Country Profiles: Finland

Republic of Finland -- Suomen Tasavalta

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Finland Country Page Library of Congress
• US Embassy in Helsinki
• Embassy of Finland in Washington, D.C.
• The Finnish Government official web pages

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of Finland Country page contains U.N. related info. as well as other links about the country
• Finland and the IMF The IMF's Finland Country Page with links to articles

Internet Resources: General

• Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Scandinavian Studies: UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources
• Virtual Finland Finland's official homepage. Lots of interesting historical and cultural information
• History of Finland: Primary Documents BYU site to historical documents
• WESS Web: Western European Specialists Section hosted by the University of Virginia library
• BYU Scandinavian Studies A collection of internet links and online literature and documents
• Scandinavian resources hosted by the University of Wisconsin
• Travel Information Travel to Finland with the Lonely Planet

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and the Arts

• The Finnish National Gallery Information and exhibits online. Also, a museum guide for children
• Finnish Design A guide to Finnish architecture and design (in English and Finnish)
• Yliopisto-lehti Monthly Journal published by the University of Helsinki
• Finnish Music A guide to all types of Finnish music with links to audio sites

Online News Sites and Servers

• Helsingin Sanomat Finland's largest daily newspaper (in Finnish)
• Finnish Media A listing of media sources in Finland
• Web Radio International hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Finnish Language Study

• UCLA Scandinavian Section
• Finnish-English-Finnish An online dictionary
• Finnish Online dictionaries
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• Finnish Public Libraries Search Finnish libraries in English, Finnish and Swedish
• Helsinki University Library The National Library of Finland (at Helsinki University) with a searchable database
• University of Helsinki The homepage of Finland's largest university
• The Fulbright Program A guide to applying for Fulbright fellowships and grants
• Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies Information on fellowships for Ph.D. students in humanities and social sciences
• SSRC/ACLS International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships: support for dissertation research in humanities and social sciences in all areas and regions of the world
• Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships For dissertation research in humanities and social science
• UC Berkeley Center for German and European Studies Fellowships for dissertation research, predissertation research travel, and UC faculty research
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about fellowships for Western and Central Europe
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

The Republic of Finland is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. Finland has land frontiers with Sweden, Norway and Russia and a maritime border with Estonia.