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Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a
Nordic country in
Northern Europe . It borders
Sweden to the northwest,
Norway to the north, and
Russia to the east, with the
Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the
Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite
Estonia . Finland covers an area of 338,145 square kilometres (130,559 sq mi) and has a population of 5.6 million.
Helsinki is the capital and largest city. The vast majority of the population are
ethnic Finns .
Finnish and
Swedish are the official languages, with Swedish being the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from
humid continental in the south to
boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly
boreal forest biome, with
more than 180,000 recorded lakes .
Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the
last Ice Age . During the
Stone Age , various cultures emerged, distinguished by different styles of ceramics. The
Bronze Age and
Iron Ages were marked by contacts with other cultures in
Fennoscandia and the
Baltic region . From the late 13th century, Finland became part of the
Swedish Empire as a result of the
Northern Crusades . In 1809, as a result of the
Finnish War , Finland was captured from Sweden and became a
Grand Duchy of Finland , an autonomous state ruled by the
Russian Empire . During this period,
Finnish art flourished and the idea of
full independence began to take hold. In 1906, Finland became the first European state to grant
universal suffrage , and the first in the world to give all adult citizens the right to run for public office. Following the
Russian Revolution of 1917, Finland
declared its full independence . In 1918 the young nation was divided by the
Finnish Civil War . During
World War II , Finland fought against the
Soviet Union in the
Winter War and the
Continuation War , and later against
Nazi Germany in the
Lapland War . As a result, it lost parts of its territory but retained its independence. (
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Lighthouse on Lågskär island
Lågskär (
Swedish for "low skerry") is a small island within the
Åland archipelago of
Finland . It belongs to the municipality of
Lemland . It is situated about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of
Mariehamn in the
Baltic 's
Sea of Åland . The main island of Lågskär measures 61 hectares (150 acres) in area. Rock stacks, sea cliffs and rocky shores are found along the coastline of the island.
As a breeding ground for
waterfowl , Lågskär has the status of an
Important Bird Area (IBA) and is frequented by
ornithologists who use the
Lågskär Lighthouse buildings during their stay. In the past, several vessels have sunk off the coast. (
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The following are images from various Finland-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1
Ancylus Lake covered major part of Finland (7,500–6,000 BC) (from
History of Finland )
Image 5 An old drawing of the city of
Turku in the 18th century (from
History of Finland )
Image 6
Wehrmacht soldiers with a local
Sámi reindeer herder, Lappland,
Sodankylä , Finland 1942 (from
History of Finland )
Image 7 In 2011 figure skater
Kiira Korpi was ranked 4th in the world. (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 9 Students on Helsinki's Esplanadi wearing their caps on
Vappu (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 11 A view of
Pohjoisesplanadi in the center of
Helsinki in 1891 (from
History of Finland )
Image 13
Turku Cathedral and its surroundings from 1814 (from
History of Finland )
Image 14 Winter War Monument in
Suomussalmi ,
Kainuu , Finland (from
History of Finland )
Image 15 A summer cottage (
mökki ) on a lake island (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 16 Homann's map of the
Scandinavian Peninsula and
Fennoscandia with their surrounding territories: northern
Germany , northern
Poland , the
Baltic region ,
Livonia ,
Belarus , and parts of
Northwest Russia .
Johann Baptist Homann (1664–1724) was a German geographer and cartographer; map dated around 1730. (from
History of Finland )
Image 17 Identification document and tag of a
Finnish war child (from
History of Finland )
Image 18
Erkki Karu , one of the pioneers of the
Finnish cinema , with cinematographer Eino Kari in 1927 (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 19 Midsummer bonfire (
kokko ) in Mäntsälä (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 20
Kreeta Haapasalo Playing the
Kantele in a Peasant Cottage (1868), by
Robert Wilhelm Ekman (from
History of Finland )
Image 22
Stone Age stone axe engraved with human face found from
Kiuruvesi . (from
History of Finland )
Image 23 President
Urho Kekkonen 's funeral procession in 1986 (from
History of Finland )
Image 24 A reconstruction of a 12th-century
Perniö costume (from
History of Finland )
Image 27
Janne Ahonen is considered one of the best and most successful currently active ski jumpers. (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 29 Imagery collage of
Birger Jarl conquering
Häme and the construction of
Häme Castle (from
History of Finland )
Image 30 Jussipaita (transl. Jussi sweater); a traditional sweater from the Finnish region of
Southern Ostrobothnia (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 31 In the middle is the patron saint of Finland,
Saint Henry , on the right side of him is Bishop Konrad Bitz and on the left is Dean Magnus Stjernkors; from
Missale Aboense (1488) (from
History of Finland )
Image 32 Finland Ostrobothnia regiment uniforms in 1705 (from
History of Finland )
Image 33 Women in sauna with
Vihtas
Image 34 Grand Duchy of Finland, 75 kopek assignat (1824) (from
History of Finland )
Image 35
Linus Torvalds , a famous
Fennoswede software engineer, best known for initiating the development of the
Linux kernel (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 36
Jean Sibelius at work in his study (from
History of Finland )
Image 37 Pieces of the
Antrea Net (8,300 BC), the oldest-known
fishing net in the world. (from
History of Finland )
Image 38 S/S Urania in
Hanko harbor in 1893, with 509 emigrants on board on their way to America (from
History of Finland )
Image 39 Captain
Aarne Juutilainen at the front at
Kollaa during the
Winter War (from
History of Finland )
Image 40 Prehistoric
red ochre painted rock art of moose, human figures, and boats in Astuvansalmi, Finland, from ca. 3800–2200 BC (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 41 Stone Age dwelling named
Kierikki 5000–3000 BC (from
History of Finland )
Image 42
Karjalanpiirakka , a traditional Finnish pastry (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 43
Sámi / Laplander family in traditional costumes from Finland. (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 44 The part of Finland controlled by
the Reds at its largest in February–March 1918 (from
History of Finland )
Image 45 The
first government of independent Finland.
P. E. Svinhufvud , the first
Prime Minister of Finland , sitting at the head of the table. (from
History of Finland )
Image 46 Three
Finnish Romani women in
Helsinki , Finland, in 1930s (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 47 Painting of
Lalli killing
Henry . Painting by
C. A. Ekman . (from
History of Finland )
Image 48 The Finnish composer
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), a significant figure in the history of
classical music (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 50 A peasant girl and a woman in traditional dress from Ruokolahti, eastern Finland, as depicted by Severin Falkman in 1882 (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 51 People gathered in the
Senate Square for a demonstration against the
February Manifesto in March 1899. (from
History of Finland )
Image 52 The ruins of
Vammala burned by the
Reds , during the Civil war (from
History of Finland )
Image 53 Finnish folk dancers in a 1907 postcard sent from
Mustamäki , Finland (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 54
Lapua Movement supporters beating the "red officer"
Eino Nieminen in front of the
Vaasa courthouse during the
4 June 1930 riot . (from
History of Finland )
Image 55 The area controlled by Finland at its largest, in 1942 (from
History of Finland )
Image 56 (1809
Diet of Porvoo ) The sovereign's pledge, printed in Finnish (from
History of Finland )
Image 57 Marshal of Finland
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim visit in Germany, 1942 (from
History of Finland )
Image 58 Women dressed in Finnish
folk costumes (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 59
Mikael Agricola hands over the Finnish Translation of the
New Testament to King
Gustav Wasa . (from
History of Finland )
Image 61 Eero Järnefelt,
Burning the Brushwood , 1893 (from
History of Finland )
Image 62
Pekka Halonen 's painting "against persecutors" from 1896 depicts the warfare of the ancient Finns. (from
History of Finland )
Image 63 Map of Finnish areas ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944, after the Continuation War (from
History of Finland )
Image 65 A
smoke sauna (
savusauna ) in Enonkoski (from
Culture of Finland )
Image 66 The decision of the Soviet of the People's Comissars' to recognise Finnish independence, signed by
Vladimir Lenin ,
Leon Trotsky ,
Grigory Petrovsky ,
Joseph Stalin ,
Isaac Steinberg ,
Vladimir Karelin , and
Alexander Schlichter (from
History of Finland )
Image 67 The
Swedish empire at its largest. Most of present-day Finland was part of
Sweden proper ,
rike , shown in dark green. (from
History of Finland )
Image 68 Signing the Helsinki Accords are the West German Chancellor
Helmut Schmidt , East Germany's leader
Erich Honecker , US president
Gerald Ford and the Austrian chancellor
Bruno Kreisky (from
History of Finland )
Image 69 Badge of the Finnish
White/Civil Guard (from
History of Finland )
Image 70 The area of Finland in the years 1920–1940. The 1935 county and municipality division on the map. (from
History of Finland )
Image 71 This 1825 map of the Grand Duchy of Finland is from a larger work, geographical atlas of the
Russian Empire . (from
History of Finland )
Image 72 Northern Europe in 814 (from
History of Finland )
Image 73 President
K. J. Ståhlberg in his office in 1919 (from
History of Finland )
Image 74 Memorial of the
Mannerheim Cross Knights of Parikkala, Finland (from
History of Finland )
Image 76 A group of Finnish soldiers operating a
Bofors gun during the
Continuation War in 1943 (from
History of Finland )
2 April 2024 –
Viertola school shooting
A student is killed and two others are injured in a shooting at a school in
Vantaa ,
Uusimaa ,
Finland . A 12-year-old student is detained.
(AP)
(Yle)
1 March 2024 –
2024 Finnish presidential election
Alexander Stubb is sworn in as the 13th
President of Finland .
(Reuters)
11 February 2024 –
2024 Finnish presidential election
Alexander Stubb is elected
President of Finland with 51.6% of the vote.
(Yle)
27 January 2024 –
Israel–Hamas war
The United Kingdom,
United States ,
Australia ,
Italy ,
Canada ,
Finland , the
Netherlands ,
Switzerland , and
Germany suspend
humanitarian aid to
UNRWA over allegations that some UNRWA staff members were involved in the
Hamas -led
attack on
Israel .
(BBC News)
(CBS News)
14 December 2023 –
Finland–United States relations
Finland announces the creation of a defense cooperation agreement with the
United States . The agreement will grant Finland access to
American military resources for use in defensive operations, while the US will gain military access to Finland in the event of conflict.
(Reuters)
29 November 2023 –
Finland–Poland relations ,
Finland–Russia relations
National Security Bureau chief
Jacek Siewiera announces that
Poland will send "a team of
military advisors " to the
Finland–Russia border in response to an official request for allied support. Finland says it was unaware of the Polish offer.
Russia warns against the move, viewing the concentration of troops on the border as a threat.
(Reuters)
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