Some Finnish Links

Suomi, Sauna, Sisu

	Story of the Flag The flag with "the blue of our lakes and the white snow of our winters", as a poet described these symbolic colours in 1870, was made official in a law enacted on 29th May, 1918, less than six months after Finland had achieved independence.
Here are some Finnish links we've found on the internet note: opening these links takes you off our website
If you're interested in Finland, be sure to visit Virtual Finland (this is the English link). Here are just a few of the interesting articles you'll find on their site the words and music of the Finnish National Anthem the tradition of the Sauna all about Finland's great epic poem - The Kalevala winter in Finland (snow and how to get rid of it) Finnish history, prehistory and medieval castles in the history section videos and slideshow of the Aurora Borealis Northern Lights some great screensavers and wallpaper images you can learn to speak Finnish events, travel, news, everything you ever wanted to know about Finland
Another great site (also in English) is Visit Finland great photos, interactive maps and lots of advice if you are planning a trip, including weird and wonderful contests ... like wife carrying, cell phone throwing, swamp football and more
And a few other websites we've bookmarked are .... Coffee and the Finns ... did you know that coffee drinking in Finland was forbidden in the year 1767 the Finnish Embassy Ottawa, Canada for lots of information and links Santa Claus lives in Finland ...really!!

Our homeland is British Columbia, Canada another land of forests !