Finland (fin)

Finland

Finland ranks 2,259th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Knin, Minamiawaji, and Kalisz. Memorable people born in Finland include Aki Kaurismäki, Mika Kaurismäki, and Stina Ekblad. Memorable people who died in Finland include Emil Väre, Harri Larva, and Lasse Mårtenson. Finland has been the birth place of many film directors, and musicians and the death place of many wrestlers, and athletes. Finland is located in Finland.

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million, the majority being ethnic Finns. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The official languages are Finnish and Swedish, the mother tongues of 84.1 percent and 5.1 percent of the population, respectively. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to boreal in the north. Its land is predominantly covered by boreal forest, with over 180,000 recorded lakes. Read more on Wikipedia