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Happy birthday, Iceman <3 Have some cake!

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My inner horse goes "aaaaawwwww!!!"

What’s your favourite historical event/period for Finland? 🌟

That is a tough one! I don't think I can name a specific period; I don't really have one era I would have focused on more than others. I think I like looking at the whole picture and seeing how the country has gradually evolved into its current state. But sometimes, I just hyper-fixate on a specific period for a while and try to learn as much as I can. Perhaps Finnish history overall is rather digestible, being such a young country, that it's not that hard to keep track of it all?

You can't really read into Finnish history without being familiar with Swedish history; that's kind of inevitable because they were just the same country for hundreds of years. And due to the lack of earlier written sources, we don't really have much to go off of with pre-Swedish rule. But I can imagine this makes studying Finland's history harder for someone who doesn't have access to Finnish resources! It all just blends with general Swedish history; I doubt outside sources really bother highlighting Finnish events or characters from that era. They're so insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

Due to Finnish history being overshadowed like this before the 19th century, the Autonomy Years and World Wars have always been the biggest focus, even in the Finnish curriculum itself. After all, that's really the only point when we can start talking about Finland's own history. But I feel like that era gets so overrepresented that I sometimes get a bit bored with it, personally. What more is there to say about, e.g., the Winter War? So I'd rather read about the politically messy Middle Ages with the various unions or the various developments in the 18th century (The Great Northern War is super interesting from the Finnish perspective, for example). Even more recent 20th-century history is super intriguing to me, too! Outside the wars, what decisions made Finland into the country it is today

My answer is kind of all over the place because I like so many different periods for different reasons! I have always loved studying history, so I'm very lucky to use my fixations through this medium. And I try to share Finland-specific stuff with others since I have access to such niche information to begin with! But thank you for the ask - I wanted to doodle something historical for you, so have this 17th-century cavalry (Hakkapeliitta) Finland

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"I imagine his house is filled with souvenirs and postcards from all around, stuff his friends have sent him as gifts." 🥹🥹 I'd kill to see Iceland with his friends, pwese....

Of course! <3

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Midsummer is coming up! Do you think Finland does midsummer spells (juhannustaika) 😉

Honestly, I could see that - doesn't everyone do them for a good laugh anyway, hehe. Midsummer is an ancient celebration of life and fertility in Finland, which means many romance-related traditions, like using folk magic to help determine one's future spouse (the day is the longest around midsummer, and it was believed the other world's presence was the strongest during summer and winter solstice). A very classic tradition is putting seven wild flowers under your pillow before sleep so you'll dream of your future spouse, or looking into a well or mirror to see a glimpse of them, stuff like that!

But now that just made me imagine Finny doing these traditions every year but always getting the same result, much to his dismay. And every year, Finland is like

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since you seem to know a lot of history, I was wondering if you could tell us a little more about norway and his role during ww2, I feel like not a lot of people talk about his importance as an ally.

Let's pretend this wasn't sent back in November! Of course I can!!And "a little" turned into a decent amount 😳

Norway declared itself neutral when the war started in 1939, but became occupied by Germany in April 1940. Throughout the war Norway played an important role helping the allies win. Note that there is also a lot to be said about Norwegian collaboration with the occupiers during these years as well, but that is not the topic of this post.

During the war Norway had both a military and a civil resistance movement. The civil movement was directed towards NS (Nasjonal Samling, the Norwegian nazi party and the only party allowed during these years) attempts at converting people to nazism, while the military resistance were building an underground army who were prepared to step in for the liberation and who also organized sabotages during the last year.

Norway’s government went into exile in London, and was in large responsible for Norway’s war effort and resistance. They took control of the Norwegian merchant ships and put it at the allies disposal, probably Norway’s most important asset and contribution to the war effort. The Norwegian marine and air-force also partook in operations along the Allies, and a Norwegian brigade was organized in Scotland, who were to partake in the final liberation of Norway.

The exiled government had an extensive running contact with the growing resistance back home in Norway, and could gradually provide the resistance with supplies and other support. Soldiers from the Scottish base were sent on missions to aid the resistance in Norway and conduct sabotages.

There as also a base for Norwegian resistance established in Stockholm, who were eventually allowed by the Swedish government to form a military force of 14 500 people under disguise of being police. About 50 000 Norwegians fled to Sweden during the war, and many Norwegians in the border areas aided them as guides over the mountains through difficult and secret passages – they also smuggled goods and supplies through the same routes.

The civil resistance was not exclusively organized, but included everyone who was not a nazi and could be as simple as civil disobedience. Teachers, parents, and priests opposed the effort to convert the youth to nazism by the NS through forced nazi curriculums in schools and obligatory youth service. Other examples of civil resistance were Norwegian workers sabotaging or not even doing the bare minimum at the jobs in factories for the Germans, and the publishing of illegal news-papers which were spread by people handing them to the next person. The most famous illegal news-paper was London-Nytt (London News), and were just Norwegian translations of BBC broadcasts transcribed directly from illegal radios.

The military resistance was known as MILORG, and this secret group had its peak in the last year of the war. This was when they began receiving guns, military equipment and professionals. During the last year they carried out assassinations and sabotages to a much more effective and extensive degree. MILORG was taking orders from the Norwegian military in London and coordinating with them, passing vital information back and forth.

When the Second World War began, Norway was the world’s fourth largest shipping nation, after Great Britain, USA, and Japan, with the Norwegian fleet being the most modern. When Norway was occupied and the Germans demanded Norwegian ships return to Norwegian ports, all of the around 1 000 ships set sail for Allied ports. The Norwegian government in exile commanded all Norwegian ships sail for securing supplies for Norway and the Allies. The ships supplied Great Britain with invaluable wares such as food and oil, and kept up the transatlantic trade during the war. The Norwegian sailors were also present at evacuations and invasions of occupied France and fascist Italy, North-Africa, and Normandy in 1944. The Norwegian ships were under constant attack from the German fleet and many sailors lost their lives transporting for the Allies, most of them working continuously for the five years Norway was at war. Almost half of Norway’s fallen during the war were sailors killed at sea.

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なんか落書き

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Wip for an ask ‘cause grrrr i love them so much !!!!

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1hらくがきあんこ！

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Those are some sad looking girl dinners

Any other food headcanons for the Nordics? 👀 Any favorite national dishes?

I mean...

Perhaps we'll just say meatballs or something

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Astrology brain cells go "LOOK AT ALL THOSE GEMINIES!!!"

Makes sense that Ladonia is a Gemini, as well. In case you're wondering, Nor's a Taurus and Faroe's a Leo

What are the other 8 birthdays? (besides Iceland)

Norway (17 May), Ladonia (2 June) Denmark (5 June), Sweden (6 June), Åland (9 June), Iceland (17 June), Greenland (21 June) and Faroe Islands (29 July)

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💙💙💙 no words, just hearts 💙💙💙

Can we see Sealand and Ladonia? 🥺 Those boys deserve happiness

They're happy, alright <3

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Happy Divorce Day

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Chibi practice

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サーモングラスとレゴグラス🕶

...ちょっと私も何描いているのかわからん_(:3｣∠)_｛多分疲れている

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i like to think that nor and denmark share a braincell when it comes to annoy ice

based on this

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Norway, don't play with dinner it's rude

Art trade with @inkcoffinz

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Norge