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Finland
Officially the Republic of Finland, this Nordic country is located in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. With a total area of 130,596 sq mi, it is the eight biggest country in Europe. Finland is also the most sparsely populated nation in the European Union.
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Name the two countries south of Finland and west of Russia?
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Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbawe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, West Bank, Congo, Gaza Strip, Libya, Moldova, Syria.
These countries are more or less south of Finland.
What is the continent of Helsinki Finland in?
Finland is an independent country on the continent of Europe.
What are Finland's favorite sports?
Apparently ice hockey is the most popular kind of sports in Finland. Finland reached real success in it. It has one of the strongest hockey national teams in Europe. Football isn't as popular there as in other Europian countries, though it still has audience.
Can't support the facts but in school we were taught that Sweden has more lakes than Finland.
- Swedish citizen
Were Donald Duck comics banned in Finland because he wears no pants?
Often, we hear this rumor that the comics were once banned in Finland. However, this is not true, as proven by Snopes, a website that research whether a much told story is true or false.
Check the related link for more information.
How long does it take a parcel to reach Finland from England?
It takes 3-5 working days if mailed on a working day.
I.E Post parcel Monday 12pm UK -> Arrives Sweden Thursday/Friday
I.E Post parcel Saturday UK -> Arrives Sweden Thursday
How do you immigrate from America to Finland?
Here is how you get citizenship:
http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=34620&contentLan=2&culture=en-US
Around 66% of their economy is service-based. They also do energy exports, refining, and manufacturing.
What is Santa Claus's name in Finland?
Finnish for Santa Claus is Joulupukki, and Finnish is an extremely phonetic language so you just pronounce every letter. The thing that trips most people is that J is pronounced like the Y in Yo. Brief phonetic guide: YO-lu-puk-ki emphasis on first syllable and a slight elongation of k on doubled consonant. No breaks in pronunciation of word, the dashes are there just to show syllabic division.
Who were Finland's allies during World War 2?
Finland fought the Soviet Union in the 'Winter War', which started in 1939 and ended when the Moscow Peace Treaty was signed in 1940. Finland ceded Karelia to the Soviets. In World War Two, Finland fought against Russia but was an unofficial member of the Axis Powers. The Soviets conquered Finland on their way to Germany.
Who are the current leaders of Finland?
Jyrki Tapani Katainen is the Prime Minister of Finland.
Katainen is the leader of the National Coalition Party which took the most seats on the 2011 April 17 Parliamentary Election. He became the Prime Minister on 2011 June 22.
What sea has a coastline on Poland what via Estonia Lithuania Finland and Sweden?
The Baltic Sea. It has amazing beaches in Poland.
What is the temperature in Finland in the summer?
Most of Finland has a subarctic climate but the southern part has a humid continental climate. Temperatures are comparatively mild for its latitude because of the moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes.
Finland has four very distinct seasons, but on average the winter is really dominant and year is really cold and dark all over the country. From November to March, and sometimes even till April, the thermometer is often below zero Celsius and -20 Celsius is nothing special during February. In Sodankylä (in Lappi) has had -40 degree Celsius and below several times in the last 10 years. The summer is really short, lasting about 2-3 months and is usually at 15-25 Celsius depending on the location.
Finland has three main kinds of weather, the coastal weather and the inland weather and the north weather. The coastal weather (especially the area between Vaasa-Turku-Helsinki) is a lot windier and warmer than the inland and the north weather (pretty much everything north from Oulu) is a lot colder and darker for longer period of time.
The Gulf of Bothnia (which is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea) on the west, and the Gulf of Finland (which is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea) on the South.
(NB: Bothnia in the Baltic is not to be confused with Bosnia in the Balkans!)
There is no border with the Berents Sea in the Arctic, because northern Finland is now landlocked by northern Norway and north western Russia.
There is also no border with Lake Ladoga as that is entirely within the Republic of Karelia in Russia today.
Finland used to border these two bodies of water, but after World War II, both Pechenga/Petsamo to the north and the Karelia region in the south east were ceded to the USSR.
How far is Finland from the UK?
We had a flight time estimate of 8 hours 20 mins Miami to London, and another was 2 hours 30 mins London to Helsinki. Rounding up makes in-air time about 11 hours. Time spent in airports and between flights is difficult to forecast. Flying from Miami to Europe, you "lose" clock time, making your long trip appear to take seven hours LONGER. (USA EST is -5 GMT, Finland is +2 GMT)
How did Finland become a country?
According to archaeological evidence, the area now comprising Finland was settled at the latest around 8500 BCE during the Stone Age as the ice shield of the last ice age receded. The artifacts the first settlers left behind present characteristics that are shared with those found in Estonia, Russia and Norway. The earliest people were hunter-gatherers, using stone tools. There is also evidence of carved stone animal heads. The first pottery appeared in 3000 BCE when settlers from the East brought in the Comb Ceramic culture. The arrival of the Corded Ware culture in southern coastal Finland between 3,000-2,500 BCE coincided with the start of agriculture. Even with the introduction of agriculture, hunting and fishing continued to be important parts of the subsistence economy, especially in the northern and eastern parts of the country.[citation needed. The Bronze Age (1500-500 BCE) and Iron Age (500 BCE-1200 CE) were characterised by extensive contacts with other cultures in the Fennoscandian and Baltic regions. There is no consensus on when Finno-Ugric languages and Indo-European languages were first spoken in the area of contemporary Finland. (Wikipedia)
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almost 10000 years ago, when people who were after that called finns, started to move in the area, witch was in that time, a small area witch had lots of islands. after that, Finland has never been completely empy, altough people have moven in and out.
