The Economy and Geography of Finland

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The Economy and Geography of Finland

• By Tibor Molnár

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The Land of Thousands of Lakes

• Lakeland Finland
• The Finnish lake-district 55000
• A lot of islands
• Little infield

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The Land of Thousands of Lakes
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Position

• Russia
• Sweden
• Norway

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Beautiful Scenery

• The highest point is Haltintunturi
• A lot of islands Archipelago

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Climate

• moderate and continental climate
• the Skandinavian-mountains
• dense network of rivers

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Economy

• industry of sawing
• woodfibre- and papermaking
• industry of machinery
• chemical industry
• nuclear power station(35) and hydroelectric
  power plant(23)

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Economy

• The ship construction is very important

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Economy

• Tele-communication
• Electronics
• NOKIA the strategic company of the county

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Economy

• Export
• cellular phone
• aerial
• battery
• vacuum cleaner
• fridge and freezer
• transformer

• Import
• food product
• drink, tobacco
• raw material
• sources of energy
• end-products
• machine and machinery

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Economy

• Member of the European Union
• Introduction of euro 1st January 2002
• Developed economy
• High living standard

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EconomyThe biggest trading partners

• Russia
• Sweden
• Germany

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Finland

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