Finnish is a Finnic language of the Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of
Birch bark letter no. 292 is the oldest known document in any Finnic language.
Mikael Agricola, a 19th-century drawing by Albert Edelfelt
Elias Lönnrot as depicted in a 19th-century caricature – Lönnrot made several journeys to Karelia and Eastern Finland to collect folklore, from which he compiled the Kalevala.
A sign in Savonian dialect: "You don't get cognac here, but fresh wheat buns and good strong Juhla Mokka-brand coffee you will have. Welcome."
Finns or Finnish people are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to Finland. Finns are traditionally divided into smaller regional groups that span several countries adjacent to Finland, both those who
Finnish language
…Finnish suomi, suomen kieli Pronunciation IPA: , Native to Finland, Sweden, Russia, Norway Ethnicity Finns Native speakers 5.0 million Finland: 4.75 million (2023) Sweden: 200000–250000 (2022) Russia (Karelia): 8,500 US: 26,000 (2020) Language family Uralic…
19th century Fennomans consciously sought to define the Finnish people through depiction of the common people's everyday lives in art, such as this painting by Akseli Gallen-Kallela.
Man's costume during the Iron Age according to the archeological finds from Tuukkala. Interpretation from 1889.
Väinämöisen soitto (Väinämöinen's Play) by R. W. Ekman. The painting is a depiction of Väinämöinen playing the kantele.
Peasants toiling at a slash-and-burn site in Lapinlahti, Eastern Finland.