Introduction 1. From the Fenni to Lalli: Prehistory to 1159 The Martyrdom of Saint Henry Prehistory & Early Finns The Vikings & Balagard The Newborn King 2. East of Sweden: 1159-1809 The Imaginary Crusades People of the Österland Finland in the Northern Wars The Swedish Legacy 3. The Russian Century: 1809-1899 Industrial Revolutions Laestadius & Laestadianism The Åland War The Kalevala National Romanticism 4. A Nation is Born: 1899-1939 Russification Revolution: Whites vs Reds The Jaegers and 'King Väinö I' Racing the Storm 5. In the Cold: 1939-1991 The Winter War The Continuation & Lapland Wars Finlandisation Lapponia 6. Finland in the 21st Century Nokia & Linux Satan & Santa My Homeland is Finland 7. Eating and Drinking Food Drink Alcohol 8.

Travel Logistics National Holidays and Local Festivals Epiphany (Loppiainen) Easter (Pääsiäinen) Vappu (Walpurgisnacht) Juhannus (St John's Eve) All Saints' Day (Pyhäinpäivä) Christmas Eve (Jouluaatto) New Year (Uusi Vuosi) 9. Gazetteer Ahvenanmaa (Åland) Alavus Askainen (Villnäs) Espoo (Esbo) Helsinki (Helsingfors) Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus) Iisalmi Imatra Inari Joensuu Jyväskylä Kajaani (Kajana) Kokkola (Karleby) Kuhmo Kuopio Lahti Lappeenranta (Villmanstrand) Mikkeli (Sankt Michel) Naantali (Nådendal) Nurmijärvi Oulu (Uleåborg) Pietarsaari (Jakobstad) Pori (Björneborg) Porvoo (Borgå) Punkaharju Rovaniemi Savonlinna (Nyslott) Sonkajärvi Tampere (Tammerfors) Turku (Åbo) Vaasa (Vasa) Vantaa (Vanda) Appendix: The Lost Lands Pechenga (Petsamo) Petrozavodsk (Äänislinna) Priozersk (Käkisalmi/Kexholm) Sortavala Vyborg (Viipuri) Zelenogorsk (Terijoki) Chronology of Major Events Further Reading and References.