Area: 3, 38,130 sq.km
Latitude: 59˚ 30’ - 70˚05’ N
Population: 5.2 million
Longitude; 19˚ 07’ - 31˚ 35’ E
Capital: Helsinki
· Finland is known as the “land of forests and lakes”. It is a low lying country covered with forests and lakes and its finish name, suomi, means ‘Lakeland’. Northern part of the country lies within the arctic carrel and is a part of Lapland, while the southern part is the coastal plain with fertile clay and soil and many lakes.
HELSINKI
· The capital and the largest city of Finland and is also known as the ‘white city of the north’.
· After Reykjavik in lceland, it is the world’s most northerly capital
· An important sea – port which exports timber and fur.
· Major centre of food processing, printing, textiles and metal goods.
SWEDEN
