Finland

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European country Nordic country sovereign state

Finland is a Nordic country in Northern Europe known for its extensive forests and lakes, high standard of living, strong welfare state, and history that includes fighting in World War II and maintaining a policy of military non-alignment during the Cold War.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Republic of Finland 38
State of Finland 2
Finland (Suomi) 1

Statements (88)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European country ⓘ
Nordic country ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
administrativeDivisionType regions ⓘ
areaRankingInEurope one of the largest countries in Europe by area ⓘ
borderCountry Norway ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
callingCode +358 ⓘ
capital Helsinki ⓘ
climateType cold temperate climate ⓘ
coldWarPolicy military non-alignment ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culturalRegion Nordic countries ⓘ
currency euro ⓘ
demonym Finnish ⓘ
dominantChurch Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
drivesOn right ⓘ
educationRanking among the top in international assessments ⓘ
educationSystemCharacteristic tuition-free higher education for EU and EEA citizens ⓘ
energyProfile high share of renewable energy in electricity production ⓘ
EUMemberState true ⓘ
EurozoneMember true ⓘ
foreignPolicyDoctrine Paasikivi–Kekkonen line ⓘ
formerCurrency Finnish markka ⓘ
geographicalFeature Minnesota ⓘ
surface form: land of a thousand lakes
governmentType parliamentary republic ⓘ
hasAutonomousRegion Åland Islands ⓘ
hasCoastOn Baltic Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ
Gulf of Finland ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of Finland
headOfStateTitle President of Finland ⓘ
healthcareSystem universal healthcare ⓘ
historicalStatus Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
surface form: Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire
humanDevelopmentIndexLevel very high ⓘ
independenceDate 1917-12-06 ⓘ
independenceFrom Russian Empire ⓘ
internetTLD .ax ⓘ
.fi ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2 FI ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3 FIN ⓘ
knownFor high levels of press freedom ⓘ
high standard of living ⓘ
high-quality education system ⓘ
low levels of corruption ⓘ
sauna culture ⓘ
largestCity Helsinki ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Finland ⓘ
literacyRate very high ⓘ
maritimeBoundaryWith Estonia ⓘ
memberOf Council of Europe ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
Eurozone ⓘ
International Monetary Fund ⓘ
Nordic Council ⓘ
OECD ⓘ
surface form: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ⓘ
Schengen Area ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
World Trade Organization ⓘ
nationalAnimal brown bear ⓘ
nationalBird whooper swan ⓘ
nationalLanguageStatus bilingual ⓘ
nationalSport pesäpallo ⓘ
nationalTree silver birch ⓘ
NATOMember true ⓘ
notableGeographicalCharacteristic high proportion of forests ⓘ
officialLanguage Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
participatedIn Continuation War ⓘ
Winter War ⓘ
politicalSystemFeature multi-party system ⓘ
popularSport cross-country skiing ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ
populationCharacteristic relatively low population density ⓘ
pressFreedomRanking among the highest in the world ⓘ
recognizedMinorityLanguage Sami languages ⓘ
region Northern Europe ⓘ
religionMajority Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Christianity
SchengenAreaMember true ⓘ
subregion Fennoscandia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern European Time ⓘ
UNMemberState true ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime true ⓘ
welfareState strong social welfare system ⓘ
worldWarIIStatus co-belligerent with Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union in the Continuation War ⓘ

Referenced by (767)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HELCOM → member → Finland ⓘ
Nordic Council → member → Finland ⓘ
Axis powers → memberState → Finland ⓘ
Common Market → memberState → Finland ⓘ
Swedes → minorityIn → Finland ⓘ
Fennoscandia → namedAfter → Finland ⓘ
Finlandia Hall → namedAfter → Finland ⓘ
subject surface form: Suomenlinna
this entity surface form: Finland (Suomi)
Kari Lehtonen → nationalTeam → Finland ⓘ
Teemu Selänne → nationalTeam → Finland ⓘ
Finns → nativeTo → Finland ⓘ
Estonia → neighborAcrossSea → Finland ⓘ
Finnair → operatesFromCountry → Finland ⓘ
subject surface form: Folktinget
Saami Council → operatesIn → Finland ⓘ
subject surface form: CV90
Junkers Ju 88 → operator → Finland ⓘ
KV-1 heavy tank → operator → Finland ⓘ
subject surface form: KV-1
NH90 helicopter → operators → Finland ⓘ
subject surface form: NH90
Battle of Rovaniemi → opponent → Finland ⓘ
Kainuu front → opponent → Finland ⓘ
Lapland War → opponent → Finland ⓘ
Operation Birke → opponent → Finland ⓘ
RKKA → opponent → Finland ⓘ
Vladimir Kurdyumov → opponent → Finland ⓘ
MariaDB → originCountry → Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of Finland
Kauhava Air Base → ownedBy → Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Republic of Finland
this entity surface form: Republic of Finland
Yleisradio → owner → Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish state
Karelia → partOf → Finland ⓘ
Ostrobothnia → partOf → Finland ⓘ
subject surface form: Turku and Pori Province
this entity surface form: Republic of Finland