Finland

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Finland, Finnish Suomi swôˈmē [key], officially Republic of Finland, republic (2015 est. pop. 5,482,000), 130,119 sq mi (337,009 sq km), N Europe. It borders on the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden in the west, on Norway in the north, on Russia in the east, and on the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea in the south. The country includes the Åland Islands, located at the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia. Helsinki is Finland's capital and its largest city.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• A Neutral Finland
• Postwar Finland
• The New Republic and the USSR
• Early History to Independence
• Government
• Economy
• Land and People
• Bibliography

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