Map of Finland Finland in Europe
  • Capital: Helsinki
  • Time: +1 GMT
  • Area: 337,030 sq km
  • Population: 5,149,242 (estimated on July 1998)
  • Currency: markka or finmark
  • Form of government: republic; unicameral Parliament (200 seats, members are elected by popular vote on a proportional basis to serve four-year terms); President elected by popular vote for a six-year term; Deputy Prime Minister appointed by the president
  • Official language: Finish (93.5%), Swedish (6.3%)
  • Religion: Evangelical Lutheran (89%), Greek Ortodox (1%), none (9%0, Other (1%)
  • National holiday: Independance Day, 6 December (1917 from Russia)

Picture Gallery

Helsinki Church Helsinki Cathedral A view of Helsinki Landscape
Lapland Oulu Marketplace Oulu University Nortern Lights
Picture from Lapland Oulu Christmas Olavinlinna Castle Turku the oldest city of Finland

Links

 

Official sites

Embassy of Finland in the U.S.
Consulate General of Finland
Consulate General of Finland, Los Angeles, CA
The Finnish American Chamber of Commerce
The Swedish Assembly of Finland

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Live Radio on The Internet

Radio Extreme - 98.9 FM (Helsinki) - Live Feed 
Radio Finland (via World Radio Network) - Live Feed

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Newspapers & Magazines

Finnish newspapers
Magazines and newspapers
Finnish Broadcasting Company

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Tourism

Helsinki Tourist Office
Finland for visitors 
City of Espoo - Espoo, Finland's second largest city is located next door to Helsinki
Helsinki2000 - Helsinki is nominated for European City of Culture in the year 2000
City of Vantaa - Vantaa, the fourth largest Finnish city lies to the north of Helsinki

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Culture

Kulttuuri.net -Gateway to Finnish Culture on the Net
Finland Festivals
Finnish Design
The Finnish National Gallery
The Museum of Contemporary Art
Helsinki City Art Museum
Finnish music and music in Finland compiled by the Sibelius Academy
www.music.finland.com
Sibelius Academy
Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras
Radio Symphony Orchestra
Finnish National Opera
Savonlinna Opera Festival
Rockdata
Books from Finland
The Alvar Aalto Museum
The Museums of Finland
The National Museum of Finland
The Arts Council of Finland
The Web Gallery of The University of Art and Design Helsinki
Electric Verse by members of the Living Poet´s Society of Finland

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Miscellaneous

Helsinki Camera - See a webcam picture of Helsinki from the air
English-Finnish-English dictionary and thesaurus
Statistics about Finland