What Finland Can Offer NATO
Posted on AllSides April 14th, 2022
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ANALYSIS
In Johan Ludvig Runeberg’s The Tales of Ensign Staal, Finland’s national epic about the 1808-09 war between Sweden (of which Finland was then part) and Russia, a hapless young man named Sven Dufva informs his father he’s joining the army. To the surprise of his father and everyone else, Dufva proceeds to become a brave soldier on whom his regiment learns to rely in battle.
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