The Republic of Finland

In 1906, Finland became the first country in the world to give women both the right to vote and the right to run for parliament.

Finnish sauna culture was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2020.

Finland has around 188,000 lakes, which is why it is widely known as the “Land of a Thousand Lakes.”

In the World Happiness Report 2026, Finland was ranked the happiest country in the world for the ninth consecutive year.

The Suomenlinna sea fortress was built from 1748 onwards and stretches across six islands with approximately six kilometers of defensive walls.

Northern Finland is home to the Sami, the only recognized Indigenous people in the EU.

Fiskars, maker of the famous orange-handled scissors, was founded in 1649 and is one of the world’s oldest companies.

Nokia began in Finland in 1865 as a single paper mill before later becoming a major global telecommunications company.

Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland is officially known as the hometown of Santa Claus, who can be visited there throughout the year.

The Northern Lights can appear on roughly 200 nights per year in northern Finland.

Finnish Lapland has around 200,000 reindeer, making reindeer herding an important part of northern Finnish culture and life.

About 75% of Finland is covered by forest, the highest share in Europe.