Finland
1840s, great impetus was given to the Finnish literary movement. Many distinguished works
have been written in Finnish, including those by the contemporary authors Sillanpaa, Waltari
and Jotuni. Some authors prefer tom write in Swedish, thereby reaching a larger public. The
Finns have also been strongly influenced by German music. Since the late nineteenth
century, however, conscious attempts to produce an indigenous Finnish music have been
successful, such composers as Sibelius, Kajanus, Jarnefelt, Palmgren and Kilpinen have
become widely recognised.
The Finnish language is part of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Ural-Altaic family of
languages related to Hungarian, Estonian and Lapponic. Most of the people are Lutherans
and there is freedom of worship. (New knowledge library: universal reference encyclopedia)
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History
The first inhabitants of Finland were the Sami (Lapp) people. When Finnish
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