Also known as Pan-Fennicism, Heimoaate, Finno-Ugrism, Pan-Finno-Ugrism
thumb|349x349px|Approximate location of the Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric peoples within scope of the ideology Pan-Finnicism (), also known as Pan-Fennicism or sometimes even referred to as Finno-Ugrism or even heimoaate () is a pan-nationalist idea which advocates for the political or economic unification of the Finno-Ugric peoples. The idea is broad in its meaning and oftentimes it simply refers to the Finno-Ugric peoples, however on rare occasion it can be limited to only the Baltic Finnic peoples or to the Finnic peoples.
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thumb|349x349px|Approximate location of the Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric peoples within scope of the ideology Pan-Finnicism (), also known as Pan-Fennicism or sometimes even referred to as Finno-Ugrism or even heimoaate () is a pan-nationalist idea which advocates for the political or economic unification of the Finno-Ugric peoples. The idea is broad in its meaning and oftentimes it simply refers to the Finno-Ugric peoples, however on rare occasion it can be limited to only the Baltic Finnic peoples or to the Finnic peoples.
== History == === Origins === Pan-Finnicism was not an idea taken seriously until the formation of the Grand Duchy of Finland, and even with this sense of autonomy within the wider Russian Empire. Due to hundreds of years of Finland having been under Swedish Rule, a sense of Finnish identity was minor, even with the release of the Kalevala. Zacharias Topelius published an essay called “Den Finska Literaturen och dess Framtid" ( in 1844 where he states the following:
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