Firstly, Österbotten and other Finnish regions did not became Swedish colonies when they were incorporated in the Swedish Kingdom in the Middle ages, in the same way Skåne did not become a Swedish colony when it became a Swedish province in the 17th century. Administratively,…Â
Finland was never a Swedish colony, rather it was a fully integrated part of Sweden during the Sweden rule. Geographically, North-Western Finland is part of the Scandinavian peninsula, however culturally Finland is clearly not (a very different language). Many traditions (the summer…Â
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