Finland

E12029

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
Finland (co-belligerent areas)	1
Finland (mainland)	1
Finland (pre–World War II borders)	1
Finnish state	1
Grand Duchy of Finland	1
Kingdom of Finland	1
Puolanka	1
Финляндия	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.

Miro Heiskanen → birthPlaceCountry → Finland ⓘ

Sweden → borderCountry → Finland ⓘ

Scandinavia–Russia transport corridor → borderCrossingBetween → Finland ⓘ

Norway → borderWith → Finland ⓘ

Petsamo, Finland → bordered → Finland ⓘ

Baltic Proper → borderedBy → Finland ⓘ

Karelian Isthmus → borderedBy → Finland ⓘ

Northwestern FD → borderedBy → Finland ⓘ

Troms → borderedBy → Finland ⓘ

Baltic Sea → borderedByCountry → Finland ⓘ

Kola Peninsula → borders → Finland ⓘ

Leningrad Oblast → borders → Finland ⓘ

northern Sweden → borders → Finland ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Sweden

Northwestern Federal Okrug → borders → Finland ⓘ

Saint Petersburg Oblast → borders → Finland ⓘ

European Russia → bordersCountry → Finland ⓘ

Murmansk Oblast → bordersCountry → Finland ⓘ

Northwestern Federal District → bordersCountry → Finland ⓘ

Russia → bordersCountry → Finland ⓘ

Troms og Finnmark → bordersCountry → Finland ⓘ

Finnish government → branchOf → Finland ⓘ

this entity surface form: State of Finland

MTV3 → broadcastArea → Finland ⓘ

Nelonen → broadcastArea → Finland ⓘ

Yle Radio 1 → broadcastArea → Finland ⓘ

Yle Radio Suomi → broadcastArea → Finland ⓘ

Yle TV1 → broadcastArea → Finland ⓘ

Yle TV2 → broadcastArea → Finland ⓘ

Yle Teema & Fem → broadcastArea → Finland ⓘ

YleX → broadcastArea → Finland ⓘ

YleX → broadcastsIn → Finland ⓘ

Espoo, Finland → capitalOf → Finland ⓘ

subject surface form: Espoo

Helsinki → capitalOf → Finland ⓘ

Mayor of Helsinki → capitalOfJurisdiction → Finland ⓘ

Ladoga Karelia → cededBy → Finland ⓘ

Christmas Eve → celebratedIn → Finland ⓘ

Walpurgis Night → celebratedIn → Finland ⓘ

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) → chartedIn → Finland ⓘ

Arvo Ylppö → citizenOf → Finland ⓘ

Alexander Stubb → citizenship → Finland ⓘ

Linus Torvalds → citizenship → Finland ⓘ

Martti Ahtisaari → citizenship → Finland ⓘ

Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive → combatant → Finland ⓘ

Battle of Taipale → combatant1 → Finland ⓘ

Suomussalmi → combatantsInvolved → Finland ⓘ

Battle of Tankavaara → combatantsSide1 → Finland ⓘ

Continuation War → conflictBetween → Finland ⓘ

European route E18 → connectsCountry → Finland ⓘ

Port of Stockholm → connectsTo → Finland ⓘ

Nils Torvalds → constituency → Finland ⓘ

Fennoscandia → contains → Finland ⓘ