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Basic information about Finland

Everyday life in Finland
  • Rights and obligations of spouses
  • Basic information about Finland
  • Finnish adminstration
  • Your right and obligations in Finland
  • Equality
  • Non-discrimination
  • Family
  • Finnish climate
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  • Finnish food culture
  • Welcome to Finland! Orientation game for new immigrants
/ Everyday life in Finland / Basic information about Finland

Basic information about Finland

  • Rights and obligations of spouses
  • Basic information about Finland
  • Finnish adminstration
  • Your right and obligations in Finland
  • Equality
  • Non-discrimination
  • Family
  • Finnish climate
  • Finnish holidays
  • Finnish customs
  • Finnish food culture
  • Welcome to Finland! Orientation game for new immigrants
picture of the presidential palace

Finland in brief

State

  • Finland is a republic and a member of the European Union (EU).
  • The capital of Finland is Helsinki.
  • Finland is divided into self-governed municipalities.

People

  • Finland has 5.5 million inhabitants.
  • The national languages are Finnish and Swedish (about 5% of Finns speak Swedish as their native language).
  • Many Finns speak fluent English.

Geography

  • Finland is located in North Europe.
  • Finland’s neighbouring countries are Russia (east), Norway (north), Sweden (west) and Estonia (south).
  • The surface area of Finland is 338,432 km², which includes the land and inland water areas.

Economy

  • The currency of Finland is the euro.

History

  • History of Finland – InfoFinland

Creating Finnish welfare

suomi | arabia | sorani | somali | thai | venäjä | farsi 

Guide: Welcome to Finland (pdf) Finnish | Swedish | English | Russian | Estonian | French | Somali | Spanish | Turkish | Chinese | Persian | Arabic

Source: InfoFinland

NEWS

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