[rags2riches]

Similar jokes were made when the outlook for a Swedish NATO ascension was bad. The much more cool-headed and diplomatically grounded Finns were set to join NATO without trouble. So the solution was obvious: Sweden should join Finland instead of NATO.

Relevant context is that Norway was the junior partner of a personal union with Sweden for most of the nineteenth century and until 1905. Also Sweden and Finland was one and the same realm for six centuries or so until 1809.

[mistrial9]

also some other Scandinavians captured and sold Finns as slaves until about 1100.. some things are hard to forget once known widely

[type0]

Yeah, but Lithuanians were the biggest slave traders on the Baltic sea up until until Christianity was widely adopted in the 15th century

[mistrial9]

aha - that puts a different light on the Prussian Northern Crusades right there.. interesting

[mistrial9]

addend - Lithuanian king Mendog was christianized in 1250