| General
Information
about Finland
Finland won its
complete independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able
to successfully defend its freedom and resist invasions by the
Soviet Union, but with some loss of territory. In the subsequent
half century, the Finns 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.
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