Category: Finland (en)

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Finland is a country in northern Europe bordering Sweden to the west, Norway to the north and Russia to the east. Estonia is south of Finland across the Gulf of Finland.

Profiles belonging to Finland should be categorised by the parish in which they were born, married or died. The parishes can be found as sub-categories of the Finnish regions.

Modern Finland consists of 19 regions called maakunta (landskap). These are the main categories below Finland.

MAAKUNTA - REGION - LANDSKAP	MAAKUNTA - REGION - LANDSKAP
Ahvenanmaa - Åland Islands - Åland	Päijät-Häme - Päijänne Tavastia - Päijänne-Tavastland
Etelä-Karjala - South Karelia - Södra Karelen	Pirkanmaa - Pirkanmaa - Birkaland
Etelä-Pohjanmaa - Southern Ostrobothnia - Södra Österbotten	Pohjanmaa - Ostrobothnia - Österbotten
Etelä-Savo - Southern Savonia - Södra Savolax	Pohjois-Karjala - North Karelia - Norra Karelen
Kainuu - Kainuu - Kajanaland	Pohjois-Pohjanmaa - Northern Ostrobothnia - Norra Österbotten
Kanta-Häme -Tavastia Proper - Egentliga Tavastland	Pohjois-Savo - Northern Savonia - Norra Savolax
Keski-Pohjanmaa - Central Ostrobothnia - Mellersta Österbotten	Satakunta - Satakunta - Satakunta
Keski-Suomi - Central Finland - Mellersta Finland	Uusimaa - Uusimaa - Nyland
Kymenlaakso - Kymenlaakso - Kymmenedalen	Varsinais-Suomi - Finland Proper - Egentliga Finland
Lappi - Lapland (Finland) - Lappland