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by mongol 1248 days ago
Was any part of todays Finland not under Swedish rule 1809?
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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