Finnish History A-Z

Guess these people, places, and things from the history of Finland that start with each letter of the alphabet.

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Hint		Answer
A	The League of Nations granted Finland ownership of this island chain	Åland
B	Jarl who launched the Second Swedish Crusade against the Tavastians	Birger Jarl
C	War that killed over 36,000 Finns in 1918	Civil War
D	When part of the Kalmar Union, several kings from this country ruled Finland	Denmark
E	Organization that Finland joined in 1995	European Union
F	Event which killed one third of Finland's population in the late 17th century	Great Famine
G	Chemical element named after Johan Gadolin	Gadolinium
H	City that became Finland's capital in 1812	Helsinki
I	In 1995, Finland won their first ever championship in this sport	Ice hockey
J	Swedish king who assumed himself the title of Grand Duke of Finland	John III
K	Cold War-era president who ruled for 26 years	Urho Kekkonen
L	In 1944-45, Finland fought a war against Germany in this northern region	Lapland
M	Currency introduced in 1860	Markka
N	War in which the Swedish empire lost territory, including parts of Finland	Great Northern War
O	Event hosted in H in 1952	Olympics
P	Finnish Guards took part in suppressing the November Uprising in this country, earning the Order of St. George	Poland
Q	This mineral was used to make tools during the stone age in Finland	Quartz
R	Country that took control of Finland in 1809 after winning the Finnish War	Russia
S	Indigenous people that arrived in Finland over 3500 years ago	Sámi
T	Finland's biggest and most important city during the Swedish rule	Turku
U	Finland's oldest type of this institute was established in 1640	University
V	Once the fourth-biggest city in Finland, lost after W	Vyborg
W	War fought against the Soviet Union in 1940	Winter War
X	Finnish studies showed that this chemical reduces cavities in teeth	Xylitol
Y	Common name for Finland's broadcasting company, founded in 1926	Yle
Z	1972 event in which secret papers were leaked to the press	Zavidovo Leak

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