Talk:The National Gain
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The article states that the author was Finnish. Finland was part of Sweden from 12th century to 1809. The author died in 1803. He was also a priest which is relevant information for this period (social status, education). Swedish nationality, being a sensitive subject to many Finnish people, could be an issue so I would therefore suggest changing the beginning of the first sentence from:
The National Gain (Swedish title: Den nationnale winsten) is the main work of the Finnish scientist, philosopher and politician Anders Chydenius, published in 1765.
to:
The National Gain (Swedish title: Den nationnale winsten) is the main work of the priest, scientist, philosopher and politician Anders Chydenius from Ostrobothnia (historical province) , published in 1765.
or (if disregarding possible issues) to:
The National Gain (Swedish title: Den nationnale winsten) is the main work of the Swedish priest, scientist, philosopher and politician Anders Chydenius from Ostrobothnia (historical province) , published in 1765.
or to:
The National Gain (Swedish title: Den nationnale winsten) is the main work of the Swedish priest, scientist, philosopher and politician Anders Chydenius, published in 1765. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.226.222.194 (talk) 10:57, 19 April 2014 (UTC)
___ It is correct to point out that Anders Chydenius was Finnish both at the time when Finland and Finnish people were Swedish in the context of Sweden of that time. However today it is inaccurate to refer to Anders Chydenius as Swedish in modern terms. The modern Sweden was created in 1809 and after when eastern provinces were seceded to Russia and reformed as a Grand Duchy of Finland. Anders Chydenius was not "Swedish" as that term would refer to a person from the area of modern Sweden when he was a person from modern Finland. In Swedish history the loss of eastern part of the nation was traumatic and history is often disregarding many reminders of the discontinuity of nations identity. It is necessaryly informative for Swedish history to state "Finnishness" of a Swedish nationals pre 1809 and often even after that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:14BA:9E4:2000:25CB:5222:76E0:B564 (talk) 13:15, 5 October 2016 (UTC)