Finland

A beautiful place

prepared for EUrope eTwinning project2011/2012

About Finland Finland, the Republic of Finland a coastal country in

Northern Europe, formed after disconnecting from Russia in 1917. Member of the European Union. It is bordered to the west of Sweden and the Baltic Sea, north of Norway and from the east with Russia.

Finland was founded in 1917, after the collapse of the tsarist government. Finland did not have the tradition of state, since the conquest in the Middle Ages was the Finnish peoples under foreign - Swedish rule, then more than 100 years under Russian rule.

Demography The capital of Finland is Helsinki. Official

language is Finnish and Swedish. The president is Tarja Halonen. The population is 5 313 026 . The currency is Euro.The highest peak is Haltiatunturi (1328 m), and the longest river is Kemijoki (550 km). The largest lake is Saimaa (1377 km ²). Finland has access to the sea, the Baltic Sea. Dominant religion is Lutheranism.

Haltiatunturi Baltic Sea

Kemijoki Saimaa

National anthemThe original version

Oi maamme, Suomi, synnyinmaa!

Soi sana kultainen!Ei laaksoa, ei kukkulaa,

ei vettä rantaa rakkaampaakuin kotimaa tää pohjoinen.

Maa kallis isien.

Sun kukoistukses kuorestaankerrankin puhkeaa;viel' lempemme saa

nousemaansun toivos, riemus

loistossaan,ja kerran laulus, synnyinmaa

korkeemman kaiun saa.

„Maamme” is the title of Finland's national anthem. There is no law on an official national anthem in Finland, but Maamme is firmly established by convention.The music was composed by the German immigrant  Fridrik Pacius, with words by Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

Finnish festival

•Kalewali days•Easter•Labour Day

Cultural Events

•Independence Day•Christmas

Finnish food The basis of Finnish food is milk and milk

products. Finns drink lots of coffee with milk. When it comes to drinks, you can meet them with beer and cider, fermented juice of ripe apples.Finns eat a lot of vegetables, and breads. In addition to ordinary bread there is still a whole range of sweet buns. They make sandwiches with such ingredients as cheese, ham, lettuce, cucumber, tomato. As a nation with plenty of sea and inland waters Finns eat much fish and seafood.

Most popular people Kaj Tapio(Tapsa) Rautavaara- Finnish athlete,

Spearman. Olympic champion from London. Also, singer and actor.

Jouko Ahola- Finnish strongman, actor and bodybuilder.

Maila Nurmi- Finnish actress, known mainly from the role "Vampires" in the movie Plan nine from outer space, directed by Ed Wood.

Kati Outinen- Finnish actress. Winner of prize for best actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002 for his role in Man Without a Past. He currently teaches at the Theatre Academy of Finland.

Kaj Tapio(Tapsa) Rautavaara

Jouko Ahola

Maila Nurmi

Kati Outinen

Authors Aleksandra Dzida Magdalena Jach Katarzyna Tercha-Natkaniec

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