FINLAND

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FINLAND
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Basic Facts

• Official Name Suomen Tasavalta (fin)
• Republiken
  Finland (swe)
• Form of goverment Republic, 1919
• Capital Helsinki
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  Helsingfors (swe)
• Origin of State Independent since 1917
• Population 5 203 800 (2003)
• Population Density 17 per km²
• Religion Lutheran 85,6
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  Eastern Orthodox 1,1
• Official languages Finnish 92
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  Swedish 6

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Climate

• The Atlantic Ocean, The Gulf Stream
• ?Temperate climate
• Summer Warm, bright
• Midnight Sun
• Winter Very cold
• Twilight season
• Low humidity
• ?Temperatures feel warmer
• Considerable temperature variations
• Rainfall distributed throughout the year

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Lapland
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The Lakes

• About 10 of the total area are lakes.
• There are 187 888 lakes in Finland.
• And 5 100 rapids.
• The largest lake is called Saimaa.

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The Finnish Archipelago

• 81 000 islands (gt100m²)
• One of the natural trasures of Finland

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Breef History

• Human settlement for more than a 100 000 years
  ago.
• 1150 1300 Swedish crusades to Finland.
• Late 13th century 1809 Finland as a part of
  Sweden
• 1809 Sweden loses Finland to Russia in the
  Finnish War.
• 1809 1917 Finland as an autonomous part of
  Russia.
• 1917 Revolution in Russia Finland declares
  itself independent.
• 1918 Civil War in Finland
• 1939 The Soviet Red Army attacks Finland.
• 1939 1948 The Finnish forces fight against the
  Soviet Union.

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Aurora Borealis
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The Finnish People

• Two genetical groups
• The Finns
• The Sami (the Lapps)
• Origins
• The Finns The great bend of the river Volga.
• The Sami Old population, origin not established.

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• Genes of the modern Finns
• 25 50 Baltic
• 25 Siberian
• 25 50 Germanic

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Languages

• Two official languages
• Finnish 92
• Swedish 6
• Finnish (5 000 000 speakers) Finno-Ugric
  language
• Other Finno-Ugric languages
• Hungarian (14 000 000)
• Estonian (1 000 000)
• Swedish (9 000 000 speakers) North Germanic
  language
• Sami (34 000 speakers) Finno-Ugric language

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Swedish in Finland

• 294 000 Swedish speakers in Finland (6)
• Came to Finland during the Swedish era of the
  history of Finland.
• Official language

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Finnish Music

• The Rasmus
• HIM
• Bomfunk Mcs
• Darude

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Sauna

• About 2 000 000 saunas in Finland.
• One sauna for every three inhabitants.
• 70 to 100 degrees celsius
• Very healthy

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Famous Companies
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Sport

• F1
• Mika Häkkinen
• Kimi Räikkönen
• Soccer
• Jari Litmanen
• Sami Hyypiä
• Mikael Forssell
• Icehockey
• Teemu Selänne
• Saku Koivu

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Helsinki

• Capital of Finland
• Largest city
• 500 000 inhabitants
• 1,2 mill. In the captal area
• Economic and cultural centre

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Finnish Food

• Combines traditional Finnish country food with
  modern continental cooking
• Spices from both East and West
• Light and healthy food
• Different dishes depending on the season.

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Some facts you possibly didntknow about Finland
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Quality of life

• Finland is ranked sixth in the latest United
  Nations survey of quality of life

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Consumption

• The Finns drink more coffee than any other nation
  in the world
• 14 kg of coffee anually, per person
• Ranked third in the world on buying newspapers.
• 456 newspapers per 1000 inhabitants

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Lifestyle

• Finland (naturally) tops the list in number of
  saunas
• Vacation cabins in the archipelago or by a lake

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Forest and paper

• 70 of the area of Finland is covered by forest
  (highest proportion in the world)
• Second in the world in production and exportation
  of paper

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