• Sport is considered a national pastime in Finland and many Finns visit different sporting events regularly. Pesäpallo is the national sport of Finland...
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    Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia...
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    discontinued discipline Rugby union), Sport climbing, Surfing, Triathlon, Volleyball and Water polo. Finland never participated in the following discontinued sports:...
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    the most popular sport in Finland in terms of television viewership and game attendance figures. It is third most popular sport in participation amongst...
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    through a special obstacle track in the fastest time. The sport was first introduced in 1992 at Sonkajärvi, Finland. Several types of carrying may be...
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    Hobby horsing (category Sport in Finland)
    Festival. In Finland, the country of origin of the sport, an annual national championship is held in addition to regional competitions. This sport, which...
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    Poliittisen viattomuuden menetys Jouko Jokisalo 28–29(in Finnish) Merrett, Christopher (2005). "Sport and apartheid". History Compass. 3: **. doi:10.1111/j...
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    teams, in pairs or as an individual game. Finnish skittles is one of the three skittles games played in the World Championships of Gorodki Sport. The other...
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    Jyväskylä (Finnish: [ˈjyʋæsˌkylæ] ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Central Finland. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population...
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  • The Finnish Shooting Sport Federation, Finnish Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto (SAL), was founded in 1919 and is an umbrella organization for sport shooting...
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    Ringette (category Sport in North Bay, Ontario)
    premiere competition for the sport's elite amateur athletes. The sport's first international tournament was hosted in Finland in 1986. Two teams compete against...
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    The Finland national football team (Finnish: Suomen jalkapallomaajoukkue, Swedish: Finlands fotbollslandslag) represents Finland in men's international...
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    Nordic walking (category Sport in Finland)
    Finnish-origin total-body version of walking that can be done both by non-athletes as a health-promoting physical activity and by athletes as a sport...
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  • Firearms regulation in Finland incorporates the political and regulatory aspects of firearms usage in the country. Both hunting and shooting sports are...
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    culture, harness racing is the main equestrian sport in Finland. Horses used for harness racing in Finland are exclusively trotters. Racing back home from...
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    to as Finnish baseball) is a fast-moving bat-and-ball sport that is often referred to as the national sport of Finland and has some presence in other...
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    (in Finnish: frisbeegolf) is a popular sport in Finland played at the recreational, club, and international competition levels. Disc golf in Finland is...
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  • Viasat Sport and Viasport (Norway only). Its main competitors are TV 2 Sport (Denmark), TV 2 Sport (Norway), TV4 Sport (Sweden), MTV Urheilu (Finland) and...
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  • of Finland (Swedish: Svenska folkpartiet i Finland, SFP; Finnish: Suomen ruotsalainen kansanpuolue, RKP) is a Finnish political party founded in 1906...
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    The culture of Finland combines indigenous heritage, as represented for example by the country's national languages Finnish (a Uralic language) and Swedish...
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    cultures [fi]. The Finnish Bronze Age started in approximately 1,500 BC and the Iron Age started in 500 BC and lasted until 1,300 AD. Finnish Iron Age cultures...
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    Football in Finland is not, or at least has traditionally not been, the most popular spectator sport, which is in contrast to most European countries;...
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    Taidō (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
    in the Finnish Karate Association. Taido's sports college acts as a link between all Finnish Taido clubs and as an advocate for the sport in Finland and...
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    have been nine Formula One drivers from Finland who have taken part in races since the championship began in 1950. Three drivers have won the World Drivers'...
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    popular spectator sport; it generates the highest television viewership, with the Indian Premier League (IPL) being the most-followed league in the country...
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  • Viasat (Nordic television service) (category Television in Finland)
    (Sweden) V Sport Premium (Sweden and Finland) V Sport Football (Sweden and Finland) V Sport Vinter (Sweden and Finland) V Sport Motor (Sweden and Finland) V Sport...
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  • 2024 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. The main highlight for this year is the 2024 Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Paris...
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  • Another former Sport Dynamo athlete, Ilona Slupianek, was disqualified for doping. (Ilona Slupianek failed a test along with three Finnish athletes at the...
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    Teemu Pukki (category Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Spain)
    kiinnostivat yli muiden" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021. "Belgium win to push Finland into third". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 June...
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    Helsinki (redirect from Helsinki, Finland)
    populous city in Finland. It is located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and serves as the seat of the Uusimaa region in southern Finland. Approximately...
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