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Estonian Emigrants To Sweden
Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * * Estonia (other) * Languages of Estonia * List of Estonians This is a list of notable people from Estonia, or of Estonian ancestry. Architects * Andres Alver (born 1953) * Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020) * Karl Burman (1882–1965) * Eugen Habermann (1884–1944) * Georg Hellat (1870–1943) * Otto Pius Hip ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest List of cities and towns in Estonia, urban areas. The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the Estonians, majority of its population of nearly 1.4 million. Estonia is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The Ancient Estonia#Early Middle Ages, medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonians
Estonians or Estonian people () are a Finnic ethnic group native to the Baltic Sea region in Northern Europe, primarily their nation state of Estonia. Estonians primarily speak the Estonian language, a language closely related to other Finnic languages, e.g. Finnish, Karelian and Livonian. The Finnic languages are a subgroup of the larger Uralic family of languages, which also includes e.g. the Sami languages. These languages are markedly different from most other native languages spoken in Europe, most of which have been assigned to the Indo-European family of languages. Estonians can also be classified into subgroups according to dialects (e.g. Võros, Setos), although such divisions have become less pronounced due to internal migration and rapid urbanisation in Estonia in the 20th century. There are approximately 1 million ethnic Estonians worldwide, with the vast majority of them residing in their native Estonia. Estonian diaspora communities formed primarily in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Language
Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language and the official language of Estonia. It is written in the Latin script and is the first language of the majority of the country's population; it is also an official language of the European Union. Estonian is spoken natively by about 1.1 million people: 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 elsewhere. Classification By Convention (norm), conventions of historical linguistics, Estonian is classified as a part of the Finnic languages, Finnic (a.k.a. Baltic Finnic) branch of the Uralic languages, Uralic (a.k.a. Uralian, or Finno-Ugric languages, Finno-Ugric) language family. Other Finnic languages include Finnish language, Finnish and several endangered languages spoken around the Baltic Sea and in northwestern Russia. Estonian is typically subclassified as a Southern Finnic language, and it is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. Alongside Finnish, Hungarian language, Hungarian and Maltese language, Maltese, Estonian is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Cuisine
Traditional Estonian cuisine has substantially been based on meat and potatoes, and on Fish (food), fish in coastal and lakeside areas. However, it now shows influences from a variety of international cuisines and ingredients, with a number of contributions from the traditions of nearby countries. German cuisine, German, Swedish cuisine, Swedish, Russian cuisine, Russian, Finnish cuisine, Finnish and other influences have played their part. The most typical foods in Estonia have been rye bread, barley, pork, fish, potatoes and dairy cattle, cow dairy products. In terms of staple food, Estonia is similar to other countries in the Baltic Sea Baltic region, region. Cold table The Entrée, first course in traditional Estonian cuisine is based on cold dishes — a selection of pickling, pickles, meats and sausages () served with potato salad (), cottage cheese (''kodujuust''), or ''rosolje'', an Estonian signature dish almost identical to Swedish , based on beetroot, potatoes and herr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Culture
The culture of Estonia combines an indigenous heritage, represented by the country's Finnic languages, Finnic national language Estonian language, Estonian, with Nordic countries, Nordic and German culture, German cultural aspects. Over the centuries, the culture of modern Estonia has been significantly influenced by that of the Germanic-speaking world. Due to its history and geography, Estonia's culture has also been influenced by the traditions of the Baltic Germans and Scandinavians as well as the neighbouring Balts, Baltic, Slavs, Slavic, and Finnic peoples. Arts Literature Though the tradition of creating books in the Estonian language could be said to have existed since the publication of the Wanradt–Koell Catechism in 1535, few notable works of non-ecclesiastical literature were written until the early 1800s, which saw the beginning of an Estonian national romantic movement. This prompted Friedrich Robert Faehlmann to collect Estonian folk poetry, and Friedrich Rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia (other)
Estonia is a country in Northern Europe. The same country, or larger part of it, has also been referred to as: * Danish Estonia, a dominion of Denmark (1219–1346) * Swedish Estonia, a dominion of Sweden (1561–1721) * Governorate of Estonia, a province of the Russian Empire (1796–1917) * Estonian SSR, an occupied administrative subunit of the Soviet Union (1940–1941, 1944–1990) * Estonia electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917) * Estonia (European Parliament constituency) Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ... Estonia may also refer to: * Estonia (organization) * Estonia (piano), a piano brand ** Estonia Piano Factory, manufacturers of the Estonia piano * Estonia (race car), a race car brand * "Estonia" (song), a song by Maril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Languages Of Estonia
The official language of Estonia is Estonian language, Estonian, a Uralic languages, Uralic language of the Finnic languages, Finnic branch, which is related to Finnish language, Finnish. It is unrelated to the bordering Russian language, Russian and Latvian language, Latvian languages, both of which are Indo-European languages, Indo-European (more specifically East Slavic languages, East Slavic and Baltic languages, Baltic, respectively). Minority languages Võro Võro language, Võro is a language from the Finnic languages, Finnic branch of the Uralic languages. It used to be considered a dialect of the South Estonian, South Estonian dialect group of the Estonian language, but nowadays it has its own literary standard and is in search of official recognition as an indigenous regional language of Estonia. Seto dialect Seto dialect, Seto is a language from the Finnic languages, Finnic branch of the Uralic languages. It is sometimes identified as a dialect of either South Es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Estonians
This is a list of notable people from Estonia, or of Estonian ancestry. Architects * Andres Alver (born 1953) * Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020) * Karl Burman (1882–1965) * Eugen Habermann (1884–1944) * Georg Hellat (1870–1943) * Otto Pius Hippius (1826–1883) * Erich Jacoby (1885–1941) * Herbert Johanson (1884–1964) * Peep Jänes (born 1936) * Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974) (USA) * Raine Karp (born 1939) * Alar Kotli (1904–1963) * Edgar-Johan Kuusik (1888–1974) * Ernst Gustav Kühnert (1885–1961) *Vilen Künnapu (born 1948) * Elmar Lohk (1901–1963) * Ülar Mark (born 1968) * Margit Mutso (born 1966) * Robert Natus (1890–1950) * Uno Prii (1924–2000) * Raivo Puusepp (born 1960) * Jacques Rosenbaum (1878–1944) * Eugen Sacharias (1906–2002) * Olev Siinmaa (1881–1948) * Elmar Tampõld (1920–2013) Business and politics * Hardo Aasmäe (1951–2014), geographer, politician, encyclopedist * Friedrich Akel (1871–1941), politician, former head of state * Andru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
