芬兰人曾居住在斯拉夫人的北方和东方。至于他们原始的发祥地在何处,则不易回答。但是,最近有一种新理论,认为原始的芬兰人与印欧系人有近缘关系。由此可以设想,芬兰人的原始发祥地可能距印欧系人民的欧洲发祥地不会太远,说不定就在欧洲东部的边缘,如乌拉尔山或其东部的什么地方。现在一般公认,芬兰人最早居于卡马河、奥卡河和伏尔加一带。到了公元初年,其中一些分而远徙,来到了波罗的海,占有波的尼亚湾和里加湾沿海之地,这就是后来的雅姆人、埃斯特人和立窝 Finns lived in the Slavs north and east. As for where their original birthplace, it is not easy to answer. However, there is a new theory recently that the original Finns and Indo-European peoples have a close relationship. From this it can be assumed that the Finnish origin may not be too far from the European birthplace of Indo-European peoples, perhaps on the eastern fringe of Europe, such as the Urals or its eastern parts. It is now generally accepted that Finns first lived in the Kama, Oka and Volga areas. By the early years of the Christian era, some of them moved far and wide and came to the Baltic Sea, occupying the waves of the Gulf ofia and the Gulf of Riga, and this was followed by the Yam, Estes,