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The culture of Finland combines indigenous heritage, as represented for example by the country's national languages Finnish (a Uralic language) and Swedish (a Germanic language), and the sauna, with common Nordic and European cultural aspects. Because of its history and geographic location, Finland has been influenced by the adjacent areas ...
The history of Finland began around 9000 BC during the end of the last glacial period. Stone Age cultures were Kunda , Comb Ceramic , Corded Ware , Kiukainen , and Pöljä cultures [ fi ] . The Finnish Bronze Age started in approximately 1500 BC and the Iron Age started in 500 BC and lasted until 1300 AD.
Lake Saimaa, located in south-eastern Finland, the largest lake in Finland at 4,400 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi), is the only habitat of the Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis). This seal subspecies has become landlocked and has adapted to the freshwated environment following the end of the last glaciation .
Folklore of Finland refers to traditional and folk practices, technologies, beliefs, knowledge, attitudes and habits in Finland. Finnish folk tradition includes in a broad sense all Finnish traditional folk culture. Folklore is not new, commercial or foreign contemporary culture, or the so-called "high culture".
Finland, [a] officially the Republic of Finland, [b] [c] 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 has a population of 5.6 million. [10] Its capital and largest city ...
Cultural history of Finland (4 C, 2 P) I. Finnish international schools ... Pages in category "Culture of Finland" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of ...
Lauri Kristian Relander became president of Finland. [8] 1931: 2 March: Pehr Evind Svinhufvud became president of Finland. [8] 1932: Mäntsälä rebellion took place. [9] 1937: 1 March: Kyösti Kallio became president of Finland. [8] 1939: 30 November: Winter War: The war began. 1940: 13 March: Winter War: The war ended. 19 December: Risto Ryti ...
Finland passed its flexible work act in 1996–and it may partly explain why it’s the happiest nation. ... Central to Finnish culture is the phrase “kell' onni on, se onnen kätkeköön ...