Page "Geography of Finland" Paragraph 5

As a whole, the shape of Finland's boundaries resembles a figure of a one-armed human.

In Finnish, parallels are drawn between the figure and the national personification of Finland – Finnish Maiden ( Suomi-neito ) – and the country as a whole can be referrerd in the Finnish language by her name.

Even in official context the area around Enontekiö in northwestern part of the country between Sweden and Norway can be refererred to as the " Arm " ( käsivarsi ).

After the Continuation War Finland lost major land areas to Russia in the Moscow Armistice of 1944, and the figure was said to have lost the other of her arms, as well as a hem of her " skirt ".