Happy birthday to you...

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by Natsku

Finland might have been born in 1809, but it never truly lived until 2007, when I arrived here

Finland was born around 8500 BC when the first inhabitants arrived here. If they were Sami or 'Finns', we don't know.

But something drew them up here, just like you.

[Natsku]

Originally Posted by Ariete

Finland was born around 8500 BC when the first inhabitants arrived here. If they were Sami or 'Finns', we don't know.

But something drew them up here, just like you.

Probably the reindeer and salmiakki.

[Douglas Dakota]

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by Natsku

Probably the reindeer and salmiakki.

The receding glaciers at the end of the ice age, and the reindeer moving into fresh pastureland, experts say.

[Natsku]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

The receding glaciers at the end of the ice age, and the reindeer moving into fresh pastureland, experts say.

And the wild salmiakki soon followed, in search of new pastures.