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If I recall correctly, the population was in the 3.5 - 4 million range (Wikipedia seems to agree). For comparison's sake, there's about 5.2 million of us today.
Certainly some in-the-past-wallowing going on here as well, there are some who clamour for returning the lost territories to Finland. It's a rather small minority without any significant political support, though.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm on Fri Jun 15th, 2007 at 06:21:36 AM EST
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So c. 2.5% loss.

Still, bringing home all the dead may have been an easier job than for countries with fallen in the hundreds of thousands or in the millions.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Thu Jun 28th, 2007 at 06:38:57 AM EST
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