The Finnish culture can be seen as part of the Western culture which is strongly influenced by Catholic and Protestant Christian tradition. Although it is thought that the Finnish people and Finnish-speakers have lived in the geographical area of Finland for at least 5000 years, the impact of German and Swedish culture is very big in Finland, probably because Finland belonged to Sweden for 700 years between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries.
Russian influence has ...
Finnish Culture
Posted On Thursday, February 16, 2012 By thenordiccountries. Under Culture in Finland, Finland, Finnish Culture, NORDIC CULTURE Tags: culture in Finland, Finnish culture, sauna, sisu
The Finnish culture can be seen as part of the Western culture which is strongly influenced by Catholic and Protestant Christian tradition. Although it is thought that the Finnish people and Finnish-speakers have lived in the geographical area of Finland for at least 5000 years, the impact of German and Swedish culture is very big in Finland, probably because Finland belonged to Sweden for 700 years between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries.
Russian influence has ...
