#2

Best place in the world to be a mother

Source: Save the Children

#2

in the world in gender equality

Source: Global Gender Gap Report

187,888

Number of lakes in Finland

#3

in the world to grant women the right to vote (#1 in Europe)

Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union

1917

The year Finland became independent

70

Days of midnight sun in northern Lapland

75%

of Finnish land area is forest

Source: Natural Resources Institute Finland

1995

The year Finland became an EU member