Finland is a country located in Northern Europe and its capital is Helsinki. It is the eighth largest country in Europe in terms of area and the least populated in the European Union. Finnish is the mother language of the population in Finland. This is one of the four official EU. languages. Swedish is the second native language and its spoken by 5.5% of the total population. Finland is a parliamentary republic with a central government based in Helsinki and local governments in 342 municipalities. Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Lahti and other major cities of the Republic of Finland.
Official name: Republic of Finland
International Code: BE
Geographic location: Northern Europe
Area: 338,145 km ²
Capital: Helsinki
Climate: Gentle
Time zone: UTC +2, UTC +3