Herman Karlsson
Director
Finlands historia (2020)
Season 1
Join a crazy adventure from the Stone Age to independence. A new comedy series about the history of Finland. Who really murdered Rasputin? How did the Crusades really begin? What does Santa have to do with the Estonian ferry? Join a crazy adventure from the Stone Age to independence and learn how everything might have happened because after all, history is written by those who won. The history of Finland is a comedy where the truth gets a real rice sauna. From Urdonners to drag queen tsars, you've never heard of Finland's history like this before.
Released Feb. 9, 2020
Episode 5 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.history, imdb.history-of-finland
Production Companies: Poolboy Oy
Network: Yle Areena
Country:
Languages:
Swedish
S1E1 - Den tidiga forntiden
Join Göran Blindt on a journey through Finnish history. In search of mammoths, the Neanderthals get lost but find something that can still be seen in Finland today; Urdonnern.
Feb. 9, 2020, midnight
S1E2 - Istiden
When the climate begins to get cold, emotions heat up and the Neanderthals invent voting and the death penalty. They also get to learn what it means to freeze your butt off.
Feb. 9, 2020, midnight
S1E3 - Människans ankomst
Homo sapiens arrives in Finland with Tall-link and meets the Neanderthals. Their loving meeting leads to the birth of Homo finlandus.
Feb. 9, 2020, midnight
S1E4 - Stenåldern
Homo finlandus eats psychedelic mushrooms, fishes with tail fins and gets chlamydia from pike. The Vikings arrive in Finland and are treated strangely.
Feb. 9, 2020, midnight
S1E5 - Bronsåldern
The Vikings give Homo finlandus both beer and bronze, which of course leads to tails being cut off. Sudden death and hard times can only be cured with sauna and mämmi.
Feb. 9, 2020, midnight
S1E6 - Järnåldern
The Finns make the Vikings both find God and lose faith. The Swedish king realizes that one can control people with religion and sends priests to Christianize the Finns.
Feb. 9, 2020, midnight
S1E7 - Korstågen
Bishop Henrik comes to Finland with the first crusade. But he actually came by boat. The Finns are more difficult to Christianize than the Swedes believe and the faith is tested on many battlefields.
Feb. 9, 2020, midnight
S1E8 - Den svenska tiden
The Crusades led to the arrival of the Swedes in Finland and with them comes champagne. A misunderstanding leads to both Suomenlinna being built and a trade war with the Hanseatic League.
Feb. 9, 2020, midnight
S1E9 - Den svenska tiden fortsätter
Swedish kings come and go, but the plague of Finland remains. When the Finnish demonstrations have lasted long enough, a king gets a flash of genius: start a war against Russia.
Feb. 9, 2020, midnight
S1E10 - Den ryska tiden
Finland gains autonomy under the Russian Empire, but nascent peasants make the tsar change his mind. Nationalism rises on its head and A Ensign's steel beds change the world.
Feb. 9, 2020, midnight
S1E11 - Vägen till självständighet
Eugen Schauman continues his adventures during the First World War. The Tsar swears allegiance to Tengil and Lenin's lack of Ming vases creates Finland.
Feb. 9, 2020, midnight
Network: Yle Areena
Episode Runtime: 5 min.
Season Runtime: 55 min.
Released: Feb. 9, 2020
Last Air Date: Feb. 9, 2020, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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