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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. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. Finland has a population of 5.7 million. The official languages are Finnish and Swedish, the mother tongues of 83.5 percent and 5.0 percent of the population, respectively. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to boreal in the north. Its land is predominantly covered by boreal forest, with over 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 middle of the 13th century, Finland became part of Sweden during the Northern Crusades. In 1809, as a result of the Finnish War, Finland was captured from Sweden and became an autonomous grand duchy within the Russian Empire. During this period, Finnish art flourished and an independence movement gradually developed. (Full article...)

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Erik Gustav Elfving (25 June 1908 – 25 March 1984) was a Finnish mathematician and statistician. He wrote pioneering works in mathematical statistics, especially on the design of experiments. (Full article...)

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The Central Park of Helsinki during the summer

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... that Sweden's Truth Commission for the Sámi People leaves "reconciliation" out of its name, unlike similar inquiries in Norway and Finland?
... that Sodankylä Old Church is one of the oldest preserved wooden churches in Finland?
... that Jasmine Wong's stage name refers to the Finnish word for 'blind'?
... that the 1972 Finnish film The Sheep Eaters gathered more than a million viewers opposite the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships match between Finland and the Soviet Union?
... that the Grand Prix of Finland was held again in 2022 after Russia was banned from hosting international figure skating competitions?
... that Finland won its first Olympic ice hockey medal under the leadership of Kai Hietarinta?

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...that the prototypes for the WW II German U-boat fleet (Type II pictured) were designed by a Dutch company and built in Finland at the Crichton-Vulcan shipyard?
...that while repelling Soviet advances across the frozen Lake Suvanto, Finland managed to capture 12 anti-tank guns, 140 machine guns, 200 light machine guns and 1500 rifles in the Battle of Kelja in 1939?
...that Major Carl Mothander, the leader of Swedish volunteers in the Estonian War of Independence, later wrote books on Estonian politics that were banned in 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?
...that in 1745, Daniel Juslenius, a Finnish Fennoman, finished the first formal Finnish dictionary?

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The National Coalition Party (NCP; Finnish: Kansallinen Kokoomus [ˈkɑnsɑlːinen ˈko̞ko̞ːmus], Kok; Swedish: Nationella Samlingspartiet, Saml) is a liberal conservative and conservative liberal political party in Finland. It is the current governing political party.

Founded in 1918, the National Coalition Party is one of the "big three" parties that have dominated Finnish national politics for several decades, along with the Social Democratic Party and the Centre Party. The current party chair is Petteri Orpo, elected on 11 June 2016. The party self-statedly bases its politics on "freedom, education, equality of opportunities, and democracy". Their foreign stances are pro-NATO and pro-European oriented, the party is also a member of the European People's Party (EPP). The party is described by literature as a conservative as well as a party on the centre-right, with catch-all characteristics. (Full article...)

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Image 1Jussipaita (transl. Jussi sweater); a traditional sweater from the Finnish region of Southern Ostrobothnia (from Culture of Finland)
Image 2Apocalyptica's Perttu Kivilaakso playing metal music live (from Culture of Finland)
Image 3A view of Pohjoisesplanadi in the center of Helsinki in 1891 (from History of Finland)
Image 4Pieces of the Antrea Net (8,300 BC), the oldest-known fishing net in the world. (from History of Finland)
Image 5Alvar Aalto, Viipuri Library (1927–35) (from Culture of Finland)
Image 6Homann'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 7Finland Ostrobothnia regiment uniforms in 1705 (from History of Finland)
Image 8Badge of the Finnish White/Civil Guard (from History of Finland)
Image 9Kalmar Union in 1400s (from History of Finland)
Image 10Women dressed in Finnish folk costumes (from Culture of Finland)
Image 11Jean Sibelius at work in his study (from History of Finland)
Image 12Northern Europe in 814 (from History of Finland)
Image 13Portrait of Finnish poet Elias Lönnrot who wrote "the Kalevala" (1802 - 1884) (from History of Finland)
Image 14Finnish folk dancers in a 1907 postcard sent from Mustamäki, Finland (from Culture of Finland)
Image 15Imagery collage of Birger Jarl conquering Häme and the construction of Häme Castle (from History of Finland)
Image 16In the sauna, by Pekka Halonen, 1925 (from Culture of Finland)
Image 17The Finno-Soviet Treaty (from History of Finland)
Image 18Karjalanpiirakka, a traditional Finnish pastry (from Culture of Finland)
Image 19Lapua Movement supporters beating the "red officer" Eino Nieminen [fi] in front of the Vaasa courthouse during the 4 June 1930 riot. (from History of Finland)
Image 20Women in sauna with Vihtas
Image 21A peasant girl and a woman in traditional dress from Ruokolahti, eastern Finland, as depicted by Severin Falkman in 1882 (from Culture of Finland)
Image 22People gathered in the Senate Square for a demonstration against the February Manifesto in March 1899. (from History of Finland)
Image 23Signing 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 24The area of Finland in the years 1920–1940. The 1935 county and municipality division on the map. (from History of Finland)
Image 25Map of Finnish areas ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944, after the Continuation War (from History of Finland)
Image 26Finnish Guards' Rifle Battalion, 1850s (from History of Finland)
Image 27This 1825 map of the Grand Duchy of Finland is from a larger work, geographical atlas of the Russian Empire. (from History of Finland)
Image 28The area controlled by Finland at its largest, in 1942 (from History of Finland)
Image 29President K. J. Ståhlberg in his office in 1919 (from History of Finland)
Image 30Stone Age dwelling named Kierikki 5000–3000 BC (from History of Finland)
Image 31Captain Aarne Juutilainen at the front at Kollaa during the Winter War (from History of Finland)
Image 32Three Finnish Romani women in Helsinki, Finland, in 1930s (from Culture of Finland)
Image 33A group of Finnish soldiers operating a Bofors gun during the Continuation War in 1943 (from History of Finland)
Image 34Mikael Agricola hands over the Finnish Translation of the New Testament to King Gustav Wasa. (from History of Finland)
Image 35Wehrmacht soldiers with a local Sámi reindeer herder, Lappland, Sodankylä, Finland 1942 (from History of Finland)
Image 36The ruins of Vammala burned by the Reds, during the Civil war (from History of Finland)
Image 37Marshal of Finland Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim visit in Germany, 1942 (from History of Finland)
Image 38In 2011 figure skater Kiira Korpi was ranked 4th in the world. (from Culture of Finland)
Image 392007 Formula One World Champion Kimi Räikkönen celebrating victory at the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix (from Culture of Finland)
Image 40Battle of Gangut (Hanko) was part of the Great Northern War during 1700–1721. (from History of Finland)
Image 41Kreeta Haapasalo Playing the Kantele in a Peasant Cottage (1868), by Robert Wilhelm Ekman (from History of Finland)
Image 42Pekka Halonen's painting "against persecutors" from 1896 depicts the warfare of the ancient Finns. (from History of Finland)
Image 43Stone Age stone axe engraved with human face found from Kiuruvesi. (from History of Finland)
Image 44The 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 45The Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), a significant figure in the history of classical music (from Culture of Finland)
Image 46Grand Duchy of Finland, 75 kopek assignat (1824) (from History of Finland)
Image 47Paavo Nurmi at the 1920 Summer Olympics (from Culture of Finland)
Image 48Prehistoric red ochre painted rock art of moose, human figures, and boats in Astuvansalmi, Finland, from ca. 3800–2200 BC (from Culture of Finland)
Image 49The 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 census literacy data) (from History of Finland)
Image 50The 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)

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31 July 2026 – Morocco–Spain relations: Austrian chancellor Christian Stocker and Finnish interior minister Mari Rantanen join Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in calling for Spain to be suspended from the Schengen Area in response to the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta over the last 24 hours. (AA)
8 June 2026 – Human trafficking in Finland: A Finnish court sentences former Polarica [fi] chief executive Jukka Kristo to two and a half years' imprisonment for human trafficking after finding that dozens of Thai berry pickers were subjected to forced labour and exploitative working conditions in Finland. (AFP via CNA)

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