Finland is most sparcely populated a Nordic country situated in northern Europe. It has neighboring countries of Sweden, Russia, Norway & Estonia. It has population of 53 lacs people, majority of population is at southern part. Finland is rated the sixth most peaceful country in the world having civil liberties, freedom of the press, low corruption levels and political rights. Finland was also rated as best country to live on the parameters of quality of drinking water, greenhouse gas emissions, education & income.
Finnish culture has very high influence of Swedish country nowadays north american plays very dominating role in finland culture,They have referred to Asia , Africa for cultural developments.Beyond tourism youth of finland is traveling abroad to acquire study & work.
There exists minor differences in accents & vocabulary. Minorities like Sámi, Finland Sweden, Romani, and Tatar maintain their own cultural characteristics.
Finland has free- market economy, the largest sector of services contributes to high percentage 0f 67%.followed by manufacturing & refining at 34%. Resources are low in nature. The largest industries are electronic, machinery vehicles, metal products. Forest & chemical industry accounts for 23 %.Finland depends on imports of raw materials, energy & some components for manufacturing good. Agriculture development is limited to maintain self sufficiency. Government has directed strong focus on innovation, research& development with special emphasis on information technology. Nokia the telecom company is highly responsible for Finland’s success.
