Home  Poem  Me shortly  Finland stuff  Links  I tell here something about Finland, because (too) many people knows nothing about it! You can find here about Finland`s national epic, finnish recipes and links about Moomin -characters creator, Santa Claus, Linux-creator and much more... Few facts: Finland (Finnish name Suomi) is a republic which became a member of the European Union in 1995. Its population is 5.2 million. The capital Helsinki has 560 000 residents. Forests cover three quarters of the country's surface area of 338 000 sq. km. Other outstanding features of Finland's scenery are some 190 000 lakes and approximately as many islands. Famous Finns: Many people knows Finland from sauna, sisu and Sibelius. (Well, sauna is sauna also in english, sisu = perseverance, Sibelius is Finland's greatest composer.) Some people may know also some other Finnish persons and things, like - Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland 1994-2000 - Tarja Halonen, President of Finland since 2000, - Mika Häkkinen, Formula One driver - Sami Hyypiä, football player - Jari Litmanen, football player - Tommi Mäkinen, rally driver - Sami Kapanen, ice hockey player - Teemu Selänne, ice hockey player - Kalle Palander, alpine skier - Jorma Ollila, chairman and CEO of Nokia - Akseli Gallen-Kallela, painter - Aleksis Kivi, Finland`s national author - Renny Harlin, film director - Aki Kaurismäki, writer, editor, producer, director - Elias Lönnrot, creator of Kalevala, the Finnish national epic - Tove Jansson, writer, painter and illustrator; mom of Moomintroll - Mauri Kunnas, children's writer, illustrator, cartoonist - Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux computer operating system - Santa Claus Read Kalevala, the Finnish national epic! Make and taste finnish food. Check here some delicacy-recipes! Go to my linkpage and learn even more about Finland Read my Dreambook guestbook! Sign my Dreambook! Home  Poem  Me shortly  Finland stuff  Links