Documentaries

Documentaries about Finland, including its history and culture.

History & culture

• Carl Gustaf Mannerheim: The Marshal of Finland (Opens in new window) by Spartan761 - History
• Estonia and Finland - Brothers in arms (Opens in new window) by Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)
• Finland | A Story of Silence and Snow (Opens in new window) by HistoryCity
• History of Finland (Animated) (Opens in new window) by Serbian Mapping
• History Of The Finns (Opens in new window) by RandomHistory
• How Finland Avoids A Russian Invasion (Opens in new window) by OBF
• How Finland defeated fascism (Opens in new window) by Vox
• How the Reds Lost the Finnish Civil War (Opens in new window) by History Hustle
• Making Karelian Pies (Opens in new window) by Mikko Hyvärinen
• Origin of the Finns, Hungarians and other Uralians (Opens in new window) by Masaman
• The Animated History of Finland (Opens in new window) by Suibhne
• The Dark Side of Finland - Light on The North (Opens in new window) by VPRO World Stories
• The Finnish Puukko: Over 2,000 Years of Steel, Wood, and Craftsmanship (Opens in new window) by The Knife Life
• The Hakkapeliittas – Brutally infamous Finnish cavalry (Opens in new window) by Anttimation
• The Road to Independence - Finland in WW1 (Opens in new window) by The Great War
• Traditional Crafts of Finland - Puukko Knife Making (Opens in new window) by Northmen
• Traditional Finnish Log House Building Process (Opens in new window) by Northmen
• What Finland Understands About Log Houses That We Don’t (Opens in new window) by How Houses Are Made
• Where is Scandinavia? (Opens in new window) by CGP Grey
• Why didn’t the USSR Annex Finland (Opens in new window) by History Matters

Winter War & Continuation War

• 10 Crazy Ways Finland Fought Off Soviet Domination (Opens in new window) by TopTenz
• 542 Kills in 98 Days: The Legend of Simo Häyhä (Opens in new window) by Battle Guide
• Finnish Winter War: The Small Nation That Resisted a Superpower (Opens in new window) by The Front
• Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia (Opens in new window) by Ben Strout
• How Finland Defeated Soviet Russia (Almost) (Opens in new window) by CallMeEzekiel
• How Finland Survived a 1,000,000+ Soviet Invasion (1939-1940) (Opens in new window) by Invicta
• Inside the Most Prepared Country on Earth (Opens in new window) by Johnny Harris
• Occupation - The Winter War (Opens in new window) by Shota Malashkhia
• Perkele! Finland Strikes Back - WW2 - 15 December 1939 (Opens in new window) by The Great War
• Rifles of Simo Häyhä: The World’s Greatest Sniper (Opens in new window) by Forgotten Weapons
• Russian Invasion of Finland - The Winter War 1939-40 (Opens in new window) by Dark Docs
• Russian Invasion of Finland - The Winter War 1939-40 (Opens in new window) by Mark Felton Productions
• Simo Häyhä - The White Death Sniper (Opens in new window) by Dark Docs
• Soviet Invasion of Finland: Winter War 1939-40 (Opens in new window) by Real Time History
• Spirit of The Winter War (Opens in new window) by Karpo Official
• Talvisota – The Winter War (Opens in new window) by Sabaton History
• That Time Finland & Germany Invaded Soviet Russia (Opens in new window) by CallMeEzekiel
• The Confusing Belligerent Status of FINLAND in WW2 Explained (Opens in new window) by The Front
• The Finnish Winter War Was Way Worse than You Think (Opens in new window) by
• The Invasion of Finland - WW2 - 8 December 1939 (Opens in new window) by The Great War
• The Lapland War: WWII’s Forgotten Front (Opens in new window) by The History Guy
• The War Between Finland And Germany (Opens in new window) by Globeraphy
• The Winter War (1939) - Last Stand of the Finns (Opens in new window) by Invicta
• The Winter War Between The Soviet Union and Finland (Opens in new window) by History Class
• The Winter War: A Soviet Failure (Opens in new window) by KnowledgeHub
• The Winter War: How Finland Resisted Russia’s WW2 Expansion (Opens in new window) by War Stories
• Units of History - Finnish Ski Troops of the Winter War (1939) (Opens in new window) by Invicta
• White Death – Finnish Sniper Simo Häyhä (Opens in new window) by Sabaton History
• Winter War - Battle of Suomussalmi (Opens in new window) by World War II - Epic Battles
• Winter War - Battle of the Frozen Lakes (Opens in new window) by World War II - Epic Battles
• WW2 From Finland’s Perspective (Opens in new window) by The Armchair Historian HistoryAtWar

Playlists

• Winter War (Opens in new window) by Kings and Generals