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Helsinki
Uspenski CathedralNational Museum of Finland
Kiasma Art Museum
FINLAND CURRENCY
Facts about FinlandArea: 338 424 km2
Population: 5,389 million people (2011)
Government: Parliamentary Republic
Capital: Helsinki
Official languages: Finnish, Swedish
National Anthem: Maamme (Finnish), Vart Land (Swedish)
Tarja Halonen
Jyrki Katainen
Prehistory The area was settled
8500 BCE (Stone Age) First people were
hunter-gatherers Used stone tools The first verifiable
written documents appeared in the 12th century.
Astuvansalmi rock paintings at Saimaa (3000 – 2500 BC)
The 20th century
December 6, 1917 Finland got independence
Civil war 1918 First president Kaarlo Juho
Stahlberg 1920 Finnish-Russian border is
formed by the treaty of Tartu 1939 – 1940 Winter War 1941 – 1942 World War II 1944 – 1945 Lapland War 1950 - around 1977 Cold War Urho Kekkonen
(3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986 )
Recent History
Late 1980s Finland liberalized economy
1999 Finland joined Eurozone
2002 euro becomes the currency (before that it was Finnish Markka)
Linus Torvalds
Social Etiquette
Bring flowers , chocolates or wine when invited to a finish home
Flowers should not be given in even numbers
Avoid giving potted plants Avoid giving whit or yellow flowers
as they are associated with funerals.
Gifts are opened when received.
Finnish Meeting Etiquette
•Greetings are formal, with a firm handshake, direct eye contact and a smile•It is common practice to repeat your first surname while shaking hands•When greeting a married couple, the wife should be greeted first
Business Etiquette Finns often build or
maintain business relationship in a restaurant or the sauna
Never reject an invitation to use the sauna
It is an appreciated part of the Finnish culture
Appointments are necessary
Business Etiquette
. The basic business style is formal - i.e. there is relatively little small talk and Finns prefer people to speak succinctly and to focus purely on business.
Finns do not require face-to- face contact and, in fact, are quite comfortable using e- mail.
Finns are excellent time managers who prefer to organize their workday in order to accomplish as much as possible.
Finns are interested in long- term relationships.
Relationship building often takes place outside the office: in a restaurant or the sauna.
Never turn down an invitation to use the sauna, as it is an entrenched part of the Finnish culture.
Finns place a great value on speaking plainly and openly.
What someone says is accepted at face value and this is a culture where "a man's word is his bond" and will be treated as seriously as a written contract, so verbal commitments are considered agreements.
Table Manners•Wait to be told where to sit•Hold the fork in the left hand and knife in right while eating•Always keep your hand visible when eating•Do not begin eating until the hostess invites you to start•Finish everything on your plate . Finns do not appreciate waste.
What is Finland famous for? Nokia phones Sauna “Black candies” Snow and cold Santa Claus Reindeers Ice Hockey
Music Heavy Metal =
mainstream!!!! Festivals: Tuska, Sauna open
Air, Sonisphere, Ruisrock, Provinssirock, Pori Jazz, Savonlinna Ooppera, Kaustinen Folk Music
LANGUAGES IN FINLAND
Finnish -93% Swedish -6% Sami – 0.3% Other -0.7%
Climate 0f finland
Finland has a humid and cool semi-continental climate
Winters of southern Finland are usually 4 months long, and the snow typically covers the land
Ethnic make-up
•Finn- 93%•Swede-6%•Russian -0.5%•Estonian -0.3%•Roma -0.1%•Sami -0.1%
RELIGIONS Finland religiosity (2011) Lutheranism 77.3% No religion 20.1% Orthodoxy 1.1% Islam 1% Others 0.5%
Culture Finns value being close to
nature, the agricultural roots are embedded in the rural lifestyle
The traditions were partly indigenous, but also influenced by Norse paganism. Song magic and bear worship are distinctive marks of the ancient religion
nuclear family, rather than the extended family
Finska folkdancer
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