[flakeoil]

But a Swedish speaking Finn and it seems he made his discoveries while living in Sweden.

From wikipedia:

"Johan Gadolin was born in Åbo (Finnish name Turku), Finland (then a part of Sweden)." [0]

"In 1779 Gadolin moved to Uppsala University."

Uppsala is in Sweden.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Gadolin

[Erikun]

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

[mongol]

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

[Erikun]

The area around Viborg was lost to the russians in 1721 and 1743. The western part of that, Lappeenranta and part of Kymenlaakso, are part of Finland today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Finland

[nine_k]

> 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.

[juhanima]

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.

[heywhatupboys]

> But a Swedish speaking Finn

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

[2000UltraDeluxe]

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?

[heywhatupboys]

No, that speaking Swedish means you are not Finnish or, in any remote way, makes you "closer to being Swedish"

[2000UltraDeluxe]

What's your opinion on Belgians and the Swiss?

[heywhatupboys]

that language != nationality?

[xxs]

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

[heywhatupboys]

the point is that just because a Finnish person speaks Swedish as native language does NOT make them Swedish! or any less Finnnish

[nixass]

Reminds me of Tesla. Was he Serb or Croatian

[XajniN]

He was an American.

[nixass]

Right