#1

Cleanest air in Europe

Source: Environmental Performance Index

2,008

people in Finland speak Sámi as their mother tongue

Source: Statistics Finland

292 votes

Amount of votes Finland got when winning the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest

1,160 km (720.8 miles)

The length of Finland, north to south

#9

Innovator in cleantech

Source: Global Cleantech Innovation Index

187

Number of reindeer currently kept as pets

Source: Statistics Finland

700,000

Amount of trips Finns make to Lapland each year

Source: Statistics Finland

37.2 °C (99 °F)

Record high temperature, measured in Liperi, July 2010

Source: Finnish Meteorological Institute