The historian Peter Englund has noted that Swedish-ruled Finland was not so much part of a national union or a province as "the eastern half of the realm which was practically destroyed in 1809, when both parts went on along their separate ways."
Historikern Peter Englund har noterat att svenskt styre över Finland inte var så mycket del av en nationell union eller en provins som "den östra halvan av riket som praktiskt taget förstördes 1809, när båda delarna gick skilda vägar".