Any Finnish fans in the Forum?

[LynneSin]

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/finland/

[Ellen Forradalom]

1. Minä

Spent the summer of '83 there working in a textile studio and taking a class in Finnish in the evening. Hyvää maa.

[flamingyouth]

2. Yes, I'm quite fond of saunas

However, their language is quite hard to learn, even for a Swedish speaker. :D

[lazarus]

3. Aye

I married a girl of Finnish extraction. So you could say I'm a big fan.

[Shananigans]

4. I have a bit of the ol' Finish in me...

so I must say yes. Nice copycat ;)

[Zomby Woof]

5. I own a Nokia cell phone

Their finest export.

[PassingFair]

6. Finland, Finland, Finland

...the country where I'd most like to be;
Ponytrekking or camping
or just watching TV...

[Swede]

7. I had a buddy name Jorme Riitus. Great guy.

And another named Gedde Gadavacus. Both these guys could drink til the cows came home.

[stopbush]

8. Yep. That's the land of my heritage.

My great grandfather was a semi-famous musician in his day. He was the first chair French horn player in the Helsinki Orchestra when he was only 14. He once met Tsar Nicholas II and was offered a Russian name by the Tsar but turned him down!

One of my proudest possesions is a photo of him with Jean Sibelius taken at Jaarvanpaa. I also have a couple of letters (in Finnish) from Sibelius that were written to my great-grandfather. I guess they had a correspondence that lasted until my GG died in 1939.

[trigz]

9. Perkäle

No, I'm Norwegian ;)

[Bluebear]

10. Sisu!

[Rhiannon12866]

11. I have been to Finland, briefly

It's a beautiful country and the people were very kind. I have always meant to return, one day. I did find it somewhat expensive and had absolutely no idea what I was eating, but loved it, there, just the same.:-)