2023 ⟶ Finland Formally Enters NATO

April 4: Finland joins NATO.
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🥔 Great Famine in Finland

1868: Famine in Finland.⟶
Great Famine in Finland (1866)
FamineAgricultureEconomic HardshipSocial ImpactFood ShortageDisaster
FinlandFinland

⚔️ Finnish Civil War

January – May: Finnish Civil War.⟶
Finnish Civil War (1918)
Civil WarWorld War I EraSocialismNationalismPolitical Violence
FinlandFinland

📞 First GSM Telephone Call

The world's first GSM telephone call is made in Finland.⟶
First GSM Telephone Call (1991)
TelecommunicationsMobile PhonesWireless CommunicationDigital Revolution
FinlandFinland

📱 First Commercial Mobile Web Service Launched with Texting

Mobile web was first commercially offered in Finland on the Nokia 9000 Communicator phone, and it was also the first phone with texting.⟶
First Commercial Mobile Web Service Launched with Texting (1996)
Mobile TechnologyWireless CommunicationInternet
FinlandFinland

🛡️ Finland Formally Enters NATO

April 4: Finland joins NATO.⟶
Finland Formally Enters NATO (2023)
NATOMilitary AllianceGeopoliticsCold War LegacySecurityEuropean UnionDefense
FinlandFinland

🛡️ Sweden Formally Joins NATO

March 7: Sweden joins NATO⟶
Sweden Formally Joins NATO (2024)
NATOMilitary AllianceCold WarGeopoliticsSecurityInternational RelationsEuropean UnionDefense
SwedenSweden