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. The official languages are
Finnish and
Swedish, of which 84.9 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. 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.
The Micragirls were a Finnish
garage rock band. They were active from 2001 to 2010, gaining a
cult following both in Finland and abroad. The band released two
albums and several
EPs and
singles. The Micragirls did over 250 concerts, of which some 100 were outside Finland. The band's
all-female principal line-up was a
trio: drums, electric guitar and
combo organ, with all band members singing. (Full article...)
... that Plevna in
Tampere, Finland, was the first building in the
Nordic countries and the
Russian Empire (of which Finland was part at the time) to be lit by electric lights?
WikiProjects
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Finland.
...that the Korpela movement was a short-lived
cult during the
1930s in Northern
Sweden and
Finland whose controversial sexual rituals eventually led to the arrest of 60 followers?
Young Vainio's friendship with university student
Johan Petter Norrlin, who was nearly eleven years older, helped him develop an impressive knowledge of the local
cryptogams (ferns, mosses, algae, and fungi, including lichens) and afforded him ample opportunity to hone his collection and
identification techniques at an early age. It was through this association that Vainio met Norrlin's teacher, the prominent lichenologist
William Nylander, who supported his early botanical efforts. Vainio's earliest works dealt with
phytogeography—elucidating and enumerating the local flora—and are considered the earliest publications on phytogeography in the
Finnish language. In these early publications he demonstrated an attention to detail and thoroughness that would become characteristic of his later work. (Full article...)
Image 28The public education system founded during earlier Swedish rule resulted the literacy of Grand Duchy of Finland being higher than its host country
Russian Empire (map of
1897 censusliteracy data) (from History of Finland)
Image 37A peasant girl and a woman in traditional dress from Ruokolahti, eastern Finland, as depicted by Severin Falkman in 1882 (from Culture of Finland)
Image 61Eero Järnefelt, Burning the Brushwood, 1893 (from History of Finland)
Image 62Prehistoric
red ochre painted rock art of moose, human figures, and boats in Astuvansalmi, Finland, from ca. 3800–2200 BC (from Culture of Finland)
Image 73In 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)
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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. The official languages are
Finnish and
Swedish, of which 84.9 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. 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.
The Micragirls were a Finnish
garage rock band. They were active from 2001 to 2010, gaining a
cult following both in Finland and abroad. The band released two
albums and several
EPs and
singles. The Micragirls did over 250 concerts, of which some 100 were outside Finland. The band's
all-female principal line-up was a
trio: drums, electric guitar and
combo organ, with all band members singing. (Full article...)
... that Plevna in
Tampere, Finland, was the first building in the
Nordic countries and the
Russian Empire (of which Finland was part at the time) to be lit by electric lights?
WikiProjects
You are invited to participate in Finland WikiProject, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about
Finland.
...that the Korpela movement was a short-lived
cult during the
1930s in Northern
Sweden and
Finland whose controversial sexual rituals eventually led to the arrest of 60 followers?
Young Vainio's friendship with university student
Johan Petter Norrlin, who was nearly eleven years older, helped him develop an impressive knowledge of the local
cryptogams (ferns, mosses, algae, and fungi, including lichens) and afforded him ample opportunity to hone his collection and
identification techniques at an early age. It was through this association that Vainio met Norrlin's teacher, the prominent lichenologist
William Nylander, who supported his early botanical efforts. Vainio's earliest works dealt with
phytogeography—elucidating and enumerating the local flora—and are considered the earliest publications on phytogeography in the
Finnish language. In these early publications he demonstrated an attention to detail and thoroughness that would become characteristic of his later work. (Full article...)
Image 28The public education system founded during earlier Swedish rule resulted the literacy of Grand Duchy of Finland being higher than its host country
Russian Empire (map of
1897 censusliteracy data) (from History of Finland)
Image 37A peasant girl and a woman in traditional dress from Ruokolahti, eastern Finland, as depicted by Severin Falkman in 1882 (from Culture of Finland)
Image 61Eero Järnefelt, Burning the Brushwood, 1893 (from History of Finland)
Image 62Prehistoric
red ochre painted rock art of moose, human figures, and boats in Astuvansalmi, Finland, from ca. 3800–2200 BC (from Culture of Finland)
Image 73In 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)
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