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Finland is a combined presidential and parliamentary- democratic republic. The country is unitary state, but Åland is a partly self-governed landscape. The constitution consists of several basic laws, including the form of government of 1919, the parliamentary scheme of 1928,…
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As in other industrialized countries, research is organized in different types of institutions. The most important are universities and colleges, public institutes and laboratories in business enterprises. The total research and development expenditure accounted for 3.5% of the gross domestic…
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The history of written literature in Finland begins with the Reformation in the 16th century. The folk poetry, which had lived as an oral tradition, already had a long history behind it. Poetry on so-called calalameters dates back over 2000…
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Finland has a highly developed mix economy and is a modern welfare state with a high average standard of living. The country joined the EU’s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in 1999, and has an ever-increasing economic integration with the…
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Finland has two nuclear power plants in operation with a total output of 2 700 MWe. The share of nuclear power in Finnish power generation is around 30 per cent. A new nuclear reactor is under construction, which is expected…
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Finland has a general duty of military service for men from the age of 18, with initial service of 165, 255 or 347 days, depending on the service for which the military service is being trained. Finland’s armed forces have…
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The great similarity between Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian fauna is related to historical (immigration after the ice age) and geographical conditions. Many species have a continuous distribution throughout northern Scandinavia. Wild reindeer were formerly common across major parts of Finland,…
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Finland has two state churches: Finland’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, which about 70 percent of the population belongs to, and Orthodox denomination in Finland with 1.1 percent in 2016. About 1 percent belongs to other faiths, including the Catholic Church, Protestant…
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Apart from the southern coastal area and the furthest north, Finland lies within the boreal pine forest zone, the taiga table; This means that the flora and vegetation are in part very similar to the eastern Norwegian pine forest. Three…
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In the 1920s, Finland was the dominant long-distance running nation with athletes such as Paavo Nurmi (9 Olympic gold) and Ville Ritola (5 Olympic gold) and slightly earlier Hannes Kolehmainen (4 Olympic gold). Later, Lasse Virén became Olympic double winner…
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