Talk:Ostrobothnia (historical province)

message: Related to the map discussion above, the notion that Ostrobothnia has land borders with Sweden is nonsense. The comment that it has a border with Vasterbotten presumably relates to period when the whole of this area was under Swedish control, and indeed Vasterbotten would be to the west, but with a significant stretch of water between the regions. David Martland (talk) 07:15, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it's a strange statement since both provinces were in Sweden. The map is also wrong since it doesn't show the historical province which also included parts of the present Swedish province Norrbotten. See for example this map Närking (talk) 08:03, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Borders

message: Why do we have links for "culture in Ostrobothina" and "heraldry in Ostrobothnia" when we don't have any articles for them?! They're useless! I'm going to delete them if anyone doesn't have any objections to that. --Thorri 18:33, 22 Aug 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Useless

message: The tools found at the 'wolf cave' site (dead link at bottom of article page) in Lappfjärd appear to have been made by neanderthals, not humans, according to this cached website: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:Gb0ieyVb5I4J:sydaby.eget.net/eng/wolf/wolf_ralf.htm+varggrottan&hl=en&client=firefox-a
(the original appears to not be posted anymore, if you are interested in this topic it looks like there is a Swedish book available: ISSN 0782-3649)
:The Neanderthals are human too! though "early humans", not modern. (All species with "Homo" in scientific name are regarded as humans, as for instance Homo Neanderthaliensis) I added a note about this. -Islander(Scandinavia) 18:13, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Earliest Human?=

message: This is what Encyclopaedia Britannica says: Pohjanmaa, also called  Ostrobothnia, or Ostrobothnian Plain,  Swedish  Österbotten,  lowland plain in Vaasa and Oulu läänit (provinces), western Finland.  http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9060530
Fred-Chess 21:34, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: -"The word pohja means either "north" or "bottom", and maa is "land". In ancient Scandinavian understanding, the north was the bottom of the world, where the Sun disappeared each night. The word was associated with the cardinal direction because the houses were constructed such that the back of the house faced north, the coldest direction."
Finland isn't part of Scandinavia and the meaning of the Swedish name (which differ from the Finnish) of the province isn't explained at all. This should be explained better so that it doesn't lead to misunderstandings. --80.244.79.111 (talk) 17:45, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Explanation of the name

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message: The article mentions that the Ostrobothnians revolted against the stationing of regular soldiers in their area. This is not quite the whole picture; what they were revolting against was having to house and feed the soldiers without reimbursement. Also, the Cudgel War was not solely a local uprising. It was partly fomented by agents of Duke Charles, the Protestant uncle of the Catholic King Sigismund, the concurrent ruler of Sweden and Poland. Charles had already wrested control of Sweden from his nephew and was seeking to add Finland to his territory. In this he eventually succeeded and was duly crowned King Charles IX of Sweden while Sigismund retained Poland. The Finnish nobility, who had sided with Sigismund, suffered for their choice.--Death Bredon (talk) 20:40, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Cudgel War