[Magdalen] Allons Enfants de la Patrie.

[Jay Weigel]

It's also my oldest son Sam's birthday. He's 46. Egad! When told of his
birth, my Aunt Mary, who had lived in in Paris for some years after WWII,
grinned and said, "Well, he broke out, didn't he?" She was my mother's
older sister and my favorite aunt, though I didn't get to see her very
often.

On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 5:10 PM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> There is an increasingly small percentage of Finnish citizens
> who are ethnic Swedes, and speak Swedish at home.  I think it is
> now less than 10%, though it was much higher a century ago.
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> Swedish is, however, a co-legal language in Finland, and all government
> business must be in Swedish if that is desired.
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> David S.
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> In a message dated 7/14/2018 3:38:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> magdalen at herberthouse.org writes:
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> The history of the three countries - Norway, Sweden and Finland - is
> also somewhat intertwined. Finland was part of the Swedish Empire until
> being annexed by Russia in 1809 and declared independence in 1917.
> Thereasfter it developed strong links with Sweden.
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> Roger
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