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Title: Independence Day (Finland) 06 December
Post by: perttime on April 29, 2013, 01:06:41 AM

Independence Day (Finland)

06 December

Finland's Independence Day (Finnish: itsenäisyyspäivä, Swedish: självständighetsdag) is a national public holiday held on 6 December to celebrate Finland's declaration of independence from Soviet Russia. The movement for Finland's Independence started after the revolutions in Russia, caused by the disturbances from the defeats of the First World War. This gave an opportunity for Finland to withdraw from Russia.

Title: Re: Independence Day (Finland)
Post by: Litvyak on April 29, 2013, 03:21:16 AM

Time for some mämmi? ;D

Title: Re: Independence Day (Finland)
Post by: perttime on April 29, 2013, 03:36:15 AM

Quote from: Litvyak on April 29, 2013, 03:21:16 AM

Time for some mämmi? ;D

Nah, that's for Easter. You should try it with whipped cream or good vanilla ice cream.

Title: Re: Independence Day (Finland)
Post by: Alvis 3.1 on April 29, 2013, 04:24:02 AM

Happy Independance Day! Just think, if those events hadn't happened, we'd not have "Angry Birds" or Nokia today!

And, of course, it is a good thing to be your own country as well.


Al P.

Title: Re: Independence Day (Finland)
Post by: perttime on April 29, 2013, 03:53:25 PM

OOOps

I was just trying to add the Finnish Independence day to the Calendar, and didn't realise it becomes a Forum post.

The proper date is 6 December.

Let's see if I can edit the thread title...

Title: Re: Independence Day (Finland) 06 December
Post by: perttime on December 06, 2013, 09:14:38 PM

Some wildlife stuff with music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlandia), composed in 1899-1900 as a covert protest against increasing censorship from the Russian Empire.

http://youtu.be/3LBQs8HFVn8 (http://youtu.be/3LBQs8HFVn8)