Comments on: Geography of Sweden through History http://cominganarchy.com/2009/09/28/geography-of-sweden-through-history/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:47:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: s http://cominganarchy.com/2009/09/28/geography-of-sweden-through-history/comment-page-1/#comment-391053 s Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:49:36 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/?p=6699#comment-391053 wonder if you would like to make an animation based on this series? http://www.geocities.jp/eurasiamap/ http://sun-bin.blogspot.com/2009/10/full-historical-map-of-world.html wonder if you would like to make an animation based on this series?

http://www.geocities.jp/eurasiamap/

http://sun-bin.blogspot.com/2009/10/full-historical-map-of-world.html

]]> By: Alfred Russel Wallace http://cominganarchy.com/2009/09/28/geography-of-sweden-through-history/comment-page-1/#comment-390952 Alfred Russel Wallace Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:30:12 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/?p=6699#comment-390952 I think the period 1397-1523 was dominated by Denmark - is that correct? I think the period 1397-1523 was dominated by Denmark – is that correct?

]]> By: Lexington Green http://cominganarchy.com/2009/09/28/geography-of-sweden-through-history/comment-page-1/#comment-390951 Lexington Green Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:01:17 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/?p=6699#comment-390951 Maybe "1809 Finland under Russian administration" would capture it. Maybe “1809 Finland under Russian administration” would capture it.

]]> By: Master Cook http://cominganarchy.com/2009/09/28/geography-of-sweden-through-history/comment-page-1/#comment-390948 Master Cook Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:52:32 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/?p=6699#comment-390948 I was going to point out the same thing. Technically, Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy between 1809 and 1917, where the Grand Duke happened to be the Russian Tsar. And it was administered separately from the rest of the Russian Empire and did have genuine local autonomy. The Tsars seemed to like Finland and worked to keep their bureaucrats from treating it like the rest of their empire. In many ways this prefigured the Finland -USSR relationship after World War II. Still to call Finland "independent" after 1809 stretches things a bit. I was going to point out the same thing.

Technically, Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy between 1809 and 1917, where the Grand Duke happened to be the Russian Tsar. And it was administered separately from the rest of the Russian Empire and did have genuine local autonomy. The Tsars seemed to like Finland and worked to keep their bureaucrats from treating it like the rest of their empire. In many ways this prefigured the Finland -USSR relationship after World War II.

Still to call Finland “independent” after 1809 stretches things a bit.

]]> By: Lexington Green http://cominganarchy.com/2009/09/28/geography-of-sweden-through-history/comment-page-1/#comment-390946 Lexington Green Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:48:12 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/?p=6699#comment-390946 One quibble -- 1809 "independence" of Finland was really loss of Finland to Russia -- I got that from a Swedish friend I sent this to. One quibble — 1809 “independence” of Finland was really loss of Finland to Russia — I got that from a Swedish friend I sent this to.

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