Baltic Finns
Finnic-speaking ethnic groups
Baltic Finns are the peoples native to the lands around the Baltic Sea's eastern shores who speak Finnic languages—principally Finns, Estonians, and Karelians, along with smaller groups like Veps and Ingrians.
The term distinguishes these populations from Scandinavians to the west and Slavic peoples to the south and east.
The Baltic Finns share linguistic roots but developed distinct national identities.
- EstonianBaltic nationality or language
- Iron Age settlementsCommunities from iron-smelting era
- FinnishLanguage of Finland
- folk costumesRegional ceremonial attire
- rye breadLoaf from cereal grain
oral storytelling · folk songs · animism · forest spirits · sea ice · pagan rituals · wooden churches · midsummer festivals · white nights · longship · indigenous · independence movements · amber · taiga · birch bark · shamanism · sauna · runes
- Uralic peoplesHungarians, Estonians, Sami, Moksha, Finno-Ugric
- Baltic peoplesLatvians, Lithuanians
Baltic FinnsScandinavians
People from northern Europe
Norse · Swedes · Danes · Norwegians · Vikings