The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomi, Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland (help·info)), is one of the Nordic countries and a member of the European Union. Situated in Northern Europe, it shares land borders on the Scandinavian peninsula with Sweden to the west, Russia to the east and Norway to the north while Estonia lies to its south. Finland is bounded by the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. The Åland Islands, off the south-western coast, are an autonomous province of Finland.
RT @Eurovision: Krista Siegfrids - Marry Me (Finland) - LIVE - 2013 Grand Final: t.co/c7EKkqEdcL via @YouTube
— GioBlush 14 sec ago.
Was not expecting that at the end of Finland's Eurovision song... #lgbt
— Annajdelatorre 15 sec ago.
RT @ZIbrahomovic: Såklart Finland bara ger oss 4 poäng när vi slog ut de ur VM idag.
— juliafelldin 17 sec ago.
RT @ZIbrahomovic: Såklart Finland bara ger oss 4 poäng när vi slog ut de ur VM idag.
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