Formation
Dec 6, 1917
Dec 6, 1917
Helsinki
5.541 million (2021)
A Nordic country in Northern Europe that borders Sweden, Norway and Russia. Finnish and Swedish are the official languages. It joined the European Union in 1995 and adopted the euro in 1999.
The word Sauna is Finnish and the country has more than two million saunas. It is home home to the midnight sun, where in June and July the sun stays above the horizon. It is called the land of a thousand lakes, although there are more than 180,000 lakes in the country.