This is quite interesting news. They are going to launch a new crown (krona/kruunu) this year to reminisce happenings 200 years ago. I don't know whether it's a conincidence or not, but anyway the new coin will have references to Finland on the other side of it. The symbolic sea between Sweden and Finland is there with a nice phrase around it:"The wonderful story about the land on the other side of the sea". Check the links, if you will (Swedish and Finnish).
The Swedes are against the idea of celebrating their defeat 200 years ago. On the other hand, they have made art of failures: one of them lies in Vasa museum, LOL! But seriously, why would they care? The arrogant style the Swedes possess is still there, and it was there even when Sweden lost Finland to Russia. If you like history, you know that there was a Finn who found Swedish hybris intolerable and thus dedicated his life to separate Finland from Sweden. He played a big part in 1809 when it finally happened. We can always speculate, was it 'out of the frying pan, into the fire' type of destiny for Finland. Hell, if the Swedes still don't really like the Finns (as the comments reveal in DN), why hold the grudge in the first place? One should think they were in fact happy to get rid of us rednecks.
Ok, this whole thing may be an April fool joke, but what if it isn't? At least it has gathered a lot of attention already. And the Finnish press fell for it, hook line and sinker. I wish it were true just the same. Then I could count on the fact that the Swedes would choose euro for their currency as soon as possible. Now that their own precious crown had been spoilt. Such sensitive a nation - I hope.
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