Events of the year. In the far, northern outskirts of Europe the main historical events have been eclipsed around the theme of the 200th anniversary of the 1808-09 war between Sweden (and Finland) and Russia. Albeit a minor pinprick in the midst of the Napoleonic wars, this war had a great impact on both Sweden and Finland. The Swedish lion, squeezed between the mighty eagles of France and Russia was faced with the unenviable risk of being obliterated from the ranks of independent nations because |