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... Finland , Church of , or SUOMEN EVANKELIS- LUTERILAINEN - KIRKKO , the national church of Finland , changed from the Roman Catholic to the Lutheran faith during the 16th - century Protestant Reformation . Christianity was known in Finland ...
... Finland , Church of , or SUOMEN EVANKELIS- LUTERILAINEN - KIRKKO , the national church of Finland , changed from the Roman Catholic to the Lutheran faith during the 16th - century Protestant Reformation . Christianity was known in Finland ...
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... Finland , and Karelia before AD 400 - probably be- tween 100 BC and AD 100 , though some au- thorities place the migration many centuries earlier . The major modern representatives are the Finns and Estonians , who have main- tained ...
... Finland , and Karelia before AD 400 - probably be- tween 100 BC and AD 100 , though some au- thorities place the migration many centuries earlier . The major modern representatives are the Finns and Estonians , who have main- tained ...
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... Finland in the Finnish , Swedish , and , in the Middle Ages , Latin languages . The oldest form , folk poetry in the Finnish language , was transmitted orally until its transcription in the late 18th century . From the mid - 12th ...
... Finland in the Finnish , Swedish , and , in the Middle Ages , Latin languages . The oldest form , folk poetry in the Finnish language , was transmitted orally until its transcription in the late 18th century . From the mid - 12th ...
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