Indepence day

Today on the 6th of December it is Independence day in Finland, or as they call it "Suomen itsenäisyyspäivä". The movement for Finland's independence started after the revolutions in Russia, caused by disturbances inside Russia from hardships connected to the First World War. This gave Finland an opportunity to withdraw from Russian rule. After several disagreements between the non-socialists and the social-democrats over who should have power in Finland, on 4 December 1917, the Senate of Finland, led by Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, finally made a Declaration of Independence which was adopted by the Finnish parliament two days later.
In 2017 they celebrated 100 years of indepence. As I heard they celebrated it really big. But I also heard that because now it is 101 years it isn't a 'special' number, so everyone will be home and celebrate it with family and light a candle. So I don't think we will see a lot of the indepence day. 


Puhua myöhemmin
Emma