GEOGRAPHY

GPS

64°North 26°East

Forrest

65 % of the

territory

Area

338 000 sq km

Lakes

188 000

Density

15 pers. / sq km

Biggest lakes

Saima

Main cities

Helsinki (capital)

Inari

Espoo

Tampere

Highest Point

Haltiatunturi

Turku

(1328m)

Average temp in Feb.

- 9 C°

Average temp in July

+ 16 C°

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STATISTICS

726 cellulars per 1000 inhabitants !

(That means: around 4,12 Mio. mobile

phones are happily living in Finland !!!)

Currency	EURO	Prime Minister	Mr. Matti Vanhanen
Population	5, 2 Mio.	President	Mrs TARJA HALONEN
GDP	USD 103.6 billion		Official Portrait of Mrs Tarja Halonen
GDP per head	USD 20,100
Education	12% of the state’s budget
Annual growth	5 % (2001)
Government	Democratic Republic
Language	Finnish 92% and Swedish 7%
Religion	Lutheran and Orthodox
National epic	Kalevala

SOME FINNISH COMPANIES

Nokia (Value 2001 : 138 538 Mio. €)

Sonera

Stora Enso

UPM-Kymmene

Click here for a list of the biggest 500 (pdf)

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HISTORY

From the 12^th century until 1809 part of Sweden

Finnish Wars

1550 Foundation of Helsinki

1696 - 1697 famine killed 1/3rd of all Finns

1809 Sweden loses Finland to Russia until 1917

6.12.1917 Finnish Senate declares Independence

1939 - 1940 Winter War against SU, Finland loses Karelia

Finnish Defense today

1941 - 1944 Continuation War against SU

1944 - 1945 Lapland War against Germany

1952 Olympic Summer Games in Helsinki

1975 Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe

1956 - 1981 Urho Kekkonen’s Presidency

1990 Economical crisis

Maamme

1995 EU membership

Finlandia

P1 / P2

Pistol: Lahti 35 / Plane Valmet L 70 Vinka

© L. Joachim 2001/2002