Book/Printed Material Finland : a country study
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Image 1 of Finland : a country study area handbook series Finland a country study- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 2 of Finland : a country study- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 3 of Finland : a country study- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 4 of Finland : a country study- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 5 of Finland : a country study Finland a country study Federal Research Division Library of Congress Edited by Eric Solsten and Sandra W Meditz Research Completed December 1988- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 6 of Finland : a country study On the cover A lion rampant the Finnish national symbol Second Edition 1990 First Printing 1990 Copyright 1990 United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army All rights reserved…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 7 of Finland : a country study Foreword This volume is one in a continuing series of books now being prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Con gress under the Country Studies Area Handbook Program…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 8 of Finland : a country study- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 9 of Finland : a country study Acknowledgements While accepting full responsibility for the information and opin ions expressed in this study the authors are grateful to numerous individuals in various agencies of the United States government and in…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 10 of Finland : a country study- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 11 of Finland : a country study Contents Page Foreword iii Acknowledgments v Preface xiii Country Profile XV Introduction xxiii Chapter 1 Historical Setting i Paul Rood ORIGINS OF THE FINNS 4 THE ERA OF SWEDISH RULE c 11501809…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 12 of Finland : a country study Chapter 2 The Society and Its Environment 7i Eric Solsten GEOGRAPHY 74 Size External Boundaries and Geology 74 Landform Regions 75 Climate 79 DEMOGRAPHY 79 External Migration 81 Internal Migration 81 Urbanization…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 13 of Finland : a country study Economic Development 143 Structure of the Economy 147 ROLE OF GOVERNMENT 150 Macroeconomic Policy 152 Public Finance 154 HUMAN RESOURCES 156 Employment 156 Industrial Relations 158 AGRICULTURE FORESTRY AND FISHERIES 160 Agriculture…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 14 of Finland : a country study Electoral System 243 Aland Islands 245 POLITICAL DYNAMICS 246 The Social Democratic Party 248 The Center Party 252 The National Coalition Party 254 The Communist Party of Finland 255 The Swedish People…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 15 of Finland : a country study SOURCES OF EQUIPMENT 327 Arms Acquisitions from Foreign Suppliers 328 Domestic Arms Production 329 CIVIL DEFENSE 330 PUBLIC ORDER AND SECURITY 332 Police Organization 332 Central Criminal Police 335 Mobile Police 335…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 16 of Finland : a country study 15 Structure of Gross Domestic Product GDP 1986 149 16 Agriculture and Forestry 1985 168 17 Minerals and Industries 1985 180 18 Transportation System 1986 196 19 System of Government 1988 224…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 17 of Finland : a country study Preface Like its predecessor this study is an attempt to treat in a com pact and objective manner the dominant social economic and mili tary aspects of contemporary Finland Sources of information…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 18 of Finland : a country study- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 19 of Finland : a country study Country Profile Country Formal Name Republic of Finland Short Form Finland Term for Citizens Finns Capital Helsinki XV- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 20 of Finland : a country study Date of Independence December 6 1917 Geography Size About 338145 square kilometers slightly larger than Missouri and Illinois combined About 10 percent of area made up of inland water A quarter of…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 21 of Finland : a country study system Around 100000 each studied at academic high schools and country s twenty universitylevel facilities while remainder were at multitude of institutions that provided career training of vary ing levels and duration…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 22 of Finland : a country study General Economic Conditions Standard of living high despite difficult environment Inflation traditionally exceeded that of other industrialized countries but fell below 4 percent in 1986 unem ployment at about 6 percent in…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 23 of Finland : a country study Politics As many as a dozen parties actively articulate wide range of political viewpoints Smaller number of parties socialist and non socialist have participated in cabinet governments in the postwar era All…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 24 of Finland : a country study plus independent infantry battalions field and coast artillery and antiaircraft units In wartime would consist of an estimated 20 to 25 brigades at full strength of 6800 each plus 70 independent light…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 25 of Finland : a country study- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 26 of Finland : a country study International boundary Provincial boundary National capital Provincial capital 50 100 Kilometers Figure 1 Administrative Divisions of Finland 1988 xxii- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 27 of Finland : a country study Introduction FINLAND HAS BEEN THE SITE of human habitation since the last ice age ended 10000 years ago When the first Swedish speaking settlers arrived in the ninth century the country was…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 28 of Finland : a country study subjects to allegiance than to subjugate them by force He made the country the Grand Duchy of Finland and granted it an autono mous status within the empire see The Russian Grand…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 29 of Finland : a country study law commerce and culture Several generations of struggle were needed before the Finnish nationadist movement realized its objectives Numerous members of the Swedishspeaking community entered the C2impaign adopting Finnish as their language…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 30 of Finland : a country study were not subject to import duties they could be sold at lower prices than comparable goods coming from Western Europe The appearance of an industrial sector offered employment to a rural work…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 31 of Finland : a country study The second Russian revolution allowed Finland to break away from the Russian empire and independence was declared on December 6 1917 Within weeks domestic political differences led to an armed struggle among…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 32 of Finland : a country study Finland s economy diversified further during the the 1920s and the 1930s Timber the country s green gold remained essen tial but timber products such as pulp and paper came to displace…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 33 of Finland : a country study A less concrete problem but ultimately a more important one was the regulation of Finland s international relations see The Cold War and the Treaty of 1948 ch 1 Foreign Relations ch…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 34 of Finland : a country study hallmark of this policy Since the 1960s Finland has urged the for mation of a Nordic Nuclear WeaponsFree Zone Nordic NWFZ and in the 1970s was the host of the Conference on…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 35 of Finland : a country study activist Christians each had their own party and environmentalists won several seats in the 1983 and the 1987 national elections The most active of the protest parties was the Finnish Rural Party…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 36 of Finland : a country study serious hurdles Although it was never occupied Finland had suffered extensive material damage especially in the north The burden of reparations to be paid in kind meant that much rebuild ing had…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 37 of Finland : a country study countryside to the urbanized south the Great Migration It gave Finns improved hving conditions but it caused much uprooting with predictable social effects loss of traditional social ties psy chological disorders and…- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 38 of Finland : a country study- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 39 of Finland : a country study Chapter 1 Historical Setting- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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Image 40 of Finland : a country study Fifteenth century Olavinlinna Fortress in Savonlinna- Contributor: Meditz, Sandra W. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Solsten, Eric
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