Finland was a province of the Russian Empire, which industrialized far later than the rest of Europe. This was highlighted following the defeat of Russia in the Crimean War, which led the reform minded Tsar Alexander II to begin the process of industrialization. Even then, The majority of this technology was imported from places like France and Prussia which were already industrialized by this point. It's important to recognize that due to Russia's incredible apparatus of state repression and the strength of its absolutism, Russia still maintained its feudal system and serfdom until Alexander II's reforms, stifling innovation and giving it a reputation as a "backwards" nation.