Location: Europe
Capital City: Helsinki
Population: 5.3 million
Government: Republic with a representative democracy. Legislative power rests with the parliament of Finland while executive power is with the cabinet. The prime minister is head of the government and the president the head of state.
Currency: Euro
Main Language: Finnish
Main Religions: Most people in Finland are Christian. Nearly 75% are members of the state churches, mostly Lutheran with very few Orthodox.
Other Facts
Finland is known as ‘the land of the midnight sun’ because during the summer months of June and July it never gets dark.
Saunas are very popular in Finland although they vie with Sweden for the honour of being the nation that invented them.
The geography of the country is dominated by a huge network of lakes that are used for travel, tourism and supplying drinking water.
