Since 1200 AD, if not earlier, Finland was part of Sweden. The Finns and Swedes lived amicably side by side, as a united people. When the Kingdom of Sweden gradually extended its formal frontiers to include all of Finland, the…...
St. Thomas, to-day one of the islands in the United States Virgin Islands, was until 31st. March 1917 a part of the Danish West Indies. In the time before invention of the telegraph, the island, having a central position in…...
For the period between 01.05.29 and 30.06.72 in Denmark it was possible for letters or postcards to be delivered on a Sunday, providing a special fee was paid, and certain other conditions applied. Whilst I do not know for certain,…...
In November 1977, the last Finnish United Nations soldiers left Cyprus: the contribution of Finland to restore peace on that island came to an end, after 13 years of peacekeeping activities. Historical Review On March 4th 1964, the United Nations…...
