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Borders of Finland, the Glossary

The borders of Finland are the dividing lines between it and the neighbouring countries of Norway, Russia and Sweden.^[1]

42 relations: Anarjohka, Åland, Baltic Sea, Barbarian, Cairn, Central Intelligence Agency, Customs declaration, Declaration of war, East Karelia, Finland–Russia border, Finnish tribes, Guerrilla warfare, Gulf of Finland, Haapasaari (Kotka), Hanko, Finland, Helsinki, Helsinki Airport, Kilpisjärvi, Märket, Moscow Peace Treaty, Muonio (river), Norway, Paris Peace Treaties, 1947, Petsamo Province, Russia, Saimaa Canal, Saint Petersburg, Sámi peoples, Schengen Area, Sweden, Tana (Norway), The World Factbook, Three-Country Cairn, Torne (Finnish and Swedish river), Tornio, Treaty of Fredrikshamn, Treaty of Stolbovo, Treaty of Teusina, Treriksrøysa, Tripoint, Vyborg, Winter War.

Anarjohka

Anarjohka (Anárjohka, Anarjokka or Anarjohka, Inarijoki, Enare älv) is a tributary of Tana River.

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Åland

Åland (Ahvenanmaa) is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland.

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Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Barbarian

A barbarian is a person or tribe of people that is perceived to be primitive, savage and warlike.

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Cairn

A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound.

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Customs declaration

A customs declaration is a form that lists the details of goods that are being imported or exported when a citizen or visitor enters a customs territory (country's borders).

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Declaration of war

A declaration of war is a formal act by which one state announces existing or impending war activity against another.

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East Karelia

East Karelia (Itä-Karjala, Idä-Karjala), also rendered as Eastern Karelia or Russian Karelia, is a name for the part of Karelia that since the Treaty of Stolbovo in 1617 has remained Eastern Orthodox and a part of Russia.

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Finland–Russia border

The international border between Finland and Russia is long and runs approximately north to south, mostly through taiga forests and sparsely populated rural areas.

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Finnish tribes

Finnish tribes (suomalaiset heimot) are ancient ethnic groups from which over time Finns evolved.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.

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Gulf of Finland

The Gulf of Finland (Soome laht; Suomenlahti; p; Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea.

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Haapasaari (Kotka)

Haapasaari (Aspö) is an island and a former municipality of Finland in the former Kymi Province, now in the Kymenlaakso region.

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Hanko, Finland

Hanko (Hangö) is a town in Finland, located in the southern coast of the country.

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Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland.

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Helsinki Airport

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasema, Helsingfors-Vanda flygplats), or simply Helsinki Airport, is the main international airport serving Helsinki, the capital of Finland, as well as its surrounding metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region in Finland.

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Kilpisjärvi

Kilpisjärvi (Gilbbesjávri) is a village in the municipality of Enontekiö, Lapland, Finland.

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Märket

Märket ('The Mark') is a uninhabited skerry in the Baltic Sea shared by Sweden and Finland (in the area of the autonomous region Åland), with a lighthouse as its salient humanmade feature.

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Moscow Peace Treaty

The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on 12 March 1940, and the ratifications were exchanged on 21 March.

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Muonio (river)

The Muonio (Muonionjoki or Kätkäsuvanto; Muonio älv or Muonioälven; Muonionväylä) is a river in northern Finland and Sweden.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Paris Peace Treaties, 1947

The Paris Peace Treaties (Traités de Paris) were signed on 10 February 1947 following the end of World War II in 1945.

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Petsamo Province

The Province of Petsamo (Petsamon lääni, Petsamo län) was a Finnish panhandle.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Saimaa Canal

The Saimaa Canal (Saimaan kanava; Saima kanal; Сайменский канал) is a transportation canal that connects lake Saimaa with the Gulf of Finland near Vyborg, Russia.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Sámi peoples

The Sámi (also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi-speaking Indigenous peoples inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.

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Schengen Area

The Schengen Area is an area encompassing European countries that have officially abolished border controls at their mutual borders.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Tana (Norway)

The Tana (Teno or Tenojoki; Deatnu; Tana/Tanaelva; Tana älv) is a long river in the Sápmi area of northern Fennoscandia.

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The World Factbook

The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.

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Three-Country Cairn

The Three-Country Cairn (Kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykki, Golmma riikka urna, Treriksrøysa, Treriksröset) is the tripoint at which the international borders of Sweden, Norway and Finland meet, and the name of the monument that marks the point.

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Torne (Finnish and Swedish river)

The Torne, also known as the Tornio (Tornionjoki, Torne älv, Torneälven, Duortneseatnu, Väylä), is a river in northern Sweden and Finland.

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Tornio

Tornio (Torneå; Duortnus; Tuárnus) is a city and municipality in Lapland, Finland.

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Treaty of Fredrikshamn

The Treaty of Fredrikshamn (Freden i Fredrikshamn; Фридрихсгамский мирный договор), or the Treaty of Hamina (Haminan rauha), was a peace treaty concluded between Sweden and Imperial Russia on 17 September 1809.

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Treaty of Stolbovo

The Treaty of Stolbovo (Столбовский мир) was a peace treaty that ended the Ingrian War (Ingermanländska kriget), which had been fought between the Swedish Empire and the Russian Tsardom between 1610 and 1617.

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Treaty of Teusina

The Treaty of Teusina, Tyavzin or Tyavzino (Täyssinän rauha), also known as the Eternal Peace with Sweden in Russia, was concluded by Russian diplomats under the boyar Afanasiy Pushkin (an ancestor of the poet Aleksandr Pushkin) and ambassadors of the Swedish king at the village of (Täyssinä, Teusina) in Ingria on 18 May 1595 to end the Russo-Swedish War (1590–95) between the powers.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borders_of_Finland

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