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People: Theoderic Rood
Topic: Finnish War
Location: Monaghan Monaghan Ireland

Finnish War

Years: 1808 - 1809

The Finnish War is fought between Sweden and Russia from February 1808 to September 1809.

As a result of the war, the eastern third of Sweden is established as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within Imperial Russia.

Other notable effects are the Swedish parliament's adoption of a new constitution and the establishment of the House of Bernadotte, the new Swedish royal house, in 1818.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)