Finland
people who moved into the southwestern corner of today`s Finland from Estonia via the
Baltic are referred to as `trans-Ural nomadic`. Three tribes settled in different areas; the
Suomalaiset (the Finns` word for themselves) decided to remain in the southern coastal
provinces, and quikly altered their nomadic lifestyle; the Häme lääni settled the lake region,
and the Karelians settled the forest regions to the east.
The name `Finland` dates back to Roman historian Tacitus (AD55-120). In his work
Germania he mentioned a primitive people from the north called the Fenni; which was
probably a reference to the Same (see below), who at that time were living on and around the
60th parallel. Over the centuries the Same were gradually pushed further north, and today
they live in Finnish Lapland.
Whichever part of the country they happen to come from, Finns have a lot in common:
they all share deeply ingrained down-to-earth rural values combined with the spiritual
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