Finland is home to the world's leading cellular phone company, Nokia.

According to the World Audit study, Finland is the least corrupt and most democratic country in the world.

In the PISA study, Finland has ranked at the top in education; the study measured the skills of 15-year-olds in topics relevant to everyday life.

Cellular technology: GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS

Cellular frequency: GSM 900, GSM 1800, UMTS 2100

Date format: DD.MM.YYYY (ex. 1.12.2005), DD.MM.YY (ex. 1.12.05) or DD.MM. (ex. 1.12.), dates written out are written DD. MM YYYY (e.g. 1. joulukuuta 2005)

Decimal separator is a comma: 123,45

Thousands are separated by a space: 10 000

Currency signs are placed after the digits, with a space as a mandatory separator: 10 €

The currency is euro, abbreviated €, divided into 100 sentti, abbreviated snt

Voltage: 230V, 50 Hz; Power connector: 2-pin round (German)

Postal code: 5 digits.

Finland won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with their entry, "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi.

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( Johan Ludvig Runeberg )

( Runeberg's tart, is a Finnish pastry available on the poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg's birthday on February 5 )