Yes they could.
No, they did not. However Finland got colonized by Sweden.
Finnish or Finns
People from Finland are of Finnish nationality.
You mean who find Finland? Well, if you mean it, the finnish people came after the ice age. When in Norway,Sweden, Denmark and Iceland were the vikings, in Finland were the sami and the finnish people. The Christianity came at 1200 when the swedish pope came (his name was Henrik)
People from Finland are called Finns, or Finnish people.
People who live in Finland are Finnish and are referred to as Finns.
Swedish is the official language in Sweden and Finland. Though only a small minority of Finnish people have Swedish as a first language. But the language is mainly spoken by the Swedish people who live in Sweden.
Finnish. (There are other nationalities living in Finland: Swedish, Lapp, and Russian)
More Finnish people?
Finnish people.
Finnish people are called "Finns".
mainly in Finland and Sweden. In Norway there's also a minority speaking the Kven language which is related to finnish. Small group speaking finnish also in Russia. In Estonia there's the biggest minority speaking finnish.