Northern Finland

Republic of Finland Suomen tasavalta  (Finnish) Republiken Finland  (Swedish)
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem:  Maamme  (Finnish) Vårt land  (Swedish) "Our Land"
Location of  Finland  (dark green) – in Europe  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)  –  [Legend]
Capital and largest city	Helsinki 60°10′N 024°56′E / 60.167°N 24.933°E / 60.167; 24.933
Official languages	Finnish (88.67%) Swedish (5.29%)
Recognised regional languages	Sami (0.04%)
Religion	Evangelical Lutheran Church Orthodox Church
Demonym	Finnish Finn
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• President	Sauli Niinistö
• Prime Minister	Juha Sipilä
Legislature	Eduskunta
Formation
• Autonomy within Russia	29 March 1809
• Independence from the Russian SFSR	6 December 1917
• First recognized by the Russian SFSR	4 January 1918
• Joined the European Union	1 January 1995
Area
• Total	338,424 km2 (130,666 sq mi) (64th)
• Water (%)	10
Population
• May 2017 estimate	5,506,312 (114th)
• 2015 official	5,487,308
• Density	16/km2 (41.4/sq mi) (201st)
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
• Total	$239.662 billion
• Per capita	$43,545
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
• Total	$234.524 billion
• Per capita	$42,611
Gini (2014)	25.6 low · 6th
HDI (2015)	0.895 very high · 23th
Currency	Euro (€) (EUR)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+358
Patron saint	St Henry of Uppsala
ISO 3166 code	FI
Internet TLD	.fia
The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states.

– in Europe  (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union  (green)  –  [Legend]

Finland (/ˈfɪnlənd/; Finnish: Suomi [suomi]; Swedish: Finland [ˈfɪnland]), officially the Republic of Finland, is a sovereign state in Northern Europe. A peninsula with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west, the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east. Estonia is south of the country across the Gulf of Finland. Finland is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia, which also includes Scandinavia. Finland's population is 5.5 million (2014), and the majority of the population is concentrated in the southern region. 88.7% of the population is Finnish people who speak Finnish, a Uralic language unrelated to the Scandinavian languages; the second major group are the Finland-Swedes (5.3%). In terms of area, it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union.