Sources

Here are the sources used in copmiling this course.

Finland links

The Genealogia Society of Finland http://www.genealogia.fi/finnlinks

Virtual Finland http://virtual.finland.fi

Climate

Wether service Finland http://www.weather.fi/

Wether sevice for larger cities in Finland, forecasted two days ahead http://www.weather.fi/tasma

Finnish Meteorological Institute http://www.fmi.fi/en/index.html

Ethnic groups

About Sweds: The Swedish Assembly of Finland, Swedish in Finland, electronic source, http://www.folktinget.fi/engelska/info_uk.htm

About Roms: Romano Missio, electronic source, http://www.romanomissio.fi/index.htm

About Sames: An introduction to Sami people http://www.itv.se/boreale/samieng.htm

About Estonians: Estonian folklore http://haldjas.folklore.ee/rli/index.html

About Russians: Russian folklore expedition http://www.russianexpedition.org/

Information Center of Finno-Ugric peoples http://www.suri.ee/

The relationship between the Finnish and the Hungarian languages http://www.pp.clinet.fi/~pkr01/sounds/hungary.html

Institute of the Estonian Language "The origin of Estonians", http://www.eki.ee/keel/et001.html

Forests

Forests in Finland http://www.forests.fi

Peat society in Finland http://www.suoseura.com

The homepgae of the Finnish Forest Board http://www.metsa.fi

Finnish forest Reserarch Institues homepage METLA, http://www.metla.fi

European Forest Institute, homepage, http://www.efi.fi/fine/Finland/history.html

History

A selection of events and documents on the history of Finland. Several documents in different languages, http://www.pp.clinet.fi/~pkr01/historia/history.html

The National Biography of Finland, here you can find famouse Finnish persons, http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/

The National Board of Antiquities, about Finnish history and also museums in Finland, http://www.nba.fi/ARCHAEOL/viking/index.htm

Industry companies

Federation of Finnish Metal, Engineering and Electrotechnical Industries, homepage, http://www.met.fi/english/index.html

Finnish Forests Industries Federation - FFIF homepage, http://www.forestindustries.fi/index_2.htm

Fiskar's homepage, steal industry, http://www.fiskars.fi

Nokias homepage, electronic industry, http://www.nokia.com/insight/who_we_are/history.html#

Museums and sites to visit in Finland

Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä, famouse Finnish architect, http://www.jkl.fi/aalto/museum/index.htm

Bomba's homepage - a Karelian large farm house, http://www.bomba.fi

Langinkoski Imperial Fishing-lodge used most by the Russian tsar Aleksander III, find it under tourism at Kotka town homepage, http://www.kotka.fi/

Evo Hiking Area http://www.metsa.fi/hiking/hikingareas/evo/index.htm

Forssa Museum of Natural History Http://www.surffi.net/~flhm

Hämeen Härkätie, homepage of an old road, http://www.harkatie.net/english/index.html

Häme Visitors Center at Liesjärvi National Park http://www.metsa.fi/customerservice/hame/index.htm

Imatra rapids at Imatra town hmepage, http://www.imatra.fi

Jokioinen Railway Museum in Jokioinen http://www.jokioistenmuseorautatie.fi

Lusto - the Finnish Forest Museum, http://www.lusto.fi

National museum of Finland in Helsinki http://www.nba.fi/NATMUS/Infofin.htm

Old town in Porvoo at Porvoo town homepage, 2001, electrnonic source, http://www.porvoo.fi

Punkaharju - national landscape of Finland at Puhkaharu municipal homepage, http://www.punkaharju.fi

Santa Claus Village http://www.santaclauslive.com/

Santa Park http://www.santapark.fi/

Seurasaari - the open air museum in Helsinki http://www.nba.fi/MUSEUMS/SEURAS/Seurseng.htm

Suomenlinna fortress in Helsinki http://www.suomenlinna.fi/

The Agricultrual Research Center of Finland - The Life cycle in Jokioinen http://www.mtt.fi/esittelypuisto

The Archipelage of Finland, http://www.saaristo.org/eng/index.htm

The Finnish Glass Museum in Riihimäki http://www.riihimaki.fi/Lasimus/englan.htm

The Hunting Museum of Finland in Riihimäki http://www.kolumbus.fi/metsastysmuseo/

The old wooden town in Porvoo http://www.porvoo.fi

Valamo - an ortodox monestery, 2001, electroc source, http://www.valamo.fi

Nature

Geological Survey of Finland, homepage, http://www.gsf.fi/explor

Jussila, Jouni, Aurora Borealis, http://spaceweb.oulu.fi/~jussila/aurora/

International Wolf Center http://www.wolf.org/index.htm

World Lynx http://lynx.uio.no/jon/lynx/lynxhome.htm

International WWF: Brown Bear http://www.panda.org/resources/publications/species/threatened/BrownBear/index.htm

Information in English about Elks http://home.swipnet.se/absolut_alg/

De 5 stora (the 5 big - a very comprehent homepage in swedish about the large mammals, http://www.de5stora.com

WWF Finland. Information about Finnish wildlife http://www.wwf.fi/

WWF International, about beers, http://panda.org/resources/publications/species/threatened/BrownBear/page1.htm

WWF International, about wolves, http://www.panda.org/europe/wolves.cfm

UNESCO, here you can find world heritage sites, http://www.unesco.org/whc/heritage.htm

Neighbour countries

Sankt Petersburg at your fingertips (2001), electronic source, http://www.cityvision2000.com/index.htm

Stockholm town homepage for tourists, 2001, electronic source, http://www.stockholmtown.co

Tallinn homepage, http://www.tallinn.ee

Official Finland

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, homepage, http://www.mmm.fi

Ministry of Envirnment, homepage http://www.vyh.fi

President Tarja Halonen's homepage http://www.president.fi/netcomm/

The Finnish Parliament - Eduskunta, homepage, http://www.eduskunta.fi/

The Finnish Government - Hallitus, homepage,http://hallitus.fi/liston/base.lsp?r=385&k=fi

Sauna

The Finnish Sauna Societies homeage, http://www.sauna.fi