Great Northern War

[Dacul]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_War

[Albion]

It's a shame the Swedish Empire didn't last a bit longer, once they lost Finland they lost their lebensraum. I suppose Lappland was a consolation price.

[Geminus]

It's a shame the Swedish Empire didn't last a bit longer, once they lost Finland they lost their lebensraum. I suppose Lappland was a consolation price.

They just didn't have the amount of people to really stand a chance against their powerful neighbours. But they really did a good job if you look at what resources they had available-

[Albion]

I've always thought of Lapland as some wilderness which Sweden and Norway expanded into. I suppose it's a sort of romantic image comparable to the Russian conquest of Siberia or the settlement of Canada and America, but over a much longer period.

I wonder if there's much information available on the Swedish and Norwegian encroachment into Lapland? There doesn't seem to be much in English anyway.