- Official name
- Republic of Finland Suomen tasavalta · Finnish
1 more name
Republiken Finland · Swedish - Capital
- Helsinki
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Population (2018 est.)
- ≈ 5.5 million
- Area
- 338,424 km²
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Neighbours
- Norway, Sweden, Russia
- Internet / phone
- .fi · +358
Where it is
Notable facts
- Finland has about 188,000 lakes and 179,000 islands — more lakes per person than any other country.
- It has topped the World Happiness Report year after year.
- The sauna is a national institution: there are roughly three million of them for 5.5 million people.
- In Lapland the sun does not set for weeks in summer, nor rise for weeks in winter.
World Heritage 8 sites
National dish
Karjalanpaisti Beef, pork and lamb layered with onion and allspice and left in a low oven for hours.
Won a national vote in 2007. Rye bread was voted the national food in a separate one.