Rovaniemi ( in Finland ), which lies slightly south of the line, has a population of approximately 58, 000, and is the largest settlement in the immediate vicinity of the Arctic Circle.

The land on the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States ( Alaska ), Canada, Denmark ( Greenland ), and Iceland ( where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey ).

The archipelago with the most islands is the Archipelago Sea in Finland.

* 1605 – The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.

Although he is sometimes regarded as among the first and most influential architects of Nordic modernism, a closer examination of the historical facts reveals that Aalto ( while a pioneer in Finland ) closely followed and had personal contacts with other pioneers in Sweden, in particular Gunnar Asplund and Sven Markelius.

In his analysis of Aalto, Giedion gave primacy to qualities that depart from direct functionality, such as mood, atmosphere, intensity of life and even national characteristics, declaring that " Finland is with Aalto wherever he goes ".

The total population estimate in all of Norway, Sweden and Finland is a mere 120 adult individuals.

The other threatened population is the one in Fennoscandia ( Norway, Sweden, Finland and Kola Peninsula ).

The total population estimate for 1997 is around 60 adults in Sweden, 11 adults in Finland and 50 in Norway.

* 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.

Much of modern Finland is former seabed or archipelago: illustrated are sea levels immediately after the last ice age.

The brown bear's principal range includes parts of Russia, the United States ( mostly in Alaska ), Canada, the Carpathian region ( especially Romania, but also Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland and so on ), the Balkans, Sweden and Finland, where it is the national animal.

Kontinenten – the Continent – is a vernacular Swedish expression excluding Sweden, Norway and Finland, but including Denmark ( even the Danish archipelago ) and the rest of continental Europe.

The conservative party in Finland is the National Coalition Party ( in Finnish Kansallinen Kokoomus, Kok ).

Another example is Åland where the residents enjoy a special provincial citizenship within Finland, hembygdsrätt.

Finnish dog tags are also designed to be broken in two ; however, the only text on it is the personal identification number and the letters SF, which stands for Suomi Finland, within a tower stamped atop of the upper half.

In Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Finland, Sweden, the United States, and Canada, a dentist is a healthcare professional qualified to practice dentistry after graduating with a degree of either Doctor of Dental Surgery ( DDS ) or Doctor of Dental Medicine ( DMD ).

* 1939 – Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

In Finland, the term tohtori / doktor is applied only to holders of the postgraduate research doctor's degree.

Rosa has an especially large following in Finland, and in 1999, he created a special 32-page Donald, Scrooge, Gearloose & nephews strip for his Finnish fans ; Sammon Salaisuus ( translates to The secret of the Sampo, but it is officially named The Quest for Kalevala

The Finnish part lies entirely within Tornio in northern Finland, and is actually only long.

There is a variety of schedules, for example presidents: the President of Ireland is elected every seven years, the President of Russia and the President of Finland every six years, the President of France every five years, President of United States every four years.

The rise of a pro-European sentiment is mainly due to the existent wave of general internationalization in Finland.

* Finland is the only European nation on the mainland of the European continent to lie completely north of the 60th parallel

* At, Finland owns the distinction of having the second-longest border with Russia of any European country, surpassed only by Ukraine ().

It has been questioned whether President Tarja Halonen represented only Finland or the entire EU when she met with President of Russia Vladimir Putin.

Peacekeeping under the auspices of the United Nations is the only real extra-national military responsibility which Finland undertakes.

The Czech Republic, Finland, Norway Sweden, and Switzerland remain the only five countries to have ever captured a medal at a World Championship event.

Finland's foreign politics before this deal had been varied: independence from Imperial Russia with support of Imperial Germany in 1917 ; participation in the Russian Civil War ( without official declaration of war ) alongside the Triple Entente 1918 – 1920 ; a non-ratified alliance with Poland in 1922 ; association with the neutralist and democratic Scandinavian countries in the 1930s ended by the Winter War ( 1939 ); and finally in 1940, a rapprochement with Nazi Germany, the only power able to protect Finland against the expansionist Soviet Union, leading to the Continuation War in 1941.

The bill also furthered Finnish independence by restricting Russia's influence on domestic Finnish affairs: the Provisional Government of Russia would determine only the foreign and military policies of Finland.

The Finnish Red Guards achieved their only victories as they retreated from southern Finland towards Russia.

It has been suggested instead that the Finno-Ugric languages arrived in Finland later, perhaps only during the Iron Age.

The name " Finland " originally signified only the southwestern province that has been known as " Finland Proper " since the 18th century.

Finland is the only nation to have ever swept the medals at a currently recognized official Olympics, and has done so twice, in 1920 and 1932.

) In 1912, Finland also swept the medals in the only appearance in the Olympics of two-handed javelin, an event in which the implement was separately thrown with both the right hand and the left hand and the marks were added together.

By January 1944, Germany had diplomatic relations with only a handful of countries: Argentina, Ireland, Vichy France, the Salo Republic in Italy, Occupied Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria, Switzerland, the Holy See, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Thailand, Japan, and the Japanese puppet states of Manchukuo and the Wang Jingwei regime in China.

Education for playing the instrument starts in schools and music institutes up to conservatories and the Sibelius Academy, the only music university in Finland.

Mobile phones were introduced in Japan in 1979 but became a mass media only in 1998 when the first downloadable ringing tones were introduced in Finland.

Most notably, there was also a secret protocol to the pact, revealed only after Germany's defeat in 1945, according to which Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland were divided into German and Soviet " spheres of influence ".

However, the visit has shown that Finland is not only giving money-it is also interested in what is happening here ".

A holiday in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta ( for schools only ), Mauritius, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

In 1171, Alexander became the first pope to address the situation of the Church in Finland, with Finns allegedly harassing priests and only relying on God in time of war.

He also served as Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 – 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6. 7 % of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party has ever had in Finnish Presidential elections.