In the Winter War of 1939, the Soviet Union invaded neutral Finland and annexed some of its territory.

In 1991, the Swedish media claimed that a secret stay-behind army had existed in neutral Finland with an exile base in Stockholm.

Then he seeks to draw in the other northern members, Canada, Romania and neutral Finland.

That brought on board Mr. Ahtisaari, from neutral Finland; he was acceptable to Mr. Milosevic and the Russians even as he played hardball for NATO.

Mr. Gorbachev also made a significant concession to Finland's pride tonight when he said at a banquet speech, "I want to greet neutral Finland."

Fifteen years ago the leaders of 35 nations met in neutral Finland to sign what became known as the Helsinki Accords.

He held up neutral Finland as a model of stability in stormy Europe.

Instead of having the ships built domestically or ordering them from Comecon member states, the new ships were ordered from the Wärtsilä shipyards in neutral Finland.

The aircraft carrier Convention is then handed over to neutral Finland, and the operation is shut down.

From the post-war period, Sweden and neutral Finland have provided a buffer between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, especially during the Cold War.