This is Finland - a whirlwind tour. The Finns Officially bilingual: Finnish and Swedish Population: 5.3 Million Scandinavian lifestyle. - презентация

1 This is Finland - a whirlwind tour

2 The Finns Officially bilingual: Finnish and Swedish Population: 5.3 Million Scandinavian lifestyle

3 The top of Europe Flight times to Helsinki: New York 8 hrs 40 min Beijing 7 hrs 40 min St Petersburg 1 hr Stockholm 55 min Four seasons

4 Trailblazing in music and architecture Karita Mattila, soprano Jean Sibelius, composer Alvar Aalto, architect Apocalyptica, heavy-metal cellists

5 World Design Capital 2012 Tradition Design icons

6 Expertise: the most important resource Life-long learning Technological innovation Nokia Head Office Main industries: High-tech and engineering Forest industry Services Currency: the euro

7 Government and history Martti Ahtisaari, Nobel Peace Laureate Part of Swedish kingdom for 600 years Autonomous grand duchy in the Russian empire Parliamentary democracy Independence 1917 Member of EU since 1995

8 Sauna and Santa Claus Lapland, home of Santa Two million saunas

9 Kiitos! Tack! Images in order of appearance: Gorilla/Juho Kuva, Finnish Tourist Board Image Bank (FTB), FTB, FTB, FTB, Gorilla/Miia Saastamoinen, FTB, FTB, FTB, Lehtikuva/Jörg-Martin Schulze, Lehtikuva/Mikko Stig, Lauri Eriksson, Lehtikuva, Alvar Aalto Museum, Finnish Tourist Board, Lehtikuva/Pekka Sakki, Marimekko, Nokia, Rodeo.fi, Vastavalo/Pekka Tukiainen, Keskustan kuvapankki, FTB, Lehtikuva, Plugi/Mikko Levo, Lehtikuva/Matti Kolho, FTB, FTB To learn more, visit thisisFINLAND.fi