The dual circulation period – when both the Finnish markka and the euro had legal tender status – ended on 28 February 2002.

The Finnish markka was added into the ERM system in 1996 and then became a fraction of the euro in 1999, physical euro money arriving later in 2002.

In 2008, the Finnish government revoked a 1. 95 million euro aid package meant for Nicaragua in protest of what it alleged was a lack of transparency in Nicaragua's national budget and its municipal elections.

Finnish euro coins feature three designs.

The following table shows the mintage quantity for all Finnish euro coins, per denomination, per year ( the numbers are represented in millions ).

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Euro gold and silver commemorative coins ( Finland )# 2002 coinage | First Finnish gold euro commemorative coin

Lapland itself has been the main motif for a recent commemorative coin, the Finish First Finnish gold euro commemorative coin, minted in 2002.

Therefore, it is possible to find Irish euro coins in Greece and Finnish euro coins in Portugal, for instance.

The Whooper Swan is the national bird of Finland and is featured on the Finnish 1 euro coin.

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In Finland, the euro is the official currency, and Swedish is an official language alongside Finnish.

The 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Olympic Games hosted in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium was the main motif for a one of the first Finnish euro silver commemorative coins, the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Olympic Games commemorative coin, minted in 2002.

* Olli Rehn, Finnish politician, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the euro

He has also suggested that Finland ought to readopt the Finnish markka alongside the euro.

* ISO / IEC 8859-15 modifies ISO-8859-1 to support Finnish and French and add the euro sign.

The last series of Finnish markka coins included five coins ( listed with final Euro values, rounded to the nearest cent ):

Set of Finnish coins

Euro gold and silver commemorative coins ( Finland )# 2004 coinage | Tove Jansson and Finnish Children's Culture commemorative coin

Euro gold and silver commemorative coins ( Finland )# 2007 coinage | Mikael Agricola and Finnish language commemorative coin

The year featured in the coins can date back to 1999, when the currency was formally established ( only Belgian, Finnish, French, Dutch, and Spanish coins have 1999 ).

On Finnish coins the first letter of the Mint of Finland ’ s President and CEO ( M for Raimo Makkonen ) will also be replaced with the Mint ’ s logo.

Euro gold and silver commemorative coins ( Finland )# 2004 coinage | Johan Ludvig Runeberg and Finnish Poetry commemorative coin

The cloudberry fruit and leaves are also displayed on the national side of the Finnish € 2 coins.

Euro gold and silver commemorative coins ( Finland )# 2008 coinage | 200th Anniversary of Finnish War commemorative coin

* In memory of the 200th anniversary of the Finnish War, all Swedish 1 krona coins minted during 2009 featured a stylised depiction of the sky and the sea on the reverse side, flanked by a quote by Anton Rosell: Den underbara sagan om ett land på andra sidan hafvet (" The wonderful story of a land on the other side of the sea ").

Most of the gold used to mint Finnish gold coins comes from Lapland.

In assembling M39 rifles, Finnish armorers re-used hexagonal receivers that dated back as far as 1894.

In the past, Tuomioja has dated the former Finnish president Tarja Halonen.

For example, Danish nittonhundratalet ( or 1900-talet ), Danish and Norwegian nittenhundredetallet ( or 1900-tallet ) and Finnish tuhatyhdeksänsataaluku ( or 1900-luku ) refer unambiguously to the years 1900 – 1999.

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

* 1914 – Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish fighter pilot ( d. 1999 )

* 1918 – Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army ( d. 1999 )

More recently Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila ( 1999 and 2008 ) and Kiamars Baghban with Leevi Lehto ( 2009 ) have translated Khayyam in Finnish.

Critics of the textbook note the lack of detail about historical events such as the Siege of Leningrad ( 1941 – 44 ), the Gulag forced-labour camps, the Russo – Finnish Winter War ( 1939 – 40 ), the First Chechen War ( 1994 – 96 ), and the Second Chechen War ( 1999 – 2000 ), as serious factual inaccuracies ; most egregious, the critics propose, is the absence of the Holocaust ( 1933 – 45 ), and the glorification of the rule of Josef Stalin ( 1922 – 53 ).

In 1999, the Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki produced Juha, which captures the style of a silent film, using intertitles in place of spoken dialogue.

* June 17-Einar Englund, Finnish composer ( died 1999 )

The band's debut release was the 1999 album, In Stereo ( Sony Music ), that contained the singles " Freestyler ", " Uprocking Beats " and " B-Boys & Flygirls ", all of which were popular in Finland —" Uprocking Beats " reached the # 1 position on the Finnish Dance charts.

The English section of the HS website, the Helsingin Sanomat International Edition ( often abbreviated to just HSIE ) started in 1999 with the aim of informing readers of news from Finland during the Finnish presidency of the European Union.

In 1999, MTV3 started showing Finnish daily soap opera Salatut elämät.

The line plays mainly to the excellent chemistry Koivu and Selänne seem to have and this has also affected the NHL ; after 1999 World Championships Selänne said in an interview on a Finnish TV program: " It would be great to play with Saku " which led to speculation about Koivu being traded to Anaheim.

Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen () ( born 27 April 1952 in Tuupovaara ) is a Finnish rally driver turned politician and Member of the European Parliament 1999 – 2009.

The Finnish Defence Forces ( FDF ) ordered an official concept study in 1999, which was ready by 2000.

Yet another special edition Evolution VI was released in 1999: the Tommi Mäkinen Edition, named after Finnish rally driver Tommi Mäkinen that had won Mitsubishi four WRC drivers championships.

It was voted Single of the Year for 1998 by music critics and fans and the video won an award in 1999 at the Finnish Music Video Awards.

:* Finnish A-juniors ( U20 ) ( 4 ): 1988, 1996, 1999, 2000

:* Finnish B-juniors ( U18 ) ( 4 ): 1976, 1999, 2003, 2008

* Aaro Kivilinnan muistopalkinto ( best Finnish club age classes combined, since 1973 ): 1976, 1996, 1997 ( shared ), 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003

He believed in details: “ I think we have already had our fill of mushy recordings ", Berglund noted in an interview by FMQ ( Finnish Music Quarterly ) in 1999.

As a result of that Norway signed the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in 1999 the term kven became for the first time an official name, the name of Finnish descendants with a long history in Norway that views themselves as a member of that particular protected ethnic minority group of Finnish descendants.