Finland Burtceva Katya 341

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GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION Nordic Located in Northern Europe Borders Sweden, Norway and

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION

Nordic
Located in Northern Europe
Borders Sweden, Norway and Russia
19 regions
180,000 islands
Split

islands
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WHY DOES FINNISH CULTURE STAND OUT? Funny competitions: wife-carrying, air guitar

WHY DOES FINNISH CULTURE STAND OUT?

Funny competitions: wife-carrying, air guitar
Heavy metal

bands
Sauna in every family
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TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS – “SUSI” Can’t be translated Contains Finnish national

TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS – “SUSI”

Can’t be translated
Contains Finnish national features
Hard to

explain
“Never giving up”
Finnish say It helped along to fight Soviets
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FOOD Domestic freshwater fish Unusual sorts of meat Mammi Salmiakki

FOOD

Domestic freshwater fish
Unusual sorts of meat
Mammi
Salmiakki

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FINN CULTURE – KEY CONCEPTS AND VALUES Equality Individualism Pragmatism Directness

FINN CULTURE – KEY CONCEPTS AND VALUES

Equality
Individualism
Pragmatism
Directness

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LANGUAGE VERBAL Finnish, Swedish (Finnic group, Uralic family) Vowel harmony –

LANGUAGE

VERBAL

Finnish, Swedish
(Finnic group, Uralic family)
Vowel harmony – simple set of rules
Lots

of suffixes and endings (which express person, tense, mood)
No articles, no gender
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LANGUAGE NON-VERBAL Keeping a distance Eye contact No physical contact Private

LANGUAGE

NON-VERBAL

Keeping a distance
Eye contact
No physical contact
Private space
No extreme expressions of feelings

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CONVERSATIONAL NUANCES Silence is better than small talk Older people don’t

CONVERSATIONAL NUANCES

Silence is better than small talk
Older people don’t prefer English
Neutral

topics
No making fun of others