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Finland True or False?
Can you guess whether these statements about the country of Finland are true or false?
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Last updated: April 26, 2025
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| First submitted | January 26, 2021 |
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1. No part of Finland is on the Scandinavian peninsula
Northwestern Finland is on the Scandinavian peninsula, but Finland is not strictly part of Scandinavia
True
False
2. Finland fought both alongside and against Germany in WW2
Alongside in the Continuation War and against in the Lapland War
True
False
3. Finnish author Jean Sibelius wrote more than two hundred novels
Sibelius is Finland's most famous composer
True
False
4. Beating yourself with a branch is normal in a Finnish sauna
Rolling naked in the snow between sauna sessions is another tradition
True
False
5. Lapland is a fictional place based on Northern Finland
Lapland is a real area of Northern Finland (and Sweden), though the real Santa Claus is rarely spotted there
True
False
6. The man with the highest number of sniper kills in any major war was Finnish
Simo Häyhä is believed to have killed over 500 men of the Soviet Army during the Winter War of 1939-40
True
False
7. Finland has the most lakes of any country
This is a myth created by different countries having different definitions of the size of a lake. By like to like comparison Canada has the most lakes
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False
8. The average Finn consumes 12kg of coffee every year
They vie with Luxembourg for the title of world's biggest coffee drinkers
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10. Wild polar bears are found in Finland
There are wild brown bears in Finland, but no wild polar bears
True
False
11. Finland has more Winter Olympic medals than Summer Olympic medals
Most of their medals are for athletics and wrestling. In the Winter Olympics cross country skiing is Finland's best event by far
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False
12. Wife-carrying is a Finnish sport
World championships have been held since 1997
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False
13. The World Happiness Report ranked Finland #1 in 2020
:o)
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14. Finnish salted liquorice was originally given to children as punishment
It was probably originally a cough medicine, until people developed a taste for it... somehow...
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15. There was a Burger King in Helsinki with its own sauna
Sounds like a whopper, but it's true
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False
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5 Comments
kempo
+2
Level 90
Jan 26, 2021
Finnish is about as closely related to Hungarian as English is to Russian. The languages belong to different branches of the Uralic language family.
overtired
+2
Level 88
Jan 26, 2021
Thanks for the correction. I've swapped out that question for a different one.
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 91
Jan 29, 2021
This one was tough, I got less than half correct. Lots of interesting facts, though!
FinnCarGuy
+1
Level 18
Apr 26, 2025
The Burger King hasn't had a sauna since 2022
overtired
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Level 88
Apr 26, 2025
Whaaat? A cultural travesty.
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