Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland), referred to as Finland (Finnish: Somi, Swedish: Finland), is located in one of the five Nordic countries, bordering Sweden, Norway and Russia, bordering the Gulf of Finland in the south and the Gulf of Nia in the west.

The total land area is 338,000 square kilometers, the coastline is 1 100 kilometers, and the inland water area accounts for 10% of the national area. There are about179,000 islands and188,000 lakes, which is known as the "country of thousands of lakes". Finland has a long cold winter and a mild and short summer, and 1/3 of its territory is in the Arctic Circle.

Finland is the hometown of Santa Claus, and the earliest residents are Lapland, so Finland is also called Lapland. After the Finns moved in, the Grand Duchy of Finland was established. /kloc-ruled by Sweden in the second half of the 0/2nd century. 1809 After the Russian-Swiss War, it merged into the Russian Empire and became a grand duchy. 19 17 12 Finland declared its independence and became a permanent neutral country.

2. Norway

The Kingdom of Norway (Norwegian: Kongeriket Norge or Kongeriket Noreg), referred to as "Norway" (Norwegian: Norge or Noreg), which means "the road to the north", is one of the five Nordic countries and located in the west of Scandinavia.

The territory of Norway is long and narrow from north to south, with long and winding coastline and numerous coastal islands. Known as the "country of ten thousand islands", it borders Sweden, Finland and Russia, and its territories also include Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The capital is Oslo.

A unified kingdom was formed in the 9th century, and Viking reached its peak in the 8th ~11century. /kloc-began to decline in the 0/4th century and has been a member of the Danish-controlled Kalmar Union since 1397. 18 14 became a Swedish territory, and 1905 declared independence.

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Finland 1

Finland is a highly industrialized and liberalized market economy, and its per capita output exceeds that of the United States, Japan, France, Britain, Germany and other established powers, far higher than the average level of the European Union and comparable to that of neighboring Sweden. The main pillar of the economy is manufacturing, mainly wood, metal, engineering, telecommunications and electronics industries.

Finland's communication industry is represented by Nokia. Finland has the highest proportion of Internet access and the highest number of mobile phones per capita. Trade is very important to Finland, and about one-third of GDP comes from exports. Apart from wood and some minerals, Finland relies on imports for raw materials, energy and some industrial parts.

2. Norway

Norway is one of the most developed countries in the world. The per capita GDP reached 8 1085 USD (data of 20 10) and 20 1 1, ranking third in the world, second only to Qatar and Luxembourg. In 20 13 years, the per capita GDP exceeded $654.38 million. Norway is a highly developed industrial country and one of the top ten economic countries in Europe.

Per capita GDP is the highest in Northern Europe. Since 1990s, Norway has surpassed Britain in oil and gas production and become a new oil and gas producer. The oil and gas produced in Beihai Oilfield not only meets domestic consumption, but also is exported in large quantities. Many new oil pipelines, oil terminals and oil ports have been built in the concentrated waters of major oil fields in the North Sea. Deep-sea oil production technology is developed.

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