The ethnic Finns are the dominant An ethnic group is a group of people who identify with one another, or are so identified by others, on the basis of a boundary that distinguishes them from other groups. This boundary may take any of a number of forms -- racial, cultural, linguistic, economic, religious, political -- and may be... ethnic group in The Republic of Finland ( Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. Finland has land frontiers with Sweden, Norway and Russia and... Finland, and the largest In sociology and in voting theory, a minority is a sub-group that is outnumbered by persons who do not belong to it. Minority only makes sense in the context of a unified society or group. This can be used to refer to people of a different language, nationality, religion... ethnic minority in The Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish: Konungariket Sverige  listen?) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on... Sweden, the Sweden Finns (ruotsinsuomalaiset in Finnish, sverigefinnarna in Swedish) are a Finnish speaking minority in Sweden. The Sweden Finns are not to be confused with the Swedish speaking Finland-Swedes in Finland. In the 1940s, 70,000 young children were evacuated from Finland to Sweden during the Winter War and the... Sweden-Finns. An Indigenous peoples are: Peoples living in an area prior to colonization by a state Peoples living in an area within a nation-state, prior to the formation of a nation-state, but who do not identify with the dominant nation. The descendants of either of the above Indigenous peoples are... indigenous minority of ethnic Finns also live in Norway (disambiguation). The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters. It has a very elongated form and has an extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean, where Norways... Norway, the Firstly, Cwens refers to a historical group of people or an alliance of fishermen, hunters and warriors, usually associated with a western Finnic people. The only sources of Cwens are Anglo-Saxon chronicles and Norse sagas where e.g. Orkneyinga saga states that they ruled in Cwenland (presumably along the... Kvens.

Ethnic Finns share a common As with any complex, emergent concept, language is somewhat resistant to definition. However, most would agree that language is a system of communication or reasoning using representation along with metaphor and some manner of logical grammar, all of which presuppose a historical and at least temporarily transcendent standard or truth... language and The word culture comes from the Latin root colere (to inhabit, to cultivate, or to honor). In general, it refers to human activity; different definitions of culture reflect different theories for understanding, or criteria for valuing, human activity. Culture is traditionally the oldest human character, its significant traces separating Homo... culture, the Finnish culture, although it is common to make a sub-division between Eastern and Western Finns. The Eastern Finns are more influenced by This article is about Karelia, the land of the Karelians, in its broadest meaning. See Karelia (disambiguation) for other and more specific usages. Map showing the parts Karelia is traditionally divided into. Karelia is the land of the Karelian people, that inhabitated vast areas in Northern Europe, of historical significance... Karelian cultural traits, while the Western Finns are more influenced by Finland-Swedish is a variety of Swedish. Until 1863 Swedish, not Finnish, was the language of jurisdiction, administration and higher education in Finland. In 1892 Finnish and Swedish became official languages with equal status, and at Finlands independence in 1917 Finnish clearly dominated in government and society. Finland has... Finland-Swedish and This article is part of the Scandinavia series Viking Age Ting Kalmar Union Denmark-Norway Sweden-Norway Monetary Union Defense union Languages Mountains Peninsula Varangian Viking History of Sweden History of Norway History of Denmark Scandinavia is the cultural and historic region of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The Scandinavian countries are... Scandinavian culture and language. Historically, the Tavastia, Tavastland or Häme, is a historical province in the south of Finland. It borders to Finland Proper, Satakunda, Ostrobothnia, Savonia and Nylandia. Tavastland Häme Land Österland Provincea Southern Finland Western Finland Regions Tavastia Proper Päijänne Tavastia Central Finland Area - km² Map highlighting the location of... Tavastian tribe was the most prominent among the Western Finns.

In Finnish history, tensions between "Finnish" and "Swedish" (or Finnic (Fennic, sometimes Baltic Finnic) may refer to Finnish-similar languages spoken close to the Gulf of Finland, i.e. the Balto-Finnic subgroup of the Finno-Ugric languages. Confusingly, the term may also refer to a larger subgroup that includes also the Sami languages. Today, in a Finnish and... Finnic and Germanic may refer to Germanic languages: A language family, the languages of which are spoken in northern and northwestern Europe, and in many places colonized since around 1500 Germanic peoples: Collective name of a number of tribes and peoples, originating from northern Europe, several of which invaded the Roman Empire... Germanic) culture have long been considered significant, and seen from within Finland there exist indeed differences between ethnic Finnish and Finland-Swedish culture: the former belonging to the woods, the lakes and the rivers, the latter to the plains, the coasts and the The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of east and central Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Öresund, the Great Belt and the Little Belt. Kattegat then continues in the Skagerrak into the... Baltic archipelagoes. However, seen from abroad, even seen from The Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish: Konungariket Sverige  listen?) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on... Sweden, the Finland-Swedish culture appears more Finnish than Swedish.

It's a matter of definition whether the The Karelians are a Finno-Ugric people, today inhabiting the Russian Republic of Karelia and eastern Finland. During the 20th century many Karelians have been forced to leave Karelia, their descendants now being integrated in the West aswell as in remote ex-Soviet provinces in the East. Contents // Categories: Stub... Karelians are to be counted as part of the more narrow concept Ethnic Finns or to the wider concept of Finnic (Fennic, sometimes Baltic Finnic) may refer to Finnish-similar languages spoken close to the Gulf of Finland, i.e. the Balto-Finnic subgroup of the Finno-Ugric languages. Confusingly, the term may also refer to a larger subgroup that includes also the Sami languages. Today, in a Finnish and... Finnic peoples. As a legacy of the important The Fennomans were the most important political movement in the 19th century Grand Duchy of Finland. After the Crimean War, they founded the Finnish Party and intensified the language strife attempting to rise the Finnish language and Finnic culture from peasant-status to the position of a national language and... Fennoman Movement, Karelians are thought of as the "purest source" for Finnishness, particularly East Karelia and West Karelia with borders of 1939 and 1940/1947. They are also known as Russian Karelia and Finnish Karelia respectively. East Karelia, also Eastern Karelia or Russian Karelia, is a name for the part of Karelia that since the Treaty of Stolbova in 1617 has remained Christian... East Karelians — but religiously the East Karelians are The Russian Orthodox Church (Русская Православная церковь) is that body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with... Russian Orthodox while the Finns in Finland and Scandinavia are of The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. See Protestantism for further discussion. Contents // 1 History of Lutheranism 1.1 Early history 1.2 Other Protestant reformers 1.3 Religious war 1.4 Results of the Lutheran Reformation 2 Lutheran doctrine 2.1... Lutheran faith.

Also the The Ingrian Finns (inkeriläinen or inkerin suomalainen) is a Lutheran Finnic people traditionally inhabiting the Saint Petersburg area and Northern Estonia (Ingria). They are primarily distinguished by their Protestant religion from other Finnic peoples of Balticum, that are of Orthodox faith. Today some 25,000 Ingrian Finns are recorded... Ingrian Finns are Lutherans, which may have contributed to their survival as an ethnos of their own despite harsh treatment in Stalinist and post-Stalinist The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) .( Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик... Soviet Union, contrary to that of the Finnic The Izhorians (Inkeroine, Ižoralaine) can still be found in the western part of Ingria, between the Narva and Neva rivers. In 1989, 820 self-designated Izhorians, thereof 302 speakers of their Finnic language, were registered. The language, close to Karelian, is used primarily by members of the older... Izhorians of The Ingrian flag Historically Ingria (Swedish Ingermanland, Finnish Inkeri, Russian Izhora) comprises the area along the basin of the river Neva, between the Gulf of Finland, the Narva River, Lake Peipsi in South-West, and Lake Ladoga in North-East. The traditional border to Karelia followed the Sestra (Rajajoki /Systerb... Ingria. Many of the Ingrian Finns descend from 17th century settlers arriving in The Ingrian flag Historically Ingria (Swedish Ingermanland, Finnish Inkeri, Russian Izhora) comprises the area along the basin of the river Neva, between the Gulf of Finland, the Narva River, Lake Peipsi in South-West, and Lake Ladoga in North-East. The traditional border to Karelia followed the Sestra (Rajajoki /Systerb... Ingria from Savonia, Savolax or Savo, is a historical province in the south of Finland. It borders to Nylandia, Tavastia, Ostrobothnia, and Karelia. Savolax Savo Land Österland Provinces Eastern Finland Regions Northern Savonia Southern Savonia Area - km² Map highlighting the location of Savonia Contents // 1 Administration 2 History 3 Geography 4 Culture... Savonia and Finnish Karelia, historically also Swedish Karelia or Carelia, is a historical province in eastern Finland. It refers to the western parts of Karelia that during the second millennium has been under western dominance, religiously and politically. Western Karelia is separate from East Karelia, or Russian Karelia, which has been dominated... Finnish Karelia, which may speak for including them among the ethnic Finns.

The Sami people are seen neither as ethnic Finns nor as Finnic, but as one of the more distantly akin Geographical distribution of Finno-Ugric (Finno-Permic in blue, Ugric in green). Also shown are the Samoyedic and Yukaghir languages (after Ruhlen, 1987) The Finno-Ugric languages form a subfamily of the Uralic languages. The majority of linguists believe that Finnish, Hungarian and Estonian, among other languages, should be included... Finno-Ugric peoples. The chief distinction made by the Finns is that the Finnic culture is traditionally an Farming, ploughing rice paddy, in Indonesia Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other desired products by cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domesticated animals ( livestock). Agriculture is also known as farming. More people in the world are involved in agriculture as their primary economic... agrarian culture — and north of the The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf... Gulf of Finland, one dominated by small distantly located farms — while the Sami culture is thought of as traditionally Communities of nomadic people move from place to place, rather than settling down in one location. Many cultures have been traditionally nomadic, but nomadic behaviour is increasingly rare in industrialised countries. Typically there are two kinds of nomad, pastoral nomads and peripatetic nomads. Pastoralists raise herds and move with them... (Pastoralist) nomadic, living and moving in larger This article is about the domestic group. For other uses, see Family (disambiguation). Kin redirects here. For the Canadian service club, see Kin (service club). a family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups linked through descent... extended families. The (Baltic-) Finnic languages are not mutually intelligible with Sami is a general name for a group of Finno-Ugric languages spoken in parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, in Northern Europe. Very often Sami is erroneously referred as one language for all Lappic people. Sami (Sámegiella) Spoken in: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia Region: Lapland Total... Sami languages — both grammar and vocabulary are too different; while Finnish often has expanded its vocabulary using In linguistics, a neologism is a recently coined word, or the act of inventing a word or phrase. Additionally it can imply the use of old words in a new sense such as giving new meanings to existing words or phrases. Neologisms are especially useful in identifying inventions, new phenomena... neologisms, Sami languages more often use A loanword (or a borrowing) is a word taken in by one language from another. The word loanword itself is a calque of the German Lehnwort. A calque or loan translation is a related process whereby it is the meaning or idiom that is borrowed rather the lexical item itself... loanwords.

Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). Formally, it can be divided into two similar dialects: West Norse Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian East Norse Old Danish and Old Swedish In the 11th... Old Norse is believed not to make the distinction between Samis and the Finnics of Finland and Balticum, which still cause some confusion as the Norwegian (norsk) Spoken in: Norway Total speakers: 5 million Ranking: Not in top 100 Genetic classification: Indo-European  Germanic   North Germanic (from Old Norse)    East (Continental) Nordic     Bokmål and Riksmål    West (Insular) Nordic... Norwegian word Finn denotes Samis.

External links

• Finnish Expatriate Parliament (http://www.usp.fi/indexuk.htm) - Cooperative forum for Finns living abroad