Abstract
During the Viking era Finland’s location on the trade route between Russia and Sweden brought prosperity and conflict, with attacks frequently made on Finnish trading posts by the Swedes and the Danes. In the 12th century economic and religious rivalry between Sweden and Russia was centred on Finland. By 1323 Russia was forced to recognize a boundary marking off Swedish control including all of western and southern Finland. Finland remained a duchy of Sweden until 1581 when it was made a grand duchy.
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Turner, B. (2005). Finland. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271340_169
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