Welcome to the Finland part of my site
TEN Qs. TRUE OR FALSE? TREK & FINNISH
So. The first thing you may be thinking about is... WHERE IS FINLAND?????????
*Finland is in Northern Europe, between Sweden and Russia.
*Finland has approximately 5 million inhabitants
*There are two official languages: Finnish and Swedish
*6% of people speak Swedish as their mother tongue
*Finland is part of EU, European Union
*The capital of Finland is Helsinki*The president of Finland is Tarja Halonen. She was elected in the year 2000
*Finnish currency, mark, doesn't exist after 1st of March 2002; after
that date Finland's currency is Euro*Most of the people are Lutherans
*The weather varies a lot in Finland: In winter it can be -30 C (-86 F),
but normally in winter the temperature hangs in -15 C (-59 F)
In summer the temperature is between 20 and 30 C (68F-86 F)
*Because Finland is a long country, the temperatures can vary very
much, depending on where one lives
*People go to school at the age of seven and there are 9 grades in
Finnish comprehensive school. After that most people go to a high
school that lasts three years. Then one can continue to university.
But also, after the comprehensive school 40 % of people go to an
occupational school of some kind.
You may use the written content of the Finland section in your essay or other thing like that, but please give me credit for it: (made by Minna, http://www.geocities.com/minnasw/finland.html). If you would like to use some pictures too, please ask my permission first.
