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Also most of todays Finland was under Swedish rule until 1809.

Was any part of todays Finland not under Swedish rule 1809?

> Finland (then a part of Sweden)

If Gadolin is Finnish, then, by the same logic, Immanuel Kant is Russian, because his birthplace, Koenigsberg, is a Russian exclave now.

juhanimaOP3y ago

Gadolin was Finnish by the same logic Benjamin Franklin was American. Or would you consider him an Englishman? He was born in the British colony, after all.

heywhatupboys3y ago

> But a Swedish speaking Finn

this is the argument Russia has used to invade Ukraine...

2000UltraDeluxe3y ago

That Finland has a sizable Swedish-speaking minority? The guy was considered Swedish back then; Finland was simply the Eastern half of the Swedish kingdom.

There's plenty of Finnish speaking Swedes too. Is that also an argument for invasion?

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xxs3y ago

Swedish is an official language in Finland nowadays. Back then, it was just a part of Sweden (Finland was not independent)

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nixass3y ago

Reminds me of Tesla. Was he Serb or Croatian

XajniN3y ago

He was an American.

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