Comments on: An Introduction to the Scandinavian Countries

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 14:12:27 +0000

Finland has two official languages, Finnish and Swedish. Finnish is the mother tongue of about 90 percent of Finns. Swedish is the mother tongue for about 5 percent of the Finns. Swedish is mostly spoken on the west and south coasts of Finland. In the northern part, both in Finland, Sweden, Norway and in Russia with a border to the west, Sami is also spoken.
On the Åland Islands, a part of Finland, only Swedish is the official language.

In 2016, there were approximately 290,000 people in Finland who spoke Swedish as a mother tongue, of which 26,000 on the Åland Islands and 264,000 in the rest of Finland. In total, approximately 5.3% of the entire population had Swedish as their mother tongue, or 4.8% if one disregards the Åland Islands.

By: Arthur J.P. Strand

Arthur J.P. Strand — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 09:34:09 +0000

The Finnish language is not Indo-European but is Finno-Ugric. This group contains Estonian and some minority groups speaking related Baltic languages The Finno-Ugric group has similarities with Hungarian and all belong to the Ural-Altaic family of languages which includes the Turkic group of languages and these can be traced to Mongolian territory. One province in Finland is Swedish speaking.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:19:53 +0000

Northwestern part of Finland is geographically on the Scandinavian peninsula, Denmark is not. Finnish language is, however, completely different from the Scandinavian languages, though Finland is officially bilingual and has a Swedish speaking minority.

By: Myra Walder

Myra Walder — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:06:47 +0000

I love to visit these countries and was recently in Copenhagen and hope to visit Oslo soon. Have been in Tromso and Stockholme in the last 3 years and Gottenborg.

By: Chilanzi Chitundu

Chilanzi Chitundu — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 05:58:22 +0000

It is Soo amazing, how cheerful and loving Scandinavian countries are United. An evident demonstration of love and unity, definitely a good place to visit or even live. Soo much to learn from these countries!

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:42:04 +0000

In reply to OGUNSANWO ABAYOMI. All are amazing.

By: OGUNSANWO ABAYOMI

OGUNSANWO ABAYOMI — Wed, 23 May 2018 16:03:41 +0000

I love to visit the Scandinavian country as l can see that is a lovely country during my next holiday ,please kindly send me the list of area and tourism zone to visit.