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	Western Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland.
		It borders the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland.
		The coat of arms of Western Finland is composed of the arms of Finland Proper, Satakunta and Ostrobothnia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Finland (232 words)

	Regions of Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region.
		The main tasks of the regions are regional planning and development of enterprise and education.
		Regions represent dialectal, cultural and economic variations better than the provinces, which are purely administrative divisions of the central government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Regions_of_Finland (144 words)

	Finland History
		Finland's new ruler, Tsar Alexander I, convinced of the strategic need to control Finland for the protection of his capital at St. Petersburg, decided it was more expedient to woo his Finnish subjects to allegiance than to subjugate them by force.
		Finland's economy had always been predominantly agricultural, and with the exception of a small merchant class along the coast, nearly all Finns were engaged in farming, mostly on small family farms.
		Finland's official foreign policy of neutrality in the interwar period could not offset the strategic importance of the country's territory to Nazi Germany and to the Soviet Union.
	www.country-studies.com /finland/history.html (4310 words)

	Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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 with Sweden Norway and Russia and a maritime border with Estonia.
		Finland's nearly 700-year association with the Kingdom 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.
	www.freeglossary.com /Finland (2519 words)

	Finland (10/06)
		Finland's 1995 accession to the European Union (EU) has blurred the line between foreign and domestic policy; the respective roles of the president and prime minister are evolving, and plans are under consideration to rewrite the constitution to clarify these and other issues.
		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.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3238.htm (3599 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 : Planning a Trip : Regions in Brief \| Frommers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Helsinki is the capital of the country and the center of entertainment and culture; it's also a crossroads between western and eastern Europe.
		Turku & The Åland Islands -- The city of Turku, Finland's oldest city and former capital, is on the west coast.
		This region is an important tourist area, with many resorts along the shores of the lakes.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/finland/0261020814.html (779 words)

	New Ramsar sites and significant extensions in Finland
		The mires form the largest and most representative raised bog area in the region of concentric bogs in southern Ostrobothnia, composed of several closely situated mires of which the largest is Kauhaneva, an exceptionally well-developed raised bog with large minerotrophic flark and sedge fens, small brooks and tens of ponds and pools.
		Finland's largest national park and one of Europe's most extensive roadless and uninhabited wilderness areas, one in which all the mire types of northern forest Lapland can be found.
		Representative of the mire vegetation region of main aapa mires of sloping type, which is characterized by deep canyons formed by River Oulankajoki with its tributaries, mires and gently-featured coniferous and herb-rich forests.
	www.ramsar.org /wn/w.n.finland_38.htm (7590 words)

	Finland and the Finnish related people
		Finland's southern shores are at the approximate latitude of Yukon/Northwest Territories/British Columbia border.
		Although Finland managed to remain outside the Soviet Union, she lost most of the province of Karelia and more than 400,000 people were relocated in Finland, which included the writer's parents and grandparents.
		Not only is Finland engulfed in EU, but the people embrace western culture to a great extent, and in their enthusiasm to do so, have suffered linguistic and cultural decrement recently to powerful, magnetic Americanism that is readily available through all media sources.
	www.geocities.com /ojoronen/finland.html (2795 words)

	Finland: Administrative Divisions - K12 Academics
		Municipalities co-operate in 74 sub-regions and 20 regions.
		Western Finland, for example, spans four major linguistic and dialectal areas (Ostrobothnian dialects, Southwestern dialects, Savo in mid east, and some Swedish speakers in the area around Vaasa).
		Dialects, folklore, customs, and people's feeling of affiliation are associated with these historical provinces of Finland, although the re-settlement of 420,000 Karelians during World War II and urbanization in the latter half of the 20th century have made differences less pronounced.
	www.k12academics.com /finland_ad_div.htm (349 words)

	Finland
		Finland is bordered on the east by Russia, on the south by the Gulf of Finland and Estonia, on the west by the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden, and on the north and northwest by Norway.
		Finland surrendered several eastern territories that amounted to 10 percent of its area, and 420,000 Karelian Finns in those areas migrated across the newly formed national boundaries to Finland, requiring a massive resettlement and rural land reform program.
		Finland was the first country to provide equal voting rights to women, instituting female suffrage in elections to the national parliament in 1906.
	www.everyculture.com /Cr-Ga/Finland.html (6427 words)

	Mythology's Mything Links: Central & Eastern Europe -- Finland
		In Finland, where Swedish was the principal language of government and education at the end of the eighteenth century (and was to remain so until the second half of the nineteenth century), such thinking fell on fertile ground....
		But the region's history is as fascinating, troubling, and tragic as much of the lore in the epic itself.
		This is "The Ancient Religion of the Finns," written for Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs by Professor Juha Pentikäinen of the University of Helsinki.
	www.mythinglinks.org /euro~east~finno~Finland.html (3718 words)

	Finland travel guide - Wikitravel
		Finland (Finnish: Suomi, Swedish: Finland, [1]) is in Northern Europe and has borders with Russia to the East, Norway at the North and Sweden to the West.
		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.
		Finland is one of the few societies on earth (the other being Mongolia) where it is considered normal for adults to drink milk (maito) as an accompaniment to food.
	wikitravel.org /en/Finland (7633 words)

	Finland - Reports to Treaty Bodies
		Finland's fourth periodic report (E/C.12/4/Add.1, December 1999) was considered by the Committee at its November/December 2000 session.
		Finland's second periodic report (CRC/C/70/Add.3, November 1998) was considered by the Committee at its September/October 2000 session.
		The Committee noted the devolution of responsibilities to local and regional authorities as a factor that may impede the implementation of the Convention, to the extent that there are local and regional differences in its interpretation and application, and in budget allocations.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2000/vol6/finlandtb.htm (1115 words)

	Finland hotel specials
		The Republic of Finland borders on 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.
		Finland is rightly known as a land of forests: they cover roughly three quarters of the country's surface area.
		Finland is one of Europe’s most culturally isolated and least understood countries.
	www.hoteldetective.net /Finland.htm (331 words)

	Worldworx Travel - Safety - Europe - Finland
		Finland is a highly developed democracy with a modern economy.
		Americans visiting Finland are seldom victims of crime, but visitors should not be complacent regarding personal safety or the protection of valuables.
		In Finland, medical facilities and their staff are as a rule excellent and a re widely available for emergency services.
	www.worldworx.tv /safety/europe/finland/index.htm (1007 words)

	Finland - Swedish-speaking Finns
		After the thirteenth century, colonization from Sweden began in earnest, and within two centuries there was a band of territory occupied by Swedish speakers that ran along the western and the southern coasts and had an average width of about thirty kilometers.
		By the end of the nineteenth century, the areas of Swedish settlement had shrunk to basically what they were in the second half of the 1980s: Ostrobothnia, the Aland Islands, and a strip along the southern coast that included the capital.
		Thus the Finnish practice of counting speakers of a language by the principle of personality, that is on an individual basis, rather than by the principle of territoriality, as was done only for the Aland Islands, was leading to a decline in the size of the Swedish- speaking minority.
	countrystudies.us /finland/43.htm (1530 words)

	Finland
		Finland has a mixed presidential/parliamentary system with executive powers divided between the president, who has primary responsibility for national security and foreign affairs, and the prime minister, who has primary responsibility for all other areas.
		Immigration to Finland has significantly increased over the past decade, although the foreign-born population, estimated at only 2% of the total population, is still much lower than in any other EU country.
		Finland's defense forces consist of 35,000 persons in uniform (26,000 army; 5,000 navy; and 4,000 air force); the country's defense budget equals about 1.6% of GDP.
	www.factmonster.com /country/profiles/finland.html (2800 words)

	Regional differences in Finland in the prevalence of rheumatoid factor in the presence and absence of arthritis -- ...
		Regional differences in Finland in the prevalence of rheumatoid factor in the presence and absence of arthritis -- Korpilähde et al.
		Regional differences in Finland in the prevalence of rheumatoid factor in the presence and absence of arthritis
		region and the prevalences of RF reactions and RA.
	ard.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/62/4/353 (1567 words)

	Finland - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		The castle was supposed to repel Russian attacks from the east and to guarantee the control of the Savo region for the Swedish Crown.
		In Finland, Norway, and Sweden, Saami parliaments function as advisory committees to the national parliaments.
		The overwhelming common issue is the Saami right to traditional livelihoods in the regions where they have always resided.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /finland.htm (538 words)

	Finland - Photos, Maps, Videos, Flags, Facts, More -- National Geographic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Finland, in northern Europe, is low-lying in the south and center with mountains in the north.
		Most of the population is concentrated in the triangle formed by the cities of Helsinki (the capital), Tampere, and Turku.
		Browse by region, country, or genre; and watch and listen to the latest world music videos and mp3s.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /places/countries/country_finland.html (433 words)

	Finland-Activities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The London Office of the World Bank’s European Vice-Presidency is responsible for the World Bank's dialogue with stakeholders in global development in Finland, including government officials, parliamentarians, academics and members of think tanks, NGO representatives, business leaders and journalists.
		Senior government officials, policymakers, and NGO and private sector representatives from Eastern and Western Europe gathered in Helsinki, Finland from March 25-28 for the Knowledge Economy Forum.
		Finland participates in the Private Sector Liaison Officers Network, a joint initiative of the European offices of the World Bank, IFC and MIGA to strengthen the relationship between the World Bank Group and the private sector in Europe.
	wbln0018.worldbank.org /eurvp/web.nsf/Pages/Finland-Activities (1563 words)

	Finland - Republic of Finland - Country Profile - Suomi - Republiken Finland - Suomen tasavalta
		Ruled by Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and by Russia from 1809, Finland finally won its independence in 1917.
		As a member of the European Union, Finland was the only Nordic state to join the euro system at its initiation in January 1999.
		Metsähallitus is a state enterprise whose main tasks are to supply wood to the forest industry and manage most of Finland's protected areas.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/finland.htm (822 words)

	The Banker: Finland
		Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen hopes Finland’s EU presidency will allow the technology-savvy nation to spearhead important changes in the way Europe approaches science and innovation.
		In Helsinki, the main subject of discussion among bankers is the further consolidation of the financial sector and particularly the future of Sampo Bank, the smallest of the three institutions that dominate Finland’s banking business.
		Metso’s disposal of Dynapac, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of compaction and paving equipment, was a standard affair apart from one detail that singled the deal out: the dexterity of the co-ordinating investment bank UBS.
	www.thebanker.com /news/categoryfront.php/id/177/Finland.html (472 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: Europe: Finland: Travel and Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Finland - Lapland Wild and Free - Travel information with hotels, safari and fishing tours.
		Finland Travel Club - Web community with tips and recommendations for travellers.
		National Road Finland - Tourism-site for the location along the national road 5 across Finland.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/Finland/Travel_and_Tourism (393 words)

	LocalPin - Regions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		The content of the LocalPin regional search engine is based on the Open Directory and is enhanced using LocalPin's own data and technology.
	www.localpin.com /info/en/europe/greece/regions (107 words)

	Chlamydia pneumoniae lgG Antibody Prevalence in South-Western and Eastern Finland in 1982 and 1987 -- KARVONEN et al. ...
		Chlamydia pneumoniae lgG Antibody Prevalence in South-Western and Eastern Finland in 1982 and 1987 -- KARVONEN et al.
		Chlamydia pneumoniae lgG Antibody Prevalence in South-Western and Eastern Finland in 1982 and 1987
		Finland), Tuomilehto J, Pitkäniemi J, Naukkarinen A and Saikku
	ije.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/abstract/23/1/176 (620 words)

	Finland Europe Regional
		LUKOIL to purchase certain retail assets from CPBartlesville Examiner Enterprise, OK - Dec 23, 2006The agreement covers 156 stations in Belgium, 49 in Finland, 44 in the Czech Republic, 30 in Hungary, 83 in Poland, and 14 in the Slovak Republic.
		chair from Finland on January 1, Berlin faces the monumental task of shaking Europe out of the torpor that set in last year when French and Dutch voters...European Union presidency The News - InternationalGermany faces tough EU presidency Gulf Timesall 6 news articles
		Solid biomass production in Europe increased markedlyGreenPrices, Netherlands - Dec 21, 2006Finland is the leading European producer of biomass electricity with a biomass production of 87.1% of the total 10.2 TWh produced in 2005.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Europe/Finland (337 words)

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