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	Finland
		The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomi, Swedish: Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bounded by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west, and has land frontiers with Sweden, Norway and Russia and a maritime border with Estonia.
		Finland's nearly 700-year association with the Kingdom of Sweden is traditionally connected with the year 1154 and the alleged introduction of Christianity by Sweden's King Erik.
		The climate in Southern Finland is a northern temperate climate.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/f/fi/finland_1.html (2299 words)

	Finland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		It borders on the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden in the west, on Norway in the north, on Russia in the east, and on the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea in the south.
		Lutheranism was established in Finland, and in 1581 the country was raised to the rank of grand duchy.
		Finland was active in the League of Nations, which it joined in 1920, and it was the only European country to continue to honor its World War I debts to the United States after the advent of the economic depression at the start of the 1930s.
	www.bartleby.com /65/fi/Finland.html (2295 words)

	Christian Democrats (Sweden) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Several Christian Democrats got positions within the new goverment; Alf Svensson as the minister of foreign aid (and vice foreign minister), Inger Davidsson as minister of civilian infrastructure and Mats Odell as minister of communications.
		Ideologically it is a centre-right Christian Democrat party, having a big part of their voter base among those who belong to free churches - Methodists, Baptists, etc. These churches have many followers in Småland, which is the region where the party is strongest.
		Christian Democrats respond that their own opposition to gay adoption is because several prominent child-rights organizations such as Save the Children Sweden, The Child's Right in Society (BRIS), and the Swedish Organization of Child Psychologists are opposed to gay adoption.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christian_Democrats_(Sweden) (1932 words)

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	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/christian.html (4492 words)

	Finland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Finland is bounded by the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west.
		Finland is near enough to the Atlantic to be continuously warmed by the Gulf Stream, which explains the unusually warm climate considering the absolute latitude.
		The judicial system of Finland is divided between courts with regular civil and criminal jurisdiction and administrative courts with responsibility for litigation between the individuals and the administrative organs of the state and the communities.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Finland (8075 words)

	Finland Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
		Finland’s road and railroad networks and its waterways system are largely limited to the S half of the country.
		In the mid-16th century Lutheranism was established in Finland, and in 1581 the country was raised to the rank of grand duchy.
		Finland became an EU member on January 1, 1995, and is the only Nordic state to join the euro system at its initiation in January 1999.
	www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Finland.html (1539 words)

	Encyclopedia: Social Democratic Party of Finland
		Finland is a republic with a representative democracy governed according to the principles of Parliamentarism.
		The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) is one of the most influential political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the Coalition Party.
		The Eduskunta in Finnish, or the Riksdag in Swedish, is the parliament of Finland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Social-Democratic-Party-of-Finland (1124 words)

	Finland POLITICAL PARTIES
		The Finnish Christian League (Suomen Kristillinen Liitto—SKL), founded in 1958, was formed to counter the increasing trend toward secularization and is usually found on the political right with the KOK.
		In opposition were the Center Party, the Finnish Christian League, the Young Finns, the Ecology Party, the True Finns, and the Åland Island's Party representative.
		The outcome of the 1999 elections was a setback for the Social Democrats, whose share of the votes declined from 28.3% in 1995 to 22.9% in 1999.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/Finland-POLITICAL-PARTIES.html (1023 words)

	Politics of Finland
		Finland's proportional representation system encourages a multitude of political parties and has resulted in many coalition governments.
		The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) is mostly supported by the urban working class but it also has some support among small farmers, white-collar workers, and professionals.
		Finland's two other major parties are the Center Party (Keskusta), traditionally representing rural interests, and the Conservative National Coalition (Kokoomus), which draws its major support from the business community and urban professionals.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/po/Politics_of_Finland.html (1332 words)

	History of Finland Summary
		Finland was part of the Swedish Empire from about 1200 to 1809, when Russia conquered the country from Sweden and a personal union between the two countries was established.
		Worried by the development in Russia, and Finland, the non-Socialist Senate proposed for the parliament to declare Finland's independence, which was agreed on in the parliament on December 6, 1917.
		Thus Finland was under an obligation to ensure the residents of the Åland Islands a right to maintain the Swedish language, as well as their own culture and local traditions.
	www.bookrags.com /History_of_Finland (6927 words)

	Finland and the Second World War
		Finland was united with Sweden from the early Middle Ages and by the 12th century was largely an autonomous state until 1809 when it became a self-governing Grand Duchy of Russia.
		Stalin is the aggressor in Finland, Hitler the abettor.
		Faced with the threat of war, the Soviet government proposed that the USSR and Finland sign a mutual assistance pact and the border between the two countries on the Karelian isthmus be moved westwards as a compensation for which the USSR would cede to Finland a far larger territory of South Karelia.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWfinland.htm (2400 words)

	ipedia.com: Parliament of Finland Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The unicameral parliament was preceded by the Diet of Finland, which had succeeded the Riksdag of the Estates in 1809.
		Finland declared its independence on December 6, 1917 and in the winter of 1918 endured a tragic Finnish Civil War, after which monarchists and republicans struggled over the country's form of government.
		Finland's proportional representation system encourages a multitude of political parties and has resulted in many coalition-cabinets.
	www.ipedia.com /parliament_of_finland.html (718 words)

	EUguides - Finland - EUbusiness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Finland was among the first wave of EU member states to adopt the euro and became the only Nordic EU member to adopt the Euro as the national currency.
		Finland joined the United Nations in 1955 and is well represented in the UN civil service in proportion to its population and belongs to several of its specialised and related agencies.
		Finland is a member of the European Union (and held the EU Presidency in the second half of 1999).
	www.eubusiness.com /guides/finland (860 words)

	Facts of Finland - Embassy of Finland, Tallinn
		Finland's application for membership of the European Union was accepted in 1994, and Finland became a full member of the EU in 1995.
		On Finland's initiative, the Union is pursuing a Northern Dimension policy whose aim is to enhance cooperation with Russia and other partners in economic management, energy, the environment and other fields.
		Finland boasts a wide variety of nature conservation areas, the largest of which are classified as nature reserves or national parks.
	www.finland.ee /doc/en/finfo/facts.html (2645 words)

	GENERAL ELECTIONS IN FINLAND
		The three main parties (Social Democrat, Centre Party and the Conservative Assembly) are suggesting a decrease in taxation on retirement pensions, employment, inheritance rights and an increase in family allowance.
		The Conservative Assembly is in favour of Finland joining NATO but ultimately would like the issue to be settled by the population; the Centre Party and the Social Democrats say they are open to discussions on NATO.
		Finland's involvement in conflicts which do not concern the country directly is the main reason for this rejection.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/finlande/legislatives/default2.htm (1612 words)

	Finland (04/07)
		Finland and the U.S.S.R. signed a peace treaty at Paris in February 1947 limiting the size of Finland's defense forces and providing for the cession to the Soviet Union of the Petsamo area on the Arctic coast, the Karelian Isthmus in southeastern Finland, and other territory along the former eastern border.
		Finland is well represented in the UN civil service in proportion to its population and belongs to several of its specialized and related agencies.
		Finland is an active participant in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and in early 1995 assumed the co-chairmanship of the OSCE's Minsk Group on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3238.htm (3574 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Finland is a presidential system; presidential elections are open, competitive, and transparent, with candidates from several leading parties.
		The new constitution of 2000 codified Finland's separation of powers with the supreme role of the legislature.
		Finland's political parties and groups compete for political influence in a free and open manner, without coercion or restrictions on political liberties.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Fin1.htm (376 words)

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		Christian Democrats in Finland is part of the worldwide Christian Democratic movement.
		Finland's Christian Democrat Party is open to all; it's a party where people's concerns and desires are listened to and taken forward in decision making.
		Christian Democrats in Finland (Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit, KD) is a political party founded in 1958 to promote Christian Democratic ideals in puplic and political life.
	www.kristillisdemokraatit.fi /kd/main.php?p=400 (1944 words)

	general elections in Finland
		Finland has suffered a severe weakening in its economy in 2001 due to the slowing of the American economy that was accentuated by the terrorist attacks on 11th September.
		Finland is divided into 15 constituencies - the number of MP's per constituency varies from 7 to 32.
		However, according to the opinion polls, the Centre Party is at present in the lead in terms of intention to vote during the general elections on 16th March.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/finlande/default.htm (1354 words)

	NewsRoom Finland
		Finland´s Christian Democrats and the Centre Party agreed on a secret mutual assistance pact in the autumn of 1999 for the two subsequent elections, reports Friday's Helsingin Sanomat, the country's biggest broadsheet.
		The agreements stipulated that, in the 2000 presidential contest, the Christian Democrats would publicly stand shoulder to shoulder with centrist hopeful Esko Aho in exchange for the Centre Party agreeing to run together with the Christian Democrats in five electoral districts in the 2003 general elections.
		As a result, the Christian Democrats yielded three seats and were down to seven, even though the party´s vote tally grew.
	newsroom.finland.fi /stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=5440&group=Politics (225 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Finland’s recent history has been a time of enormous change with a transfomation from a desperately poor, primarily agricultural society to one of the world’s most advanced nations in the space of one lifetime.
		Finland is a member of the European Union (it held the EU Presidency in the second half of 1999 and will do so again in the second half of 2006).
		Finland tops international league tables for education, literacy, honesty, and the sustainable use of natural resources, is in the top three for technological innovation, research and development, and internet use, and has the world's most competitive economy.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019061809059 (2425 words)

	Migration News
		Finland is a country of five million with an unemployment rate of over nine percent, down from 20 percent in the early 1990s.
		Finland was a country of emigration until the 1990s, with emigrants going to the US and Sweden.
		For Finland, the major migration issue in 2002 is when the Estonians are to be given full EU freedom of movement rights.
	migration.ucdavis.edu /mn/comments.php?id=2832_0_4_0 (544 words)

	A report from Finland - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As history records, the Christian politicians are willing to change their views and the Christian democrats are perhaps one of the only currently prominent party, that could ally ideologically with White nationalists or national socialists.
		Finland utterly lacks real revolutionary parties, be it communistic, national socialistic or global capitalist (2/3 which are Jewish ideologies), which is partly because many Finns so very much like to believe in social democracy and absolute equality of individuals and races.
		Finland was also one of the fastest countries to pick a democracy after the bloody Jewish and Freemason led revolution in France.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=152903 (4616 words)

	Woman Suffrage in Finland (1906) Women's History Month 2003 by Sunshine for Women
		Essentially flat, the average elevation of Finland is 400 to 600 feet; the highest point, Haltiatunturi, at 4,357 feet lies in the northwest corner near the Norwegian border.
		Due to the surrounding water, Finland is warmer than might be expected, the average temperature along Finland's southern coast is 60 F in July and 16 F in January with snow covering the ground four or five months per year.
		Pagan Finland was slowly subdued by Christian Sweden after a papal bull of 1172 proposed that Sweden hold Finland by building a series of garrisons.
	www.pinn.net /~sunshine/whm2003/finland.html (2051 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- Finland - AOL Research & Learn
		The country's main administrative body is the cabinet (headed by a prime minister), which is responsible to parliament.
		Finland's first inhabitants, dating from about 7000 B.C., probably followed the melting ice northward, attracted by a good supply of game.
		To mark the Hubble Telescope's 17th anniversary, astronomers released this new image of the Carina Nebula, where stars are being born.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/finland/20051206012909990004 (2303 words)

	Charisma Magazine Online
		In secularized Finland, world famous for its lakes, cell phones, ice hockey players, long winters, loneliness and vodka--but not yet for its fear of God--church leaders meet monthly for interdenominational intercession in 24 cities.
		Laukkanen contacted a member of the Christian Democrats, and the miracle happened--the intercessors were allowed in.
		Christianity has a stronger hold in Finland than in the other Scandinavian countries.
	www.charismamag.com /a.php?ArticleID=1183 (750 words)

	The Raw Story \| Finland ratifies EU constitution treaty
		Finland, the current holder of the bloc's rotating presidency, became the 16th country to adopt the constitution.
		The outcome was expected as the treaty had been supported by the ruling coalition of the Centre Party, Social Democrats and their junior partner, the Swedish People's Party.
		Seven parliamentarians from the Centre Party and Social Democrats broke party lines and voted against the treaty, the Finnish news agency STT reported.
	rawstory.com /news/2006/Finland_ratifies_EU_constitution_tr_12052006.html (221 words)

	finland : EUROPEUS
		Finland’s electoral system leads to coalition governments where the small parties often play a very decisive role.
		Living in Finland for the last decade and having seen a few elections, I would say that these are the quietest over the last few years and the most anticipated in a very unique way: Everybody seems to know the winner.
		The two major parties, Keskusta (the Center Party) and SDP (Social-Democrats) seem to have found the balance after four years in a coalition government and their campaigns seem slower and calmer than they were four years ago.
	www.europeus.org /tag/finland (534 words)

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