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# Finland

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Country in northern Europe; part of Nordic countries

The capital is Helsinki?.

Languages spoken: Finnish language and Swedish language.

Population: 5 171 302 (1999); 2 523 026 male, 2 648 276 female.

Area: 335 593 km2, of which 303 003 km2 land.

Under swedish rule from ca. 1100 until 1809?, when the Russian empire conquered Finland, during the [Napoleonic wars]?. Finland declared independence 6th December 1917; Russia (then Soviet Union) formally accepted the independency shortly thereafter.

From the CIA World Factbook 2000. Not Wikified.

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