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The Republic of Finland (Suomen Tasavalta) is one of the Nordic countries in northern Europe; its capital is Helsinki. Finland was ruled by Sweden from the 12th century until 1809, when the Russian empire conquered Finland during the Napoleonic wars. Finland declared its independence on December 6, 1917. Russia (then about to become Soviet Union) formally accepted Finnish independence shortly thereafter. During World War II, Finland fought the Soviet Union twice and was able to maintain its independence. In the subsequent half century, the Finns have made a remarkable transformation from a farm/forest economy to a diversified modern industrial economy; per capita income is now on par with Western Europe. As a member of the European Union, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system at its initiation in January 1999.

Languages spoken: Finnish (appr. 95% native speakers) and Swedish (appr. 5%), both languages official and familiar at least to some degree to majority of the other native speaker group.

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

Area: 335,593 km, of which 303,003 km is land.

Not Wikified.