Finland is without important mineral deposits except…
1852 CE to 1863 CE
During the nineteenth century, its sole natural resource is timber, and this becomes to be the basis on which industrialization is launched.
By the mid-nineteenth century, wood is beginning to be in short supply in Central Europe and in Western Europe, but at the same time it is needed in unprecedented quantities for railroad ties, mine shaft supports, construction, and paper production.
Finland thus finds a ready and expanding market for its wood.
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