Entering the port of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland (Suomi): culturally and geographically, Finland is a Nordic state but not -- in the narrowest sense -- a part of Scandinavia, which is a region defined by linguistic affinities (Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese are closely related Germanic languages). Finnish, along with Hungarian, Estonian, and Sami -- spoken by the reindeer-herding Lapps -- belongs to the Uralic language family, thought to have originated in the Ural mountains. Genomic and archaeological studies suggest that modern Finns show continuity with ancient (prehistoric, post-Pleistocene) people of Northern Europe. A small percentage of Finns in southern Finland speak Swedish, reflecting Sweden's historic hegemony, (25 August, 2019)
Entering the port of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland (Suomi): culturally and geographically, Finland is a Nordic state but not -- in the narrowest sense -- a part of Scandinavia, which is a region defined by linguistic affinities (Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese are closely related Germanic languages). Finnish, along with Hungarian, Estonian, and Sami -- spoken by the reindeer-herding Lapps -- belongs to the Uralic language family, thought to have originated in the Ural mountains. Genomic and archaeological studies suggest that modern Finns show continuity with ancient (prehistoric, post-Pleistocene) people of Northern Europe. A small percentage of Finns in southern Finland speak Swedish, reflecting Sweden's historic hegemony, (25 August, 2019)