{"id":88681,"date":"2026-02-19T14:13:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=88681"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:23:09","slug":"finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Finland Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Prime Minister of Finland said that Finland and India, together with global partners, can lead resilient, sustainable and human-centric technological progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Finland<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in Northern<\/span><b> Europe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Norway (north), Sweden (northwest) and Russia (east).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering water bodies:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bounded by the Gulf<\/span><b> of Finland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (south), <\/span><b>Gulf of Bothnia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (southwest) and <\/span><b>Baltic Sea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Helsinki<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>member<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>European Union (EU) and NATO.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Finland<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Finland has a <\/span><b>severe climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to its northern location. Winter is the longest season, with temperatures in the north falling as low as -22 \u00b0F (-30 \u00b0C).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is <\/span><b>heavily forested<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and contains some 56,000 lakes, numerous rivers, and extensive areas of marshland.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has one of the <\/span><b>highest concentrations of lakes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of any country in the world. The largest lake of Finland is <\/span><b>Lake Saimaa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mount Halti (1,328 m).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The country consists of copper, iron ore, nickel, cobalt, and chromium.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/finland-pm-petteri-orpo-says-finland-and-india-can-lead-human-centric-technological-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finland  is located in Northern Europe. 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