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You should visit.
Sweden would probably benefit from Finland joining in any case. >

Russian irredentists consider Finland to be rightful Russian clay along with Chechnya, the Baltics, and all of Ukraine. The Russian Empire annexed Finland before it annexed Chechnya. Putin and other Russian irredentists still hate Lenin for loosening Russian control over Ukraine and letting completely go of Finland.
The threat against Finland is real. >

Ukraine and Russia used to be a Swedish colony, so the threat against Russia from the Swedish empire is also real, according to Russian logic. >

Norse, Viking even, but it's a bit of a stretch to call it Swedish, no? Although I know little about the etymology of Swede and when it first arose, so I could be very wrong. >

Sweden's traditionally made up of Götaland ("Goth's land"), Svealand ("Swede's land"), and Norrland ("North land"), with Roslagen being a region in Svealand. Rurik was "Swedish" in the sense that he was from Svealand which later went on to give its name to Sweden, but at the time "Swedish" would not have been understood as it is today but rather as a tribe. IIRC Tacitus mentions the Suiones in one of his works, so he name is attested well before Rurik's time. >

The internet is awesome. This was interesting. >

Added bonus info dump:
Götaland and Svealand were the two "original" parts of Sweden, with Götaland split into Västra and Östra Götaland (West and East respectively) and the three united lands being represented by the Three Crowns, a heraldic symbol of Sweden used to this day (e.g. the national hockey team of Sweden are "Tre Kronor", literally "Three Crowns"). Norrland got added quite a bit later when Sweden decided that the inland parts of the country was ours too. This was a few centuries after (the coastal parts of) Finland were conquered, so relatively more recent (sort of starting in the second half of the 1500s IIRC). Whether this was colonialism or not is not a subject I particularly care to opine on, as far more knowledgeable people than I have debated the question; I feel that it's fair to mention that the answer to the question might depend on who you ask though. It's a mess.
Bonus bonus: Gothenburg is, of course, situated in Götaland, while Stockholm and Uppsala (which was a religious center of power in Svealand back during the Norse era) are in Svealand. While the area had been inhabited for a loooooong time Stockholm as a city wasn't founded until Sweden was united, in 1252. >

I want to subscribe to more Nordic history lessons.