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2 days ago · Helsinki [a] [b] is the capital and most populous city in Finland. It is located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and serves as the seat of the Uusimaa region in southern Finland. Approximately 0.67 million people live in the municipality, with 1.25 million in the capital region, and 1.58 million in the metropolitan area.
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Helsinki, capital city of Finland. Subcategories. This...
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The National Coalition Party (NCP; Finnish: Kansallinen...
- Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn (/ ˈ t æ l ɪ n, ˈ t ɑː l ɪ n /) is the capital and...
- Suomenlinna
Suomenlinna (Finnish: [ˈsuo̯menˌlinːɑ]; until 1918 Viapori,...
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Apr 17, 2024 · Finland has a relatively high fertility rate for Europe at about 1.75 children per woman in 2023. Finnish women have high labor force participation rates, and their educational attainment is higher than that of Finnish men. Finland’s family policy, like other Nordic countries, puts an emphasis on reconciling work and family life.
6 days ago · Finland first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games and every Winter Olympic Games since then. Finland was also the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Finnish athletes have won a total of 305 medals at the Summer Games, mostly in athletics and wrestling.
- Gold, 146, Silver, 150, Bronze, 184, Total, 480
- www.olympiakomitea.fi (in Finnish)
5 days ago · Finnish language, member of the Finno-Ugric group of the Uralic language family, spoken in Finland. Finnish did not achieve official status until 1863, and it, as well as Swedish, were designated the national languages of Finland in 1919. Learn more about the history and phonology of Finnish.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · Åland ( Swedish: [ˈǒːland] ⓘ; Finnish: Ahvenanmaa) is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, [2] it is the smallest region of Finland by both area (1,580 km 2) and population (30,129), constituting 0.51% of Finland's land area and 0.54% of its population.
- 7 May 1920
- 9 June 1922
- 1 January 1995
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4 days ago · Tampere is the most important urban, economic and cultural centre in the whole of inland Finland. Tampere and its surroundings are part of the historic province of Satakunta. The area belonged to the province of Häme from 1831 to 1997; over time, it has often been considered a province of Tavastia.
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Apr 3, 2024 · Finland: From Partner to Ally. Finland has been a NATO partner since 1994. Since its status changed to a full ally last year, Finland is already showing itself to be a capable ally. NATO remains popular in Finland, with approximately 89% of the population supporting the Alliance.
