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<p><b>Finland's language strife</b> (; ) was a major conflict in mid-19th century <a href="page.php?w=History_of_Finland">Finland</a>. Both the <a href="page.php?w=Swedish_language">Swedish</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Finnish_language">Finnish</a> languages were commonly used in Finland at the time, associated with descendants of <a href="page.php?w=Swedish_colonisation_of_Finland">Swedish colonisation</a> and leading to class tensions among the speakers of the different languages. It became acute in the mid-19th century. </p>

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