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  2. Immigration to Finland - Wikipedia

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    Immigration has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of Finland. The economic, social, and political aspects of immigration have caused controversy regarding ethnicity, economic benefits, jobs for non-immigrants, settlement patterns, impact on upward social mobility , crime , and voting ...

  3. Finnish diaspora - Wikipedia

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    The Finnish diaspora consists of Finnish emigrants and their descendants, especially those that maintain some of the customs of their Finnish culture. Finns emigrated to the United Kingdom, the United States , France, Canada , Australia , Argentina , New Zealand , Sweden , Norway , Russia, Germany, Israel and Brazil.

  4. Finnish Immigration Service - Wikipedia

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    The Finnish Immigration Service consists of result units, including the immigration, asylum, reception, and citizenship units. Support units, including the customer and communication unit, and the headquarters, which comprises the legal and country information unit, human resources management, electronic services unit, office, and development services. [9]

  5. Finland's incoming government to reduce immigration - AOL

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    Finland's incoming coalition government said on Friday it had agreed to cut refugee quotas, raise the bar for work-based immigration and make it more difficult for foreigners to obtain citizenship ...

  6. History of Finland - Wikipedia

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    The Finnish national awakening in the mid-19th century was the result of members of the Swedish-speaking upper classes deliberately choosing to promote Finnish culture and language as a means of nation building, i.e. to establish a feeling of unity among all people in Finland including (and not of least importance) between the ruling elite and ...

  7. Finnish Americans - Wikipedia

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    Life in the New Finland Woods: A History of New Finland, Saskatchewan (digitized online by Red Lauttamus and Julia Adamson). Vol. II. Rocanville, Sask.: New Finland Historical and Heritage Society. ISBN 978-0-88864-968-3. Ross, Carl. The Finn Factor in American Labor, Culture, and Society, 2nd edition. (New York Mills, Minnesota: Parta Printers ...

  8. Finns - Wikipedia

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    Finns or Finnish people (Finnish: suomalaiset, IPA: [ˈsuo̯mɑlɑi̯set]) are a Baltic Finnic [41] ethnic group native to Finland. [42] Finns are traditionally divided into smaller regional groups that span several countries adjacent to Finland, both those who are native to these countries as well as those who have resettled.

  9. Finland is also packed with saunas and has a strong welfare state. Several unusual traditions and social norms contribute to the country's culture. Here are seven surprising facts about the ...