Finland

Population: 5,175,783 (July 2001 est.)

Languages: Finnish 93.4% (official), Swedish 5.9% (official), small Lapp- and Russian-speaking minorities

Background: Ruled by Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and by Russia from 1809, Finland finally won its independence in 1917. During World War II, it was able to successfully defend its freedom and fend off invasions by the Soviet Union and Germany. In...

Currency: Euro (EUR, EUR (€0.91 = US$1))

Data from CIA World Factbook. Click on CIA link for more. Click on map or flag for larger images.

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Finnish Font Foundries

 · Ansveroksman
 · Cloud9 Type Dept
 · Curvy Fonts
 · Erik Bertell
 · Fenotype
 · Fonticon
 · Hiekka Graphics
 · Hurme
 · Hurme Design
 · Kitujainen
 · LetterMaker
 · Mappana
 · Melvastype
 · Morganismi
 · Paavola Type Studio
 · Skulldozer
 · Suomi
 · TeoTuominen
 · Underscore

Finnish Typographic People

 · Markku Ahtola
 · Emil Karl Bertell
 · Erik Jarl Bertell
 · Kea Bertell
 · Kajsa Blom
 · Ossi Gustafsson
 · Tomi Haaparanta
 · Heikki Morgan Hämäläinen
 · Saku Heinänen
 · Toni Hurme
 · Sampo Kaasila
 · Ari Koivunen
 · Sami Kortemäki
 · Jarno Lukkarila
 · Mika Melvas
 · Joe Mittler
 · Johannes Neumeier
 · Santtu Niemelä
 · Ansver Oksman
 · Jani Paavola
 · Kai Rentola
 · Jani Saranpää
 · Teo Tuominen

Related Links

 · Luc Devroye: The font scene in Finland
 · CIA World Factbook: Finland
 · Ethnologue: Languages of Finland
 · BBC Country profile: Finland