Suomen Finland

1. Suomen Finland

SUOMEN
FINLAND
BURTCEVA EKATERINA
3.048.2.17 GROUP

2. Geographical position

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION
• Nordic
• Located in Northern Europe
• Borders Sweden, Norway and
Russia
• 19 regions
• 180,000 islands
• Split islands

3. Why does Finnish culture stand out?

WHY DOES FINNISH CULTURE STAND OUT?
• Funny competitions: wife-carrying,
air guitar
• Heavy metal bands
• Sauna in every family

4. Traditions and customs – “Susi”

TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS – “SUSI”
• Can’t be translated
• Contains Finnish national features
• Hard to explain
• “Never giving up”
• Finnish say It helped along to fight
Soviets

5. Food

FOOD
• Domestic freshwater fish
• Unusual sorts of meat
• Mammi
• Salmiakki

6. Finn Culture – Key Concepts and Values

FINN CULTURE – KEY CONCEPTS AND
VALUES
• Equality
• Individualism
• Pragmatism
• Directness

7. Language

LANGUAGE
VERBAL
• Finnish, Swedish
• (Finnic group, Uralic family)
• Vowel harmony – simple set of rules
• Lots of suffixes and endings (which
express person, tense, mood)
• No articles, no gender

8. Language

LANGUAGE
NON-VERBAL
• Keeping a distance
• Eye contact
• No physical contact
• Private space
• No extreme expressions of
feelings

9. Conversational nuances

CONVERSATIONAL NUANCES
• Silence is better than small talk
• Older people don’t prefer English
• Neutral topics
• No making fun of others

10. Kiitos huomiosta!

KIITOS HUOMIOSTA!