2,077

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

#2

Innovator in cleantech

Source: Global Cleantech Innovation Index

200,000

Number of reindeer currently kept as pets

Source: Lapland Above Ordinary

980,000

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

#1

Helsinki is the city with the best work life balance

Source: Work–Life Balance Index, 2021