Finland–Norway relations

Finnish-Norwegian relations

Finland
Norway

Finland–Norway relations are foreign relations between Finland and Norway.

Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1917, after Finland's independence. Finland has an embassy in Oslo. Norway has an embassy in Helsinki.

For some decades surrounding 1900, many in Norway feared the Finnish immigration and Kven people in Northern Norway, coining the term "the Finnish danger". For a period, interests in Norway wanted to annex parts of Lapland (most notably the "arm" protruding from the north-west and into Storfjord) as buffer zones. The controversy around Finns in Norway subsided over time, and the land claim never materialized into open conflict.[1]

Both countries are full members of the Nordic Union, Council of the Baltic Sea States, and of the Council of Europe. There are around 2,000 Norwegians living in Finland and around 6,332 Finns (15-60,000 including Kvens) living in Norway.[2]

Country comparison

Embassy of Finland in Oslo
Embassy of Norway in Helsinki
 Finland  Norway
Population 5,474,094 5,136,700
Area 338,424 km2 385,178 km2
Population Density 18/km2 15.5/km2
Capital city Helsinki Oslo
Largest Cities Helsinki – 621,863 (1,420,576 Metro)
Tampere - 223,035 (389,896 Metro)
Turku - 184,123 (318,168 Metro)
Oulu - 196,260 (241,106 Metro)
Jyväskylä - 135,762 (179,410 Metro)		 Oslo – 634,463 (1,502,604 Metro)
Bergen - 272,520 (403,730 Metro)
Stavanger - 130,426 (319,822 Metro)
Trondheim - 181,513 (267,132 Metro)
Kristiansand - 85,681 (155,648 Metro)
Government Parliamentary representative democratic republic Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
First Leader Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg Haakon VII of Norway
Current Leader Sauli Niinistö (President)

Juha Sipilä (Prime Minister)

 Harald V (Monarch)

Erna Solberg (Prime Minister)

Main Language Finnish and Swedish Norwegian
Main Religions 76.5% Christian
22.1% Non-Religious
1.4% Other		 82% Christian
13% Non-Religious
5% Other
GDP (nominal) US$2.673 trillion $5.223 trillion
GDP (nominal) per capita US$49,265 $103,586
GDP (PPP) $218.3 billion $328.0 billion
GDP (PPP) per capita US$40,045 $64,363
Real GDP Growth Rate -0.6% 1.6%
Military Expenditure 1.47% of GDP 1.4% of GDP
Military Personnel 365,000 69,700
Labour Force 2,685,000 2,707,000

See also

References

  1. ↑ Eriksen, Knut Einar; Niemi, Einar (1981). Den finske fare. Sikkerhetsproblemer og minoritetspolitikk i nord 1860–1944 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 82-00-05574-4.
  2. ↑ Statistics Norway


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