavuorio]

I'm Finnish and Suomi definitely doesn't mean the land of lakes. Maybe at some point or in Saami, but suo means swamp and mi means nothing, but I guess its kinda close to maa which means land.

[nallepuh]

The vikings called the south of Finland "Balstrandr" or "bonfire coast" referring to the signal fires that the finns lit if the passing ships were there to raid instead of trading. This meant that every incoming ship was met with arrows and nightly ambushes. Even the king Olav got his ass royally kicked there according to the viking sagas, so the "resistace was light at best" statement is a lazy guess from somebody that didn't bother to look too much into it. There are numerous hill forts along the coast and archeological evidence to support a network of defences along the coast pre. 1000 AD.

[drunkapple]

You made alot of mistakes dude. You shouldn't make these videos if you can't take the time to research correct information.

[peikkeinanen]

One of the reasons finland is so high on the happiness list is because sweden is only 10:th or 8:th or something like that

[petkuhuiputtaja]

Someone cares about us enough to make a Animated History video on us? I feel like crying. SUOMI MAINITTU!

[saxoDK_]

Love to Finland from Denmark 🇩🇰♥️🇫🇮

Finland will always be one of my favorite countries, with the beautiful land and lakes
Long live Suomi! 💪🇫🇮👏🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻🤝

[threaruscamuwundra]

Dont tell me I've never heard about the Kalmar Union. I play EU4, too much

[ChrisisisB]

4:24 "Sigismund...before being deposed by his nephew King Charles."
No, Charles was his uncle.

[lukeroberts]

3:50 "A Duke from Poland" points to Pomerania

[andyb]

The pronuciation Sa-WAH-mee [1:28] for Suomi is just bizarre.

[dikedike]

The Finns had a completely different pagan religion than the vikings so that was not imported.

[TheOMAha]

Lazy errors you made, makes me wonder where you get your information, and wonder if its the same with other videos