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Portraying the conflicts in the present-day Finland as colonialism seems quite conversial. Finland was not a colony of Sweden, but one of its lands, i.e. an integral part of the realm. See the map on the right, which already includes Finland Proper in the 13th century. Finland's status was quite distinct from the Dominions of Sweden around the Baltic Sea. This fact was sometimes downplayed by nationalistic historiography in both Sweden and Finland, resulting to anachronistic constructions such as Sweden-Finland, which have been mostly abandoned by modern historians.
I suggest removing all the Finnish conflicts from the template. Even if there were some colonial aspects in Swedish Empire towards its Finnish-speaking subjects, that should be discussed in prose in some article, and not presented as a simple fact in a template.
This template was also added to Cudgel War, which was more like a civil war (related to War against Sigismund) in which the Lutheran king managed to rally the Finnish peasants to support his cause. What would be the colonial aspect here? Note that there were occasional peasant uprisings in other parts of Sweden also. (see Category:Rebellions in Sweden) Jähmefyysikko ( talk) 11:25, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
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Portraying the conflicts in the present-day Finland as colonialism seems quite conversial. Finland was not a colony of Sweden, but one of its lands, i.e. an integral part of the realm. See the map on the right, which already includes Finland Proper in the 13th century. Finland's status was quite distinct from the Dominions of Sweden around the Baltic Sea. This fact was sometimes downplayed by nationalistic historiography in both Sweden and Finland, resulting to anachronistic constructions such as Sweden-Finland, which have been mostly abandoned by modern historians.
I suggest removing all the Finnish conflicts from the template. Even if there were some colonial aspects in Swedish Empire towards its Finnish-speaking subjects, that should be discussed in prose in some article, and not presented as a simple fact in a template.
This template was also added to Cudgel War, which was more like a civil war (related to War against Sigismund) in which the Lutheran king managed to rally the Finnish peasants to support his cause. What would be the colonial aspect here? Note that there were occasional peasant uprisings in other parts of Sweden also. (see Category:Rebellions in Sweden) Jähmefyysikko ( talk) 11:25, 22 April 2024 (UTC)