Portal:Finland/Did you know/2


 * ...the Finnish Air Force selected the Saab 91 Safir as its primary trainer aircraft over the domestic Valmet Tuuli III?
 * ...that the Kaleva, a Finnish passenger plane carrying diplomatic post, was shot down by Soviet bombers in an act of aggression?
 * ...that the majority of Assyrians in Finland live in Oulu, the sixth largest city in the country?
 * ...that Finland was close to becoming an independent kingdom in 1742?
 * ...that the Saint Petersburg–Hiitola railroad was completed by 1917, but a year later the Finnish Civil War caused traffic to stop, with a mile of track removed?