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Finland
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WELCOME TO FINLAND!
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POPULATION: 5.4 million
CURRENCY:

Euro
INTERNATIONAL STATUS: Achieved
independence in 1917; member of the European
Union since 1995; militarily non-aligned
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE:

Services 67 % of GDP,
industry 30 %, agriculture 3 %; exports account for
39 % of GDP
AREA: 338,000 km (130,500 square miles)
LOCATION: Northern Europe; shares borders with
Sweden, Norway and Russia
CAPITAL:

Helsinki (population 596,000)
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Finnish 90.4 %, Swedish
5.4 %
RELIGIONS:

Evangelical Lutheran Church 78 %;
Orthodox Church 1 %; no religious affiliation 19 %;
other religious communities 2 %
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT:

Parliamentary
democracy; presidential elections every six years;
Parliament (200 members) elected every four years
GDP PER CAPITA

33,600

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Education level
33% Basic Level
39% Upper Secondary Level
28% Tertiary (University) Level
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EDUCATION AND CULTURE
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Finlands history is a history of progress on education.
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Finlands schoolchildren are ranked among the best in the world year after year
in the PISA studies. Teachers are highly appreciated in Finland.

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Top scores are achieved where everyone has equal opportunities.
Free education for all.
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Life-long learning. Learning is for all ages. It is also for free.
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Finnish culture is rich with unique and personal figures.
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Finlands history is filled with solutions to difficult problems.
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Finland is creative. Our best solutions are the most uncommon.
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Thinking in terms of design produces unique solutions.
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FINNISH CHARACTER
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Courage Perseverance
Finnish
character

Sisu
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Finnish people have been pioneers in promoting social equality.
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The Finnish society is based on trust.
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Finns are punctual.
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Finns are good listeners.
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CUISINE AND TRAVEL
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Combination of traditional cuisine and continental style cooking
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Finland is both about the city and the countryside.
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Summer and winter are as different as night and day.
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The Funny side of Finland
Air Guitar and Finnish Sauna World Championships.
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The Funny side of Finland
Wife Carrying and World Cell Phone Throwing Championships
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SOME USEFUL TIPS
Dont try to greet a Finn with kisses! Finns shake hands and
make eye contact. Handshakes are brief and firm, and involve
no supporting gestures.
The Finns are polite and respectful. They wait and stay at line
with patience everywhere and in every situation, and wait for
green at the light for cross over.
Dont talk too much or express feelings in public. Finns place
great value on words, which is reflected in the tendency to say
little and avoid 'unnecessary' small talk. They are better at
listening than at talking.

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SOME USEFUL TIPS
Finns drink coffee anywhere and anytime. More coffee per
person is drunk in Finland than anywhere else in the world.
If you go to someones home, a plant or flowers for the hostess
or host is the norm. When entering someones home, you have
to take your shoes off.
Do accept an invitation to a sauna. Having a sauna is
something completely natural to Finns. There are 1.5 million
saunas in Finland.
Finns love Karaoke!

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THANK YOU (KIITOS)
AND
WELCOME TO FINLAND!
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