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	The Population in Finland — Virtual Finland
		In Finland, where there is complete freedom of religion, Lutherans account for 85.6% of the population, Orthodox Christians for 1.1% (living mainly in the towns and in the easternmost districts) and those unaffiliated with any church total 12.7% (compared with 2.7% in 1950).
		The contribution of natural population growth to the increase is falling and net migration is replacing it as the factor with the strongest effect on population growth.
		The overall population density is 17 per km² of land, yet the density in the province of Uusimaa, which includes the capital, is almost 205 per km².
	virtual.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=25785 (2874 words)

	Finland - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The population of Finland is 5,231,372 (2006 estimate).
		Finland possesses a wealth of folk music and a large body of church music, the former amassed since ancient times and the latter developed since the acceptance of Christianity by the Finns in the 12th century.
		Finland’s best-known sculptor of the 20th century was Wäinö Aaltonen, noted for his monumental sculptures and busts.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761578960___8/Finland.html (1308 words)

	Finland - MSN Encarta
		In the south, the climate is moderated by the proximity of the sea.
		However, Finland does have significant deposits of peat, which is cut from the numerous peat bogs that cover much of the north.
		Finland also has several rich deposits of metallic ores from which copper, zinc, iron, and nickel are extracted.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578960_2/Finland.html (918 words)

	Finland POPULATION
		The population of Finland in 2003 was estimated by the United Nations at 5,207,000, which placed it as number 108 in population among the 193 nations of the world.
		According to the UN, the annual population growth rate for 2000–2005 is 0.18%, with the projected population for the year 2015 at 5,284,000.
		It was estimated by the Population Reference Bureau that 67% of the population lived in urban areas in 2001.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/Finland-POPULATION.html (216 words)

	PAI: Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Finland includes the development of human resources–including investments in reproductive health, family planning and primary health care–as a priority activity related to the goal of poverty alleviation.
		Finland contributed $19.8 million in population assistance in 1996, ranking 11th among donor countries in the aid it provides to this sector.
		Finland’s contributions to UNFPA peaked in 1991 at $24 million, and then fell to a low of $4.2 million in 1993.
	www.populationaction.org /resources/publications/fair_share/dac98/finland.htm (1186 words)

	FINLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is bounded on the north by Norway, on the east by Russia, on the south by Russia and the Gulf of Finland, on the southwest by the Baltic Sea, and on the west by the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden.
		Finland is a country of some 60,000 lakes, the largest of which are Saimaa, Inarijärvi, and Päijänne.
		Finland is divided into 6 provinces, each administered by a governor appointed by the president.
	www.expage.com /gofinland (564 words)

	Finland: A Very Brief Introduction
		A Nordic country, Finland is bordered on the west by Sweden and the Gulf of Bothnia, on the north by Norway, on the east and southeast by Russia, on the south by the Gulf of Finland and on the south-west by the Baltic Sea.
		Finland is also a very egalitarian country, and it takes pride in the fact that in 1906 it became the first European nation (and one of the first in the world) to grant women the right to vote and run for parliament.
		Finland places a high priority on education and R&D. Schooling is compulsory for ages seven through 16, and it is free, even at the university level.
	www.bellevuelinux.org /finland.html (1824 words)

	Finland at AllExperts
		Finland is bounded by the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia.
		Finland joined the European Union in 1995, where she is an advocate of federalism contrary to the other Nordic countries that are predominantly supportive of confederalism.
		The climate in Southern Finland is a northern temperate climate.
	en.allexperts.com /e/f/fi/finland.htm (5038 words)

	Fact sheet Finland — Virtual Finland
		Finland is situated in northern Europe between the 60th and 70th parallels of latitude.
		Finland's neighbouring countries are Sweden, Norway, and Russia, which have land borders with Finland, and Estonia across the Gulf of Finland.
		Finland is the sixth largest country in Europe in area, with a low population density of 15.5 persons per square kilometre.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/facteng.html (1724 words)

	Business in Finland -- U.S. Commercial Service Finland
		Finland was also the first Nordic EU chairman country in 1999 and was the only Nordic country to replace its national currency Finnmark with Euro in the beginning of 2002.
		Finland was also the first country in Europe to grant 3rd Generation (3G) mobile phone licenses (March 1999) and one of the world leaders in Internet banking.
		Finland is considered as a pioneering adapter and an important research center of new technologies.
	www.buyusa.gov /finland/en/market.html (918 words)

	Finland - Population
		The famine of 1867 to 1868, for example, killed 5 percent to 10 percent of the population, and it was not until 1880 that there were 2 million Finns.
		At the beginning of the 1980s, Finland's average population density fourteen persons per square kilometer, was the second lowest in Western Europe, just behind Norway's, thirteen and ahead of Sweden's seventeen.
		Uusimaa, Finland's second smallest province, which contains the capital city, Helsinki, accounted for only 3.1 percent of the national territory; however, it was home for more than 20 percent of the country's inhabitants, who lived together at a density of 119 per square kilometer, a figure identical to that of Denmark.
	countrystudies.us /finland/31.htm (390 words)

	Embassy of Finland, Brussels - Basic info - Population (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In terms of surface area, Finland is the sixth largest country in Europe and has a population density of 17 inhabitants per square kilometre.
		Christianity arrived in Finland before the end of the first millennium, but a church was not established in the country until the twelfth century.
		The orthodox religion spread to Finland from the east.
	www.finlande.be /doc/en/finfo/population.html (212 words)

	Finland: A Rising Nationality
		But the inhabitants of Central Finland, the Sawos, partaking of the physical features of both neighbours, are an intermediate link between the two; and all three-Karelians, Sawos, and Tawastes-speaking the same language, living the same manner of life, and having so much in common as to their national characteristics-melt together into one ethnical type-the Finnish.
		On the other side of the Gulf of Finland like treasures of popular poetry were brought to light, sung also by the runoiat in a language most akin to that of the Kalevala, and so suggestive of the common origin of both stems, now separated by politics, but once united by their common civilisation.
		The Constitution of Finland, framed in 1810 and slightly modified in 1869 and 1882, is very indefinite, and leaves the Crown a wide field for interfering with the affairs of the country.
	dwardmac.pitzer.edu /Anarchist_Archives/kropotkin/Finland/Finland.html (7642 words)

	Finland’s EU Presidency : Population
		The total area of Finland provides for plenty of room and the population density is only 17 persons per square kilometre.
		Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish, both of which have strong roots in society.
		Swedish is spoken as a mother tongue by some 6% of the population and all children are taught both languages at school.
	www.eu2006.fi /finland/en_GB/population/?textsize=2 (408 words)

	Facts About Finland
		Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809.
		As a member of the European Union, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system at its initiation in January 1999.
		Finland has a highly industrialized, largely free-market economy with per capita output roughly that of the UK, France, Germany, and Italy.
	worldfacts.us /Finland.htm (733 words)

	the GASTROLAB Image Gallery: Liver Cancer in Finland
		In this chart age-adjusted (to the world standard population) incidence rates of liver cancer per 100.000 person-years in Finland in 1963 - 1995 are seen, concerning the female population.
		In this chart age-adjusted (to the world standard population) incidence rates of liver cancer per 100.000 person-years in Finland in 1963 - 1995 are seen, concerning the male population.
		The number of new cases of liver cancer in Finland in 1995 in different age groups, concerning the male population.
	www.gastrolab.net /d2c12.htm (297 words)

	Finland Country Analysis Brief
		Finland is moving to integrate its energy sector with the Nordic and Baltic regions as deregulation and European integration move forward.
		Finland is a member of the European Union and uses the euro as its unit of currency.
		Finland's GDP grew by 1.6% in 2002, and is forecast at 1.8% growth for 2003.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/finland.html (2499 words)

	Embassy of Finland, Washington, Consulates General of Finland, New York and Los Angeles - Additional Information
		Imports to Finland are controlled by the Finnish authorities, while the authorities of the country of destination lay down the conditions for exports.
		To register your marriage to the population registry in Finland, please send your complete mailing address to the Embassy in Washington DC or the Consulate General in New York or Los Angeles and ask that a marriage registration form to be sent to you or click on the link below.
		In Finland, pension provision consists of the employment-based earnings-related pension and the residence-based national pension.
	www.finland.org /doc/en/consular/others.html (1910 words)

	Population - Finland - Europe
		Although the size of the Swedish minority is declining, Swedes in Finland have their own political party, some of their own schools, and other separate institutions.
		Some 67 percent of the population is urban.
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is the principal national church, and its members make up 86 percent of the population; freedom of worship is, however, guaranteed to all faiths.
	www.countriesquest.com /europe/finland/population.htm (150 words)

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		Finland is the sixth largest country in Europe in area, with a low population density of 17 persons per square kilometre.
		The National Biography of Finland, edited in 1993-2001 by the Finnish Historical Society, is a collection of 6 000 biographies of individuals who have made important contributions to the development of the Finnish society.
		A visitor hesitant about having a sauna should remember that if it has been heated specially for him, it is a matter of pride for his hosts, and only medical reasons are an acceptable justification for not trying it.
	lycos.com /info/finland--young-finns.html (529 words)

	Checks on Population Growth
		The recurrent epidemics of the "fl death" in Europe that began in the fourteenth century caused a sharp decline in population.
		The house finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, — native to western North America — is a recent immigrant to the eastern United States where it is parasitized by a mycoplasma that reduces the lifespan and fecundity of the birds.
		Because of this lag, one might expect that the lemming population would continue to outstrip the weasel population until the lemmings bumped into the carrying capacity of their environment (e.g., availability of food and nesting sites).
	users.rcn.com /jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Populations2.html (3620 words)

	About Finland - Travel, Maps, Flag and Information
		The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bounded by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west.
		Finland is a country of thousands of lakes and islands; 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands to be precise.
		Finland is one of the few countries in the world that are still growing.
	www.canadiancontent.net /profiles/Finland.html (754 words)

	YEARBOOK OF POPULATION RESEARCH IN FINLAND, 1998-1999
		At the end of 1997, the population of Finland was 5,147,349 and the annual population growth was 0.2%.
		If the predictions of the population projection come through the population of Finland will reach its peak in 2021, when it is forecast to be 5,294,000, in other words 147,000 more than today.
		The growth, or at least the stabilization, of the size of the Russian population during the first dec-ades of the 21st century will be possible only on the condition that net migration be positive for Russia and of significant proportion.
	www.cicred.org /rdr/rdr_uni/revue101-102/44-101-102.html (1501 words)

	Nordic Culture > Swedish Language in Finland - Scandinavica.com
		Finland is a multilingual country where Finnish, Swedish and Sami are spoken.
		The Swedish-speaking population in Finland is mainly descended from peasants and fishermen who settled on the western and southern coasts of Finland between the years 1000 and 1250 A.D. Finland belonged to Sweden until 1809, when it became part of the Russian empire.
		The 1919 Constitution declares that Finnish and Swedish are the national languages of the Republic of Finland and stipulates that the cultural and social needs of the two language groups shall be met by the State on equal grounds.
	www.scandinavica.com /culture/language/finswede.htm (1218 words)

	Swedish speaking population in Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A red flag with a yellow cross is indeed known to many Swedish speakers in Finland as their traditional minority flag, but the awareness, which rely essentially on a sparse and deficient oral tradition, falls short of being common knowledge.
		The function of regional and minority flags is in Finland on flag poles overtaken by the common use of husband pennants.
		The red flag with a yellow cross, is indeed the flag that officially represents the Swedish speaking population in Finland.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/xn_fi-se.html (928 words)

	Management plan for the wolf population in Finland now completed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The management plan for the wolf population is the first of the management plans for individual game species now being prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
		The management plan for the wolf population in Finland is divided into two main sections.
		It describes the biology of the wolf and the status of the wolf population and compares the situation in Finland with international research where relevant.
	wwwb.mmm.fi /tiedotteet2/tiedote.asp?nro=2040 (465 words)

	Finland Area Borders and Population - The WorldWide-Tax.Com
		Finland has an area of 338,000 square kilometers.
		The population of Finland (in the year 2000) numbers some 5.18 million of whom the majority (approximately 88%) are Lutheran and some 65% live in the urban areas.
		Approximately 93% of the Finns speak Finnish, the official language, as their mother tongue, 6% speak Swedish as their mother tongue (a surviving trace of the period up to 1809 when Finland was part of Sweden).
	www.worldwide-tax.com /finland/finpopulation.asp (148 words)

	» What Is The Population Of Finland
		Population Register Centre chosen Best Workplace in Finland 2006 in public administration...
		Title: Social integration, heterogeneity, and divorce: the case of the Swedish-speaking population in Finland.
		Changes in the social structure of the Swedish-speaking population in Finland, 1950-1970.
	www.tourisminfinland.info /info/What-Is-The-Population-Of-Finland (172 words)

	Population Research Unit
		The population Research Unit is a section of the Department of Sociology at the University of Helsinki in Finland.
		The subject of the doctoral thesis is child and youth mortality in Finland.
		The subject of the dissertation is fertility in Finland.
	www.valt.helsinki.fi /sosio/pru (301 words)

	Annual effective dose to population in Finland
		Objectives: The aim of this study is to present a review of annual effective doses to population in Finland due to all sources of ionising radiation, both natural and artificial.
		Especially the population groups receiving doses higher than the average will be considered.
		Exploitation of results: The results will be used for determination and follow-up of annual radiation doses of population in Finland.
	www.stuk.fi /tutkimus/valmius/en_GB/annoskakku (175 words)

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