Finlands national anthem is called "Maamme", that is "Our Land" in English. The song is composed by Fredrik Pacius and the lyrics are written by J. L. Runeberg (originally a poem in the Swedish language; Finnish translation by Paavo Cajander). Nowadays everybody sings it in his/her mother tongue, but as 93 % of the Finns have Finnish as their mother tongue, the Finnish version is heard more often. Here are the Finnish words:
Oi maamme, Suomi, synnyinmaa,
soi sana kultainen!
Ei laaksoa, ei kukkulaa,
ei vettä rantaa rakkaampaa
kuin kotimaa tää pohjoinen,
maa kallis isien.
Sun kukoistukses kuorestaan
kerrankin puhkeaa;
viel lempemme saa nousemaan
sun toivos, riemus loistossaan,
ja kerran laulus, synnyinmaa,
korkeemman kaiun saa.
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You can find information about bookboats via Internet. In Finland there is only one bookboat (in Parainen commune). Here are some links about bookboatservices in Norway (N.B. e-mail address in last one):
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla66/papers/141-175e.htm
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/publib/mobile/newnorwa.htm
http://www.hordaland-f.kommune.no/fylkesbibl/Epos/information_in_englis…
Bookboats can be found also in some other countries around the world:
http://www.bookboat.com/unusual_lib/bookboat_lib.htm
Scottsdale public library has listed some books for 6th-graders: http://library.ci.scottsdale.az.us/kids/grade6.htm .
Some schools have made their own lists of recommended literature, for example http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/northbethesdams/lmp_reading.htm .
Some book pulblishers have also listed their suggestions: http://www.hedgehogbooks.com/cgi-local/cart/grade.cgi?grade=6 .
It’s not difficult to find more in the Internet using any search engine by using such search terms as ‘book lists’ and ‘6th grade’.
In Helsinki City Library librarians have listed book tips for each grade: http://www.lib.hel.fi/lastensivut/listat.htm#ya They are in Finnish, but there are some originally English books on the list for 5th and 6th grade pupils:…
There are two books that both have a recipe of blood dumplings, which are made of reindeer blood.
The books are Arctic à la carte and Tapio Sointu's Lapland à la carte.
You can ask for them at your nearest library.
You may have no more than 40 items on loan at the same time. Of these, 20 can be CD's, 5 video cassettes, 5 DVDs and 5 CD ROMs.
You can renew a loan 5 times(also via Internet) if the material has not been reserved by somebody else.
Perhaps you can find a suitable answer to this question in an article in About.com- portal, address . The Articles address is
In this Article (May 06, 2004) it is said that the most expensive piece of art ever, a painting by Picasso, namely "Boy with a Pipe", has been sold for a new record price, for $104 million at an auction at Sotheby's in New York. In this Article you will also find information about the circumnstances surrounding this painting.
There's a great deal of information about our log house industry to be found on the Internet, but unfortunately a shortage of books on the subject. Please try the following links:
Wood Focus Finland at
http://www.woodfocus.fi
Do try their free word search under "Links".
The Centre of Expertise for Wood Products at www.puusuomi.fi
There's a database for finding manufacturers on the finnish sites only.
The WoodFinland Programme at
http://www.puuoske.com
For statistics contact the Statistics Finland, the address on the Net is
http://tilastokeskus.fi/index_en.html
To trace someone in Finland try to find that person's address on the Population Register Centre's database. Browse their homepages on http://www.vaestorekisterikeskus.fi/vrk/home.nsf/pages/index_eng.
Our data protection legislation permits everyone to
to forbid the disclosure of his or her personal information by the population registration system for purposes such as direct advertising, so you might not find the information your want. The access to other public records is restricted also.
You may still find the portal for public sector services useful. Try the index on the upper right side of the page. The address is http://www.suomi.fi/english/
Have you already visited websites of Helsinki City Library (http://www.lib.hel.fi/?_lang_id=EN )? There is quite a lot of information on the subject of your inquiry.
Information about databases for customers' use you'll find here
http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2289 .
The list of databases and book catalogues is on this site http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2515 .
About computers and other equipment:
http://www.lib.hel.fi/page.asp?_item_id=2287 . Check especially the link "workstations".
About the library system used in Helsinki metropolitan area libraries:
http://toimintakertomus.lib.hel.fi/toimintakertomus2003/EN/page4464.htm…
As far as I know, Pallas IntroActive system (in Tampere it is called Aktvii-Piki -service)is the only library program used in public libraries in Finland that contains personal bibligraphic informing part of the library services via Internet.
But Tampere is not the only library that uses Pallas -library system (+ IntroActive)in Finland. For example Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Joensuu, Porvoo, Kajaani, Seinäjoki, Rovaniemi and Vaasa City Libraries and many other libraries use Pallas library system.
The average salary for a librarian in Finland is 2 046 euros/month.
http://www.kuntatyonantajat.fi/index~id~3C33AE32DC744D87AB4ABC847A5C107… (Commission for Local Authority Employers)
The salaries in the municipal libraries are smaller than in the scientific/research libraries. Librarians in the municipal sector earn on average 1 700 euros/month.
As for the education, librarians have to have a higher university degree / master's degree. The degree can be a Master of Social Sciences or Master of Arts.
Information on university education in Finland:
http://www.opintoluotsi.fi/en-GB/education_in_finland/universities/
Library in its self is a highly valued service in Finland, but as a profession, librarian is not among the most admired. In…
Unfortunately most Finnish real estate agents do not have their homepages in English. However, below are three major Finnish real estate agents which provide services in English as well:
http://www.kiinteistomaailma.fi/en/
http://www.skv.fi/aspx/Site/CMS.aspx?path=/Yleiset/LangEN
http://www.huoneistokeskus.fi/aspx/International/Frontpage.aspx?lang=EN
In case you are interested in Finnish real estate vocabulary, here are translations both from Finnish to English, and from English to Finnish:
http://www.tkk.fi/Yksikot/Kiinteisto/julkaisut/verkkojulkaisut/julkaisu…
http://www.tkk.fi/Yksikot/Kiinteisto/julkaisut/verkkojulkaisut/julkaisu…
There are some summer accomodations available in the Siikalatva area to which Pulkkila also belongs. The page in the address http://www.metsainfo.fi/index.php?page=_ravintolat&type=6&lang=fi shows you the area of Siikalatva on the map. The nearest city is Oulu.
The Names and addresses of the summer hotels and cottages in Piippola are as follows:
Piippolan vaarin kesähotelli
Piippolan käsi- ja taideteollisuusoppilaitos
Keskustie 29
92620 Piippola
Puh: (08) 8119 111
Haapavesi
Hotelli Haapakannel
Vanhatie 47
p. 08 - 452 370, fax 08 - 450 520
Rantsila
Taukoranta Ky
Nelostie 1500
p. 08 - 253 790
Lamun Loma
Niemelänkuja 2 A
92920 Ahokylä
Seppo Piippo Gsm. 040-5045 605
Juhani Mahosenaho Gsm. 050-3486 994, 040-5483197
email: seppo.piippo.@…
There are many countries and especially colonies that have uset Union Jack in their flags. According to Wikipedia, four countries have nowadays Union Jack as a part of their flags: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tuvalu. In addition many territories and regions have Union Jack in their flag. Further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Flag#Use_in_other_flags
We are not experts on psychology or any of its different disciplines, but hopefully the following websites will give some idea how music is used in helping people to overcome depression. However, in short it would seem that some of the psychologists and psychiatrists are of the opinion that music can relieve stress and that it can enable people to open up to their inner conflicts and thus provide ways to solve the actual reasons behind depression.
http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab004517.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/26744/music_therapy_as_treatme…
http://www.holisticonline.com/Remedies/Depression/dep_sound_therapy.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080122203158.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/…
You cand find books about subject by finnish words kirjoitusjärjestelmät historia (= system of writing, history) from Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries (HelMet):
The story of writing : with over 355 illustrations, 50 in colour / Robinson, Andrew
Kirjoituksen lumo = The metamorphoses of writing
Writing : the story of alphabets and scripts / Georges Jean
A history of writing / Albertine Gaur
The alphabetic labyrinth : the letters in history and imagination / Johanna Drucker
More books in HelMet catalogue:
http://www.helmet.fi/search*fin/X?SEARCH=kirjoitusj%C3%A4rjestelm%C3%A4…
Internetlinks in Libraries.fi about subject:
http://www.kirjastot.fi/Linkkikirjasto/Luokat.aspx?wordID=a66f2374-5b06…
The food stand at the Helsinki market place sells coffee, warm meat pies and donuts.
There are different kinds of ‘lihapiirakka’(meat pie) and ‘munkkipossu’(donut), so the pictures on the following sites show you the most typical forms they are sold in Finland.
munkkipossu or possumunkki
http://www.huovisenleipomo.fi/catalog/images/possumunkki.jpg
http://www.mumminpullapuoti.fi/img/kuvastot/58.jpg
lihapiirakka
http://www.primula.fi/uploads/pics/crop.Lihapiirakka_ryhmae.612x466.jpg
http://siwa.lahikauppa.fi/client-data/recipePictures/330_Lihapiirakka.g…
