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Outline of Finland

See also: List of Finland-related topics

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Finland.

The Flag of Finland
The Coat of arms of Finland
The location of Finland
An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Finland

Finland – sovereign Nordic country located in Northern Europe.[1] Finland has borders with Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, and Norway to the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland. The capital city is Helsinki.

Around 5.4 million people reside in Finland, with the majority concentrated in the southern part of country.[2] It is the eighth largest country in Europe in terms of area and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. The native language for most of the population is Finnish, a member of the Uralic language family most closely related to Estonian and one of the four EU languages not of Indo-European origin. The second official language, Swedish, is spoken by a 5.5 percent minority.[3] Finland is a democratic, parliamentary republic with a central government and local governments in 415 municipalities. Greater Helsinki (including Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen) totals a million residents and a third of the GDP. Other major cities include Tampere, Turku, and Oulu.

Finland was historically part of Sweden and from 1809 an autonomous Grand Duchy within the Russian Empire. Finland's declaration of independence in 1917 from Russia was followed by a civil war, wars against the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, and a period of official neutrality during the Cold War. Finland joined the United Nations in 1955, the European Union in 1995, and NATO in 2023, and participates in the Eurozone. Finland has been ranked the second most stable country in the world, in a survey based on social, economic, political, and military indicators.[4]

Finland has seen excellent results in many international comparisons of national performance such as the share of high-technology manufacturing, the rate of gross domestic product growth, and the protection of civil liberties.[5]

General reference edit

 
An enlargeable basic map of Finland

Geography of Finland edit

 
An enlargeable topographic map of Finland

Geography of Finland

  Russia 1,313 km
  Norway 727 km
  Sweden 614 km
  • Coastline: 1,250 km

Environment of Finland edit

 
An enlargeable satellite image of Finland

Natural geographic features of Finland edit

Regions of Finland edit

Regions of Finland

Ecoregions of Finland edit

List of ecoregions in Finland

Administrative divisions of Finland edit

Administrative divisions of Finland

Provinces of Finland edit

Provinces of Finland

Regions of Finland edit

Regions of Finland

Sub-regions of Finland edit
Main article: Sub-regions of Finland
Municipalities of Finland edit

Municipalities of Finland

Demography of Finland edit

Demographics of Finland

Government and politics of Finland edit

Main articles: Government of Finland and Politics of Finland

Branches of the government of Finland edit

Government of Finland

Executive branch of the government of Finland edit

Legislative branch of the government of Finland edit

Judicial branch of the government of Finland edit

Judicial system of Finland

Foreign relations of Finland edit

Foreign relations of Finland

International organization membership edit

The Republic of Finland is a member of:[1]

Law and order in Finland edit

Law of Finland

Military of Finland edit

Military of Finland

Local government in Finland edit

Local government in Finland

History of Finland edit

History of Finland

See also: Timeline of the history of Finland and Current events of Finland

Culture of Finland edit

Culture of Finland

Art in Finland edit

Sports in Finland edit

Sports in Finland

Economy and infrastructure of Finland edit

Economy of Finland

Education in Finland edit

Education in Finland

See also edit

Finland

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Finland". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 2, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  2. ^ "The current population of Finland". Population Register Center. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
  3. ^ "The population of Finland in 2006". Statistics Finland. 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
  4. ^ The Failed States Index 2008 Archived 2008-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Finland: World Audit Democracy Profile". WorldAudit.org. Archived from the original on 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2007-06-11.

External links edit

  Wikimedia Atlas of Finland

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