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* Finland: lukio ( educational language is Finnish ) or gymnasium ( educational language is Swedish ) takes 2 – 5 years ( most students spend 3 years ), after 9 years of primary school ( peruskoulu in Finnish, grundskola in Swedish ); lukio starts usually in the autumn of the year when the student turns 16 and ends with abitur after passing the matriculation examination ; lukio is not compulsory and its entrance is competitive.
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Finland and lukio
Juho Kusti Paasikivi ( Seventh President of Finland ) graduated from Hämeenlinnan lyseon lukio ( Hämeenlinnan lyseon lukio is Hämeenlinna Lyseo Upper secondary school, roughly the equivalent of a US highschool ).
The more commonly used term for upper secondary school in Finland is lukio in Finnish, gymnasium in Swedish.
Secondary high schools, lukio, and vocational schools in Finland have student councils.
Kuopion Lyseon lukio is located in Kuopio, Finland.
Kuopion Lyseon lukio is one of the most academically prestigious upper secondary schools in Finland.
Finland and educational
Despite the sexes ' equal educational attainments, and despite a society where sexual differentiation played a smaller role than it did in many other countries, occupational segregation in Finland was marked.
This caused more than 50 years of positive economic, industrial, cultural and educational development in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007 – 2013 in Finland.
It revolved around the question of what status Swedish — the language which since the Middle Ages had been the main language of administration and high culture in Finland — and, on the other hand, Finnish — the mother tongue of the majority of Finns — should have in political, cultural, educational, and other national arenas.
Universities in Sweden and Finland can appoint a researcher with a doctoral degree to an unpaid academic position called Docent (" Dosentti " in Finnish ) after an independent scientific and educational review.
The basic compulsory educational system in Finland is the nine-year comprehensive school ( Finnish peruskoulu, Swedish grundskola, " basic school "), for which school attendance is mandatory ( homeschooling is allowed, but rare ).
The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007 – 2013 in Finland.
With the best educational system in Europe, Finland has recently ranked as one of the world's most peaceful, competitive and livable countries.
The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007 – 2013 in Finland.
The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007 – 2013 in Finland.
The educational department of Seinäjoki takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007 – 2013 in Finland.
The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007 – 2013 in Finland.
In 2004 the band made a 10th anniversary tour, and the Swedish Cultural Fund of Finland selected the band with Jenny Wilhelms for their annual honor award, given to artists in different fields of cultural and educational work.
Israel with its well developed technical and educational infrastructure and larger base of highly educated citizens is retaining a greater percentage of its highly educated persons than countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark and New Zealand.
In some countries, school counseling is provided by educational specialists ( for example, Botswana, China, Finland, Israel, Malta, Nigeria, Romania, Taiwan, Turkey, United States ).
In 2003, the Ministry of Education Finland chose Media Lab as one of the national top educational units.
In 1855 the Russian senate was commissioned to advance the educational system in Finland after Tsar Alexander II ascended to the throne.
Turku Science Park is a community of businesses and educational establishments in the city of Turku, Finland.
According to its website, “ Grieg Academy, Bergen University College has exchange agreements with educational institutions in Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, England, Germany, USA, Australia, Greece and Austria .”
Finland and language
* In addition, Finnish, a Baltic-Finnic language, has calqued the Swedish term as Itämeri " East Sea ", disregarding the geography ( the sea is west of Finland ), though understandably since Finland was a part of Sweden from the Middle Ages until 1809.
His father, Donald Walton Lynch, was a research scientist working for the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and his mother, Edwina " Sunny " Lynch ( née Sundholm ), was an English language tutor whose grandfather's parents had immigrated to the United States from Finland in the 19th century.
Inspired by the minority language example of Norsk Allkunnebok, a Swedish-language encyclopedia of Finland was initiated in 1969 and eventually published as Uppslagsverket Finland ( 3 volumes, 1982 – 1985 ; 2nd edition in 5 volumes, 2003 – 2007 ).
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.
South-Western Finland belonged to the Nordic Bronze Age, which may be associated with Indo-European languages and according to Finnish Germanist Jorma Koivulehto speakers of Proto-Germanic language in particular.
* May 12 is the day of the Finnish language in Finland.
Britain opposed such proposals, because they feared the Soviets ' proposed language could justify a Soviet intervention in Finland and the Baltic states, or push those countries to seek closer relations with Germany.
The age of the Swedish language's presence in Finland is strongly contested ( see Swedish-speaking Finns ), but by the time of the Second Swedish Crusade in the 13th century, Swedish settlement spread the language into the region.
Some researchers have even argued that a Uralic form of language may have been spoken in Estonia and Finland since the end of the last glaciation.
Also, when the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland held a popular contest to nominate the " most energizing " word in the Finnish language, one of the suggestions was Perkele because " it is the curse word that gave the most strength for the reconstruction of Finland after the wars.
In 1918, a new university, the Åbo Akademi – the only Swedish language university in Finland – was founded in Turku.
Åbo Underrättelser, a Swedish language newspaper published in Turku, is the oldest newspaper in Finland, having been published since 1824.
This day is also Elias Lönnrot's birthday and it is celebrated in Finland as the day of the Finnish language.
Euro gold and silver commemorative coins ( Finland )# 2007 coinage | Mikael Agricola and Finnish language commemorative coin
This collector coin was issued to honor Mikael Agricola's lifework as a contributor to Protestant reformation in Finland and as the father of the Finnish written language.
In Finland, a similar greeting moi () is used for " hello ", " hi " in the Finnish language.
A Finnish language edition ( Keski-Maa Roolipeli or KERP ) was published in 1990 and the game became one of the most popular fantasy role playing games in Finland.
Due to its proximity to Finland, Finnish is an official minority language in the municipality and most names have a Finn counterpart.
Approximately 20 million people in the Nordic countries have a Scandinavian language as their mother tongue, including a Swedish minority in Finland.
Municipalities of Finland with Swedish as an official language in blue: White: unilingually Finnish municipalities Light blue: bilingual municipalities with a Finnish majority Bright blue: bilingual municipalities with a Swedish majority Dark blue: unilingually ( 92-94 %) Swedish municipalities More than 17, 000 Swedish-speaking Finns live in officially monolingual Finnish municipalities, and are thus not represented on the map.
Most Swedish-speaking Finns emphasize that Finland Swedish is not a language separate from the Swedish of Sweden.
Any language adopts features, especially pronunciation habits, from dominant languages it comes in touch with, but many of the traits of Finland Swedish exist also in monolingual areas and some are in fact preserved features of old Swedish.
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