"Suomi-Filmi Suomi-Filmi, lit. ""Finland-Film"", is a Finnish film production and distribution company established in 1919 by Erkki Karu. Suomi-Filmi produced around 160 feature-length films and for most of its history was one of the two most important film companies in the country, along with Suomen Filmiteollisuus. The company was home for several noted Finnish film directors, mainly its founder Erkki Karu, and the later two main directors Risto Orko and Valentin Vaala. After the 'Golden Age' of Finnish cinema ended, the company's film production rate slowed down, and eventually ended with the 1980 film ""Tulitikkuja lainaamassa"". The company still exists,"
"""saame"" (Sami, a Finno-Ugric people in Lapland) and ""Häme"" (a province in the inland), but that theory is uncertain. The first survived use of word ""Suomi"" is in 811 in the Royal Frankish Annals where it is used as a person name connected to a peace treaty. In the earliest historical sources from the 12th and 13th centuries, the term Finland refers to the coastal region around Turku from Perniö to Uusikaupunki. This region later became known as Finland Proper in distinction from the country name Finland. Finland became a common name for the whole country in a centuries-long process"
"Sami population or host Sami institutions. Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish or Russian toponyms are in parenthesis. Sápmi Sápmi () is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sami people (previously known as Lapps in English, which is a derogatory term). Sápmi is located in Northern Europe and includes the northern parts of Fennoscandia. The region stretches over four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. On the north it is bounded by the Barents Sea, on the west by the Norwegian Sea and on the east by the White Sea. Despite being the namesake of the region, the Sami people are estimated"
"The larger part of Sápmi is not covered by the term ""Lapland"". ""Lapland"" can be either misleading or offensive, or both, depending on the context and where this word is used, to the Sami. Among the Sami people, ""Sápmi"" is strictly used and acceptable. Sápmi is located in Northern Europe, includes the northern parts of Fennoscandia and spans four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. There is no official geographic definition for the boundaries of Sápmi. However, the following counties and provinces are usually included: The municipalities of Gällivare, Jokkmokk and Arjeplog in Swedish Lappland were designated a UNESCO World"
"Sápmi Sápmi () is the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sami people (previously known as Lapps in English, which is a derogatory term). Sápmi is located in Northern Europe and includes the northern parts of Fennoscandia. The region stretches over four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. On the north it is bounded by the Barents Sea, on the west by the Norwegian Sea and on the east by the White Sea. Despite being the namesake of the region, the Sami people are estimated to only make up around 5% of its total population. No political organization advocates secession,"
"Suomi, Minnesota Suomi is an unincorporated community in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located northeast of Deer River; along Itasca County Road 48 (CR 48). Nearby places include Marcell, Deer River, and Cohasset. State Highways 6 (MN 6) and 38 (MN 38); and County Road 19 are also nearby. The center of Suomi is generally considered at the junction of Itasca County Roads 48 and 253. Little Bowstring Lake and the Bowstring River are in the vicinity. Suomi is located 13 miles northeast of Deer River; and 27 miles northwest of Grand Rapids. Suomi is 12 miles"
"travelled to Spain to support their team. Overall, they chartered more than 40 airplanes. Finland Finland ( ; ), officially the Republic of Finland (, ) is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east. Finland is a Nordic country and is situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Other major cities are Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Oulu and Turku. Finland's population is 5.52 million (2018), and the majority of the population"
"and Skolt Sami. They have been living north of the Arctic Circle for more than 7,000 years now, but today are a 5% minority in their native Lapland Province. During the late 19th and 20th century there was significant emigration, particularly from rural areas to Sweden and North America, while most immigrants into Finland itself come from other European countries. The geographical center of population (Weber point) of the Finnish population is currently located in Hauho, in the village of Sappee, now part of the town of Hämeenlinna. The coordinates of this point are 61' 17"" N, 25' 07"" E."
"""Häme"" (Finnish for Tavastia) ( ← Proto-Finnic *""šämä"", the second ""ä"" still being found in the archaic derivation ""Hämäläinen""), and perhaps ""Suomi"" (Finnish for Finland) (← *""sōme-""/""sōma-"", compare ""suomalainen"", supposedly borrowed from a Proto-Germanic source *""sōma-"" from Proto-Baltic *""sāma-"", in turn borrowed from Proto-Finnic *""šämä"") are of the same origin and ultimately borrowed from the Baltic word ""*žēmē"", meaning ""land"". The Baltic word is cognate with Slavic ""земля (zemlja)"", which also means ""land"". The Sámi institutions—notably the parliaments, radio and TV stations, theatres, etc.—all use the term ""Sámi"", including when addressing outsiders in Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, or English. In Norwegian,"
"Finland Finland ( ; ), officially the Republic of Finland (, ) is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east. Finland is a Nordic country and is situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia. The capital and largest city is Helsinki. Other major cities are Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Oulu and Turku. Finland's population is 5.52 million (2018), and the majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region. 88.7% of the population is Finnish and speaks"
"Uusimaa Uusimaa (; ; both lit. ""new land"") is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland (Varsinais-Suomi), Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland’s capital and largest city, Helsinki, along with the surrounding Greater Helsinki area, are both contained in the region, which makes Uusimaa Finland's most populous region. The population of Uusimaa is 1,638,469. In ancient times, coastal Uusimaa was populated by Sami people. The place name of Nuuksio derives from Sami word ""njukča"" which means ""Swan."" Later Finns proper and Tavastians inhabited the area. Some place names have traces of Tavastian village"
"Scandinavian Peninsula The Scandinavian Peninsula (; (Bokmål) or ; ; , ""Skandinavsky poluostrov"") is a peninsula of Eurasia located in Northern Europe, which generally comprises the mainland of Sweden, the mainland of Norway . The name of the peninsula is derived from the term Scandinavia, the cultural region of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. That cultural name is in turn derived from the name of Scania, the region at the southern extremity of the peninsula which has during periods been part of Denmark, which is the ancestral home of the Danes, and which is now part of Sweden. The derived term"
"Sami history The Sami people (also Sámi, Saami) are an indigenous people of northern Europe inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. The traditional Sami lifestyle, dominated by hunting, fishing and trading, was preserved until the Late Middle Ages, when the modern structures of the Nordic countries were established. The Sami have lived in relative co-existence with their neighbors for centuries, but for the last two hundred years, especially during the second half of the 20th century, there have been many dramatic changes in Sami culture, politics, economics and their"
"word ""Sámi"" is only the accusative-genitive form of the noun ""Sápmi""—making the name's (""Sámi olbmot"") meaning ""people of Sápmi."" The origin of the word is speculated to be related to the Baltic word ""*žēmē"" that simply means ""land"". Also ""Häme"", the Finnish name for Tavastia, a historical province of Finland, is thought to have the same origin, and the same word is at least speculated to be the origin of ""Suomi"", the Finnish name for Finland. Sápmi is the name in North Sami, while the Julev Sami name is ""Sábme"" and the South Sami name is ""Saepmie"". In Norwegian and"
"Finnmark Finnmark or (, , ""Fínnmark"") is a county (""fylke"") in the extreme northeastern part of Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland (Lapland region) to the south, and Russia (Murmansk Oblast) to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean) to the northwest, and the Barents Sea (Arctic Ocean) to the north and northeast. The county was formerly known as ""Finmarkens amt"" or ""Vardøhus amt"". Since 2002, it has had two official names: Finnmark (Norwegian) and Finnmárku (Northern Sami). It is part of the Sápmi region, which spans four countries, as well as"
"Toponyms of Finland The toponyms of Finland result mainly from the legacy left by three linguistic heritages: the Finnish language (spoken as first language by about 93% of the population), the Swedish language (about 5.5%) and Sami languages (about 0.03%). Finland’s place names range from those of unknown or unrecognizable origins to more clearly derivable onomastics. There are both national and international recommendations on how to use the bilingual country's place names in texts written in different languages. In Finland, the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland and the National Land Survey of Finland are jointly responsible for the"
"This is the third-lowest population density of any European country, behind those of Norway and Iceland, and the lowest population density in the EU. Finland's population has always been concentrated in the southern parts of the country, a phenomenon that became even more pronounced during 20th-century urbanisation. Two of the three largest cities in Finland are situated in the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area—Helsinki and Espoo. Tampere holds the third place while also Helsinki-neighbouring Vantaa is the fourth. Other cities with population over 100,000 are Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, and Lahti. , there were 384,123 people with a foreign background living"
"different. Finns living in Finnish Lapland generally call themselves ""lappilainen"", whereas the similar word for the Sámi people is ""lappalainen"". This can be confusing for foreign visitors because of the similar lives Finns and Sámi people live today in Lapland. Lappalainen is also a common family name in Finland. As in the Scandinavian languages, ""lappalainen"" is often considered archaic or pejorative, and ""saamelainen"" is used instead, at least in official contexts. Since prehistoric times, the Sami people of Arctic Europe have lived and worked in an area that stretches over the northern parts of the regions now known as Norway,"
"Simo, Finland Simo is a municipality located in the province of Lapland, Finland, about from the Swedish border. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . In 2001, Simo's debt per capita was 946.39 Euros. Simo's three largest neighbouring towns are Oulu ( inhabitants), Kemi ( inhabitants) and Tornio ( inhabitants). Some of the bigger neighbouring municipalities are Keminmaa ( inhabitants) and Ii ( inhabitants). The oldest residential areas of Simo are the Simonkylä and Maksniemi regions. The oldest records of human habitation within Simo is found"
"and Finns. 13,226 people inhabit the Sami native region of Lapland, Finland. A great portion of these are Sami. These two ethnic groups, closely related to each other and also the Finns, mainly live on the Swedish and Norwegian sides of Sápmi, respectively. Norway, Finland and Sweden all have Sami Parliaments that to varying degrees are involved in governing the region—though mostly they only have authority over the matters of the Sami citizens of the states in which they are situated. Every Norwegian citizen registered as a Sami has the right to vote in the elections for the Sami Parliament"
"Rovaniemi Rovaniemi () is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland. It is situated about south of the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the river Kemijoki and its tributary, the Ounasjoki. The city and the surrounding (Rural municipality of Rovaniemi) were consolidated into a single entity on 1 January 2006. The new municipality has an area of , thus making it the largest city in the European Union by land. Rovaniemi has an approximate population of . Rovaniemi"
"Suomenlinna Suomenlinna (Finnish; until 1918 Viapori), or Sveaborg (Swedish), literal translation in Finnish is ""Castle of Finland"" and in Swedish ""Castle of Sweden"" is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands (Kustaanmiekka (sv:Vargskär / Gustavssvärd), Susisaari (sv:Vargö), Iso-Mustasaari (sv:Stora Östersvartö), Pikku-Mustasaari (sv:Lilla Östersvartö), Länsi-Mustasaari (sv:Västersvartö), and Långören) and which now forms part of the city of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Suomenlinna is a UNESCO World Heritage site and popular with tourists and locals, who enjoy it as a picturesque picnic site. Originally named ""Sveaborg"" (Fortress of Svea), or ""Viapori"" as called by Finnish-speaking Finns, it was renamed in"
"Sami native region (Finland) The Sami native region of Finland (""Saamelaisten kotiseutualue"" in Finnish, ""Sámiid ruovttuguovllu"" in Northern Sami, ""Samernas hembygdsområde"" in Swedish) is the northernmost part of Lappi administrative region in Finland (formerly Lappi Province), home of approximately half of Finland's Sami population. The area is defined in and protected by the Finnish constitution (17 § and 121 §) to be autonomous on issues relating to the Sami culture and language. The Sami native region consists of the municipalities of Enontekiö, Utsjoki and Inari as well as a part of the municipality of Sodankylä. Finns are the majority population"
"The assimilated Sámi would have been fighting in the Finnish army. Sami history The Sami people (also Sámi, Saami) are an indigenous people of northern Europe inhabiting Sápmi, which today encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. The traditional Sami lifestyle, dominated by hunting, fishing and trading, was preserved until the Late Middle Ages, when the modern structures of the Nordic countries were established. The Sami have lived in relative co-existence with their neighbors for centuries, but for the last two hundred years, especially during the second half of the 20th century, there have"
"Сумь, 'Sum', which appears in Novgorodian chronicles, is believed to refer to Finns proper. ""Sums"" are mentioned as allies of Swedes at the Battle of Neva at 1240. Finns proper Finns proper (from Swedish ""Finnar"" or ""egentliga Finnar"", ) are a historic people and a modern subgroup (heimo) of the Finnish people. They live in areas of the historical province of Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi) and speak Southwestern dialects of Finnish. Finns proper had very early strong connections to Scandinavia. Originally, the exonym ""Finland"" and the endonym ""Suomi"" referred only to the Southwestern region inhabited by Finns proper. Later, the meaning"
"Finnish, a Uralic language unrelated to the Scandinavian languages; next come the Finland-Swedes (5.3%). Finland is the eighth-largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. The sovereign state is a parliamentary republic with a central government based in the capital city of Helsinki, local governments in 311 municipalities, and one autonomous region, the Åland Islands. Over 1.4 million people live in the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area, which produces one third of the country's GDP. Finland was inhabited when the last ice age ended, approximately 9000 BCE. The first settlers left behind artefacts that present"
"Sami languages have an official status in the northernmost Finland, in Utsjoki, Inari, Enontekiö and part of Sodankylä, regardless of proportion of speakers. In the bilingual municipalities signs are in both languages, important documents are translated and authorities have to be able to serve in both languages. Authorities of the central administration have to serve the public in both official languages, regardless of location, and in Sami in certain circumstances. Places often have different names in Finnish and in Swedish, both names being equally official as name of the town. For a list, see Names of places in Finland in"
"Finns proper Finns proper (from Swedish ""Finnar"" or ""egentliga Finnar"", ) are a historic people and a modern subgroup (heimo) of the Finnish people. They live in areas of the historical province of Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi) and speak Southwestern dialects of Finnish. Finns proper had very early strong connections to Scandinavia. Originally, the exonym ""Finland"" and the endonym ""Suomi"" referred only to the Southwestern region inhabited by Finns proper. Later, the meaning of these names expanded to refer to the whole area of modern Finland. Earlier, the name ""Finn"" meant Sami people, especially in older Norse sagas. The Russian name"
"are no different from those in other parts of the Sami area. ""The above figures are approximate."" The Sami languages are spoken in Sápmi in Northern Europe, in a region stretching over the four countries Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, reaching from the southern part of central Scandinavia in the southwest to the tip of the Kola Peninsula in the east. The borders between the languages do not align with the ones separating the region's modern nation states. During the Middle Ages and early modern period, now-extinct Sami languages were also spoken in the central and southern parts of Finland"
"Heritage Site in 1996 as a ""Laponian Area"". The Sami Domicile Area in Finland consists of the municipalities of Enontekiö, Utsjoki and Inari as well as a part of the municipality of Sodankylä. The following towns and villages have a significant Sami population or host Sami institutions (Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish or Russian name in parentheses): In the geographical area of Sápmi, the Sami are a small population. According to some, the estimated total Sami population is about 70,000. One problem when attempting to count the population of the Sámi is that there are few common criteria of what ""being a"
"(river and town Seinäjoki) ""Seinäjoella (either on river Seinäjoki or in town Seinäjoki. Case of being in or under the river being ""Seinäjoessa). The rest receive internal locative suffixes, as in ""Helsingissä"" (being inflected form of the town, meaning: in Helsinki). Toponyms of Finland The toponyms of Finland result mainly from the legacy left by three linguistic heritages: the Finnish language (spoken as first language by about 93% of the population), the Swedish language (about 5.5%) and Sami languages (about 0.03%). Finland’s place names range from those of unknown or unrecognizable origins to more clearly derivable onomastics. There are both"
"lovers, sights and events for a cultural jeweler, taste culinary delights. Few places to visit : The most common surnames in Ilomantsi and their frequencies as of 2014: Ilomantsi Ilomantsi () is municipality and a village of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The most eastern point of Finland and of the continental part of the European Union is located in Ilomantsi near the village of Hattuvaara. (In the EU, only Cyprus is located further to"
"Kirkkonummi Kirkkonummi (; ) is a municipality of inhabitants () in southern Finland. The literal meaning of the words ""Kirkkonummi"" and ""Kyrkslätt"" in English is ""church heath"". The municipality is located just outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, bordering the city of Espoo in the east. Other neighbouring municipalities are Vihti and Siuntio. The distance from the municipal centre to central Helsinki is some . Kirkkonummi also has excellent train and bus connections to other parts of the Greater Helsinki area, and many of its inhabitants commute daily to Helsinki. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. The"