Finnish History

The Finnish History,facts on Finnish history from the winter wars,invlvement when under Swedish and Russian rule,Finnish politics and government,finland peace keepinjg force and more

Sisu,The Internal Fire of Finnish People

May 15, 2010

When in Finland,you will no doubt hear Finnish People talking about getting some sisu or describing to you what sisu is and what it means to them. Sisu imbrued in The Finnish People I am fortunate in that I have gotten to know many Finns over the years and experienced good and bad situations with them.Sisu is in [...]

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Neste Oil Rally Finland,Thrilling,Fast and Exciting

May 5, 2010

Neste Oil Rally Finland If you are a person who just loves a great race with cars there is a spectacular thrill show involving cars. You will certainly just love the Neste Oil Finland Rally. Each year people gather by the thousands to watch the Finland Neste Oil Rally, it was formally known as the [...]

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Vappu celebrations in Turku 2010 | Turku Vappu

April 26, 2010

Turku Vappu,Celebrate in Style Turku Vappu is here.I have previously posted on the Vappu celebrations in Helsinki.Many of the larger cities around Finland will be celebrating Vappu this week end 30th April through to 01 May.I thought that I would take a look at Turku Vappu on the South Western coast of Finland.Turku Vappu [...]

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Argentinien Tango comes to Finland

April 20, 2010

Tango is Very Popular in Finland Living in Finland or visiting the Northern shores of Scandinavia you would be hard presses to miss the presence of Tango as dance form and way of life for an ever growing amount of Finnish People.Finland has been the Tango capital of the world for some time even though Tango was invented [...]

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The 12,000 Year Origin of Finland | Finnish Ice Age

April 4, 2010

Finnish Ice Age Thaws Approximately 12,000 years agoduring the Finnish Ice Age,Finland as we know it and inhabited by Finns,Lapps and Karelians,was almost totally covered under a continental ice sheet.much the same as Greenland todayThis though was the Finland Ice Age.Over time the ice sheet melted causing its southern margin to retreat further North.Due [...]

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Finnish Rock Legends

March 21, 2010

Old School Finnish Rock Legends Over the last 15 years there has been a marked increase in the emergence of Finnish Rock music.Many of the current bands now lightened on to singing in English which is really a must to gain any international hearing and recognition.With bands such as;The Rasmus,HIM,Nightwish,Children of Bodom,Apocalypitica,Stratovarius and External [...]

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The Face of Finnish Women

March 18, 2010

Finnish Women,You Gotta Love Em! Women are women the world over and after living here in Helsinki Finland for some years now I have gotten to know some of the lifestyle and traits of the Finnish Womenas both friends and personal Sure I know and knew British women but it is not the [...]

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Historical Helsinki Finland landmarks | Helsinki Landmark

February 14, 2010

Visit a Helsinki Landmark Helsinki as The Capitol City of Finland offers many landmarks and sights of interest to see whilst on a visit.You do not need to travel from from Helsinki City Center to see these sites as most are situated around the downtown area of the city.On this page you will find [...]

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Lake Bodom murders gave rise to The Children….

January 17, 2010

The Lake Bodom murders were yet another fall from grace for Espoo,Helsinki,Finland.With the shootings last week in Espoo and a total of 6 deaths,it would give cause to not to want to visit Espoo,Helsinki.I say not true,personally I find Espoo to be a decent area with nice Finnish scenery and nature.As I live and work [...]

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So you wish to learn Finnish | Finnish Language

December 16, 2009

A brief look at The Finnish Language Finnish is spoken by approximately 5.6 million people, mostly in Finland but also in the Canada,United States,Australia and Sweden,as many Finns migrated there in the 17th century.The Finnish language belongs to the Finno-Ugrian group of languages, which is spoken in a region that extends from Norway into Siberia [...]

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Finlands Defensive Victory led the Way to Peace | Finland History

August 30, 2009

Finland History in World War II Finland History was remembered on June 6, 2004, the whole world — tout le monde, as the French would say — watched entranced as the landing of American and British soldiers on the shores of Normandy amidst a hail of German bullets was re-enacted on Television Presidents Bush, [...]

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