Acknowledgements // xi Introduction // 1 1. From the Fenni to Lalli: Prehistory to 1159 // 5 The Martyrdom of Saint Henry // 6 Prehistory & Early Finns // 10 The Vikings & Balagard // 14 The Newborn King // 24 2. East of Sweden: 1159-1809 // 29 The Imaginary Crusades // 30 People of Österland // 36 Finns in 'New Sweden' // 43 Finland in the Northern Wars // 46 The Swedish Legacy // 51 3. The Russian Century: 1809-1899 // 56 Industrial Revolutions // 57 Laestadius & Laestadianism // 62 The Great Migration // 65 The Åland War // 68 The Kalevala // 74 National Romanticism // 77 4. A Nation is Born: 1899-1939 // 85 Russification // 87 Revolution: Whites vs Reds // 94 The Jaegers and the King of Finland // 98 Karelian Fever // 104 Racing the Storm // 110 5. The Jaws of Peril: 1939-1944 // 113 The Winter War // 115 The Continuation War // 121 The Lapland War // 128 6. In the Cold: 1944-1995 // 131 Stella Polaris // 134 Finlandisation // 138 From Eurovision to Europe // 140 7. The Landscape of Thorns: 1995-2022 // 147 Satan & Santa // 150 My Homeland is Finland // 153 Centenary, COVID, and NATO // 164 8.

Echoes of the Past // 175 The Metadata of Meals // 177 From Temperance to Pantsdrunk // 185 National Holidays and Local Festivals // 191 Architecture and Public Art // 195 Finishing with Finnish // 201 Chronology of Major Events // 205 Further Reading and References // 219.