Finland
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Finland
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Area 338,145 square kilometers
5,2 million inhabitants
Bordered on the West by Sweden, in the North by Norway, and in the East by a log border with Russia
Independent from Russia: 1917
Part of European Union since 1995
67% live in urban areas
92% of population speak Finnish, 6% Swedish
Foreigners 2 %
85 % are Lutheran, 1 % Orthodox, rest others or no religious denomination
The Weather in Summer: Light and warm, July 12 C
Northern Finland: 73 days of perpetual daylight in the summer months
Sothern Finland: 19 hours of daylight (and no complete darkness) at midsummer
Autumn: Colourful and rainy
Winter: Cold and snowy, January: - 14 C
Winter in Northern Finland: 51 days of perpetual twilight around Christmas
Nature in Finland: the most forested country in Europe. 69 % forests
Unemployment rate: 8 %
75 % of women are employed outside the home
Higher education: 23 %
I met Rovaniemi and Northern Finland in April 2008
Rovaniemi: (Totalt area 8016 km2) and (Population 58900)
Souna is very important in Finland. An old finnish proverb says: "First build tha sauna and then the house".
I visited Rovaniemi and Northern Finland in April 2008
I attended International Week Ethnic-Sensitive Social Work Practice in Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences Rovaniemi, Finland April 21 - 25, 2008
