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Finland
Raija Moisio
Anu-Eveliina Muuri
Janne Pirttiniemi
Mirka Lehmussaari
Kaisa Kulmala
Presented by Jonna Salomaa
20.04.2009 Virroilla
Facts about Finland
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• About 5,3 million people
• 15,7 inhabitants per square
kilometre
• Bilingual: Finnish & Swedish
• Capital: Helsinki
• President: Tarja Halonen
• Currency: Euro
• Neighbouring countries
Economy
• The three major sectors of industries are
manufacturing, service industries and building
• Export
• electrotechnical industry 24.7%
• metal products, machinery and transport equipment
33.7%
• wood and paper products 20.2%
• others 21.4%
Economy
• Internationally known companies
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NOKIA
UPM Kymmene, StoraEnso
Marimekko
Finnair
Suunto
Nature
• Over 187,000 lakes
• 338,000 square
kilometres
- 10% water
- 69% forest
Climate
• Four Seasons
-Winter
-Spring
-Summer
-Autumn
Tampere Region
• The second biggest region in
Finland
Approx. 500 000 inhabitants
• 24 municipalities and 6 subregions
• City of Tampere with more than
200 000 inhabitants is the
biggest inland city in Finland
and Nordic countries
• Both large companies and
SMEs
The Upper Tampere Region
• Countryside
atmosphere
• Peace of nature
• Cultural treasures
Virrat
• 115 kilometres from
Tampere
• Ca. 8000 inhabitants
• Area 1.229 km²
• Over 300 lakes
Sources of information
www.finpro.fi
www.stat.fi
www.finnfacts.fi
www.formin.finland.fi
www.virtualfinland.fi
www.visitfinland.com
www.pirkanmaa.fi
www.tampere.fi
www.virrat.fi
www.piramk.fi/mobilemar
www.piramk.fi/ypmessut