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Correct. But how did these cities get back to Finnish names? After the conclusion of World War I, the spirit of nationalism, inspired by Wilson's famed Fourteen points, became rampant. The ancient Finnish names were restored. Helsingfors became Helsinki. Viborg became Wipuri and so on down the list...
TIME, Dec. 25, p. 5, states that in the seven centuries when Sweden ruled what is now Finland, where the Swedes controlled the cities, Swedish names were given to such cities. In that manner, Helsinki (Finnish) became Helsingfors (Swedish...
This ambition to restore ancient geographical names went even deeper. About 40 years ago, the Finnish people resolved among themselves that they would abolish all foreign names of their families, substituting therefor the ancient family names of their forefathers. It was agreed that on a given day, all Swedish and foreign family names would be dumped into the discard and their ancient family names, which had prevailed for centuries, should be restored. This program, carried out with terrible Finnish efficiency prevailed in spite of the chaotic situations developed thereby...
...example: my good friend, the late Matti Helenius, who had published several books under the name Matti Helenius, was well known under that name all over Europe. He sought to avoid confusion by attaching his Finnish family name to his accepted name, Helenius, and thus became Matti Helenius-Seppala...
...Fighting north of Lake Laatokka in Finland, a Finnish officer and nine men saw an angel in the sky facing Russia, its arms outstretched to protect the Finns...