21. Finnish Culture Lures Foreign Workers To Nokia Corp Helsinki In the global war for hightech talent, Nokia Corp. hasn't had it easy. The mobile-telephone maker's headquarters here are 520 miles south of the Arctic Circle and http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe/daily/20000802/fst02028.html

Wednesday, August 2, 2000 India's first e-business paper Search FE Download BSE Quotes NSE Quotes Think Tank This week we focus on a complete analysis of the software industry Other Links Corporate Results Indian Express ExpressIndia Expresscomputer Services Archives Advertise here Feedback Intel IT Update Finnish culture lures foreign workers to Nokia Corp Gautam Naik Helsinki: In the global war for high-tech talent, Nokia Corp. hasn't had it easy. The mobile-telephone maker's headquarters here are 520 miles south of the Arctic Circle and half a world away from Silicon Valley. Potential foreign recruits usually know little about Finland. Many assume it's part of Russia. Some are surprised to learn that Nokia isn't a Japanese company.But when a Nokia recruiter approached Raam Kumar, a software engineer raised in a small town in India where some of his neighbours lived in mud huts, he was wowed by the Finns' strong position in the global market for mobile phones. And he loved the month's vacation- far more than he was likely to get at a US firm. While other European countries, such as Germany, succumb to ugly political debates about work permits for foreigners, Finland is attracting large numbers of technology whizzes from India, China and other developing countries. One big reason: Finland makes it relatively easy for skilled workers to get work visas. Another is Finnish benefits - a generous social-security programme, long vacations - are available to all hires.So far, voters haven't turned xenophobic. "If someone wants to give their knowledge to Finland and we can use it, why shouldn't we let them work here?" says Haikki Taskinnen, head of immigration at Finland's Ministry of Interior.

22. Suomikoulu - St Albans Finnish School School in the United Kingdom, one of a world-wide network of Finnish schools supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education, teaching Finnish language and promoting Finnish culture. Finnish, English http://www.suomikoulu.com/

S t A l b a n s F i n n i s h S c h o o l H e r t f o r d s h i r e , U . K . S U O M I K O U L U In English Etusivu Koulupäivät ... Olemme Facebookissa! St Albansin Suomikoulu Opi suomea hyväntuulisessa ilmapiirissä St Albansin suomalainen lauantaikoulu ajaa suomen kielen asiaa. Järjestämme kielenopetusta ja tarjoamme tukea suomalais-brittiläiselle yhteisölle Isossa-Britanniassa, Hertfordshiren kreivikunnassa. Lue enemmän meistä... St Albansin Suomikoulu on Britannian suurin, ja vireä ulkosuomalaisyhteisö. Meillä toimii kaksitoista opetusryhmää. Koulua pidetään joka toinen lauantai kello 9.45 - 12.00 Marlborough Schoolin tiloissa St. Albansissa. Jos opiskelu kiinnostaa, voit tulla katsomaan ja juttelemaan minä tahansa koulupäivänä . Kysymyksiä ja kerrottavaa osoitteeseen info@suomikoulu.com . Liity myös postituslistallemme lähettämällä meille sähköpostia osoitteella mailinglist@suomikoulu.com ja pidämme sinut ajan tasalla koulun tapahtumista. Joulumyyjäiset Sunnuntaina 28 marraskuuta 2010 klo 12-15.00 Kauneimmat Joululaulut Sunnuntaina 19 joulukuuta 2010 klo 15.00

23. About Finland - Embassy Of Finland, Washington - Consulate Generals Of Finland, About Finland Embassy of Finland, Washington - Consulate Generals of Finland, New York, Los Angeles About Finland http://www.finland.org/public/default.aspx?nodeid=35862&contentlan=2&cul

24. Finnish Culture News At Allvoices.com Find the latest finnish culture News at allvoices, where anyone can report from anywhere. Get finnish culture news as it happens. http://www.allvoices.com/tags/finnish-culture

25. Tony Calendars Saultites A Crash Course In Finnish Culture Sault Ste. Marie portal! Visit SSM. Find news, editorials, entertainment, events, community calendar, maps, business, directory, weather, classifieds ads, accommodations http://sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=43612

26. Cultural Integration In Finland - Finnish Culture - Museums And Libraries In Fin Finnish culture and culturerelated sites, Online publications, Libraries, Museums, Finnish News in English http://expat-finland.com/living_in_finland/cultural_integration.html

Current Location: Home Living in Finland Moving to Finland Living in Finland ... Other Sites of Interest See also Apart from language training , you will probably want to learn more about the Finnish way of life, the culture and how it came to be, where cultural events take place and where to mix with Finns socially. Expat Finland does not wish to replicate the many excellent sites on the Web providing cultural information about Finland; this page is therefore primarily a portal to other sites which can help you become truly enmeshed in Finnish society! If you do not have the time or inclination to explore by yourself, you may wish to employ a relocation service to assist you.

27. Culture Of Finland - Traditional, History, People, Clothing, Traditions, Women, It frequently refers to other aspects of Finnish culture that have become significant symbols of identity, such as the savusauna (smoke sauna) and the ancient http://www.everyculture.com/Cr-Ga/Finland.html

Powered by JRank Countries and Their Cultures Countries and Their Cultures Cr-Ga F INLAND C ULTURE N AME Finnish, Finn, Finlander A LTERNATIVE N AMES Suomalaiset Tavastians , or and Karelians or Karjalaiset O RIENTATION Identification. C.E. ) Roman references to people known as Fenni (probably Lapps or Saami) who occupied lands north of the Baltic Sea. In their own language, Finns generally refer to themselves as Suomalaiset and their land or country as Suomi , which may derive from suo , the Finnish expression for a bog or swamp. Finns constitute the majority of the citizens of the Republic of Finland, which has a Swedish-speaking minority as well as Saami (Lapp) and Rom (Gypsy) minorities. While language was a highly divisive issue as late as the 1920s and 1930s, many Finnish speakers now recognize the value of Swedish for communicating with other Nordic countries. A distinction between urban, industrialized, coastal southwestern Finland and the rural interior northeast is an important historical and regional division in terms of culture and identity. However, socialist versus nonsocialist affiliations are more meaningful at the political level. Despite these distinctions, most citizens strongly believe that they share a common culture and heritage.

28. Linus' Blog: Finnish Culture... It's not all that often that we encounter things from Finland here in Portland. So imagine my surprise when we're on our way to our weekly datenight with Tove, and our baby http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/2009/12/finnish-culture.html

skip to main skip to sidebar Linus' blog Eventually this might even contain some Torvalds family pictures. Monday, December 21, 2009 Finnish culture... It's not all that often that we encounter things from Finland here in Portland. So imagine my surprise when we're on our way to our weekly date-night with Tove, and our baby-sitter is gushing about this adorable and wonderful Finnish YouTube video.. She apparently have been watching it three or four times a day for the last few days (weeks?), laughing hysterically. "I Want to Love You Tender" , which has apparently been a big hit on youtube for several years now. Now, people who aren't from Finland may not realize the whole depth of that video. To an outsider, it may look like some highschool musical number with particularly inept dancing. It's funny, yes, but you go on to watch keyboard cat and dramatic chipmunk. But to somebody from Finland, the first reaction is "I recognize that tune". The second reaction is "Oh, it's them !". That's not some inept highschool musical number, that's one of the most beloved Finnish entertainers ever ! Ok, so the version you hear in Finland is in Finnish, and the above is the English version - and Finns back in the seventies weren't really all that good at English. That explains some of it.

29. Finnish Culture... | The Linux Foundation It's not all that often that we encounter things from Finland here in Portland. So imagine my surprise when we're on our way to our weekly datenight with Tove, and our baby http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/blogs/browse/2009/12/finnish-culture

Skip to Navigation Linux.com Events Video ... More Search this site: The Linux Foundation Original article Share Print ... Email Finnish culture... By Linus Torvalds - December 21, 2009 - 8:11am It's not all that often that we encounter things from Finland here in Portland. So imagine my surprise when we're on our way to our weekly date-night with Tove, and our baby-sitter is gushing about this adorable and wonderful Finnish YouTube video.. She apparently have been watching it three or four times a day for the last few days (weeks?), laughing hysterically. "I Want to Love You Tender" , which has apparently been a big hit on youtube for several years now. Now, people who aren't from Finland may not realize the whole depth of that video. To an outsider, it may look like some highschool musical number with particularly inept dancing. It's funny, yes, but you go on to watch keyboard cat and dramatic chipmunk. But to somebody from Finland, the first reaction is "I recognize that tune". The second reaction is "Oh, it's them!". That's not some inept highschool musical number, that's one of the most beloved Finnish entertainers ever! Ok, so the version you hear in Finland is in Finnish, and the above is the English version - and Finns back in the seventies weren't really all that good at English. That explains some of it. When I grew up, the Swedes had ABBA and Björn Borg. The Finns had Armi ja Danny. Really.

30. YouTube - Finnish Culture what goes on in finland? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X7TS-BreTE

31. Finnish Language & Culture | University Of California, Berkeley Information about Finnish lanuage and culture is easily accessible via the worldwide web. Visit the http://ies.berkeley.edu/fsp/finnishstudies/links.htm

Links to Finland and Finnish Culture Sanoma Building Interior Information about Finnish lanuage and culture is easily accessible via the world-wide web. Visit the selected links below to learn about your areas of interest. While some websites are exculsively in Finnish, most contain information in English and Swedish as well (look for the British/American or Swedish flags). Chronology of Finnish History Greater Helsinki Information http://www.hel.fi/wps/portal/Helsinki?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/Helsinki/fi/Etusivu Winter War History http://www.kevos4.com/Part%201%20The%20Winter%20War%20Background.htm YLE News http://www.yle.fi/ YLE Television and Radio Webcasts http://areena.yle.fi/lista/115/uusimmat/media/video Helsingin Sanomat , Finland's Largest Newspaper http://www.hs.fi/

32. Finnish Culture, Untitled Page Finnish Culture. CULTURAL INFORMATION ABOUT FINLAND. Basic Information ◊ Capital (and largest city) Helsinki 60 10′N, 24 56′E ◊ Official languages Finnish http://www.afrha.com/default.aspx?pageID=217&MainID=131

33. Finnish Culture - Aalto University Finnish culture. The geopolitical location between West and East has always been reflected in the country’s events and goings on. With this combination of western and eastern http://www.aalto.fi/en/studies/living/culture/

34. Finland Forum • Information Finland Forum Regulars Find information on places to go, things to see, eating out, Finnish food, recipes and more http://www.finlandforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=45719

35. Finnish Culture Gifts, T-shirts, Stickers And More - CafePress Shop our large selection of finnish culture gifts, tshirts, posters and stickers starting at $5 . Unique finnish culture designs. Fast shipping. http://shop.cafepress.com/finnish-culture

36. Michigan Finnish - Finnish American Heritage: Finns - Finnish Culture Michigan Finnish strives to promote Finnish American culture, preserve Finnish heritage and provide an outlet for performers and Finnish groups throughout Michigan. http://michiganfinnish.org/index.php?page=Finnish-Culture

37. Finnish Sauna - Culture As a central part of Finnish culture, sauna is present in much of the literature and poetry (Fin) Finnish emigrants brought the sauna with them to the USA. http://cankar.org/sauna/origins/culture_main.html

The Finnish Sauna The Finnish Sauna How to use a sauna Health issues ... Your own sauna History and traditions History Songs Saunaspeke Nordic FAQ ... About this site Sauna history The sauna in its different forms has been with us for over a thousand years. It has evolved from being purely for cleaning up to a relaxing week end pleasure. Even so, the modern compact sauna has its roots in history en français på svenska po slovensko Written culture As a central part of Finnish culture, sauna is present in much of the literature and poetry (Fin) Finnish emigrants brought the sauna with them to the USA. Slow learners, they did not entirely learn the aspects of the local language. Mixing English words with Finnish pronounciation resulted in a saunaspeke Avantounti A short swim in a lake completes the perfect sauna experience. Finland has rather cold winters and all our lakes freeze for several months. Does this stop us? Not really. Often accompanied by a sauna, swimming in a frozen lake is called avantouinti Culture shock Since many Finns are passionate about the sauna, visitors to Finland can rarely avoid trying it out. The different customs related to a proper sauna can intimidate even the more experienced traveler, as described in this article about sauna by Tim Bird:

38. Finland Forum • Information Finland Forum Regulars Find information on places to go, things to see, eating out, Finnish food, recipes and more http://www.finlandforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=45719&start=15

39. Finnish Culture | Suomi Summer Today, I took a cruise around Lake Saimaa with Rami and his sister, AnnaMari. We were surrounded by small children, many of whom were running around and happily yelling, but it http://ellucake.wordpress.com/category/finnish-culture/

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40. Sauna Island Will Provide Taste Of Finnish Culture - 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere The sauna holds a special place in Finnish culture, so when the Hurricanes visit Helsinki, Tuomo Ruutu plans on taking his teammates to Sauna Island. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=538546&cmpid=rss-rosen

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