One might credit the tiny house movement with a new minimalist lifestyle, but the Scandinavians have embraced, elevated and perfected the small, sleek essentials for cozy living for millennia. Finland has been settled since the Ice Age, and lived under Swedish and Russian rule at different times until its independence in 1917. The Republic of Finland embraces nearly 120,000 square miles, 2,760 miles of coast line on the Baltic Sea and more than 50,000 islands. Population hovers around 5.6 million.The …
