• The music of Finland can be roughly divided into folk music, classical and contemporary art music, and contemporary popular music. The folk music of Finland...
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  • Finnish rock (Finnish: suomirock or suomirokki—also known as Finnsrock, Finnrock or Finrock) refers to rock music made in Finland. The initial rock and...
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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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    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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  • of the music artists that have the highest certified record sales in Finland (and/or sales explicitly confirmed by Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland in...
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  • Danish traditional music Music of Finland Rautalanka (Finnish surf-rock) Music of Iceland Music of Norway Music of Sweden Music of the Faroe Islands Viking...
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    The educational system in Finland consists of daycare programmes (for babies and toddlers), a one-year "preschool" (age six), and an 11-year compulsory...
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  • Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The many regions of the Nordic countries share certain traditions, many of which have diverged significantly...
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    The history of Finland begins around 9,000 BC during the end of the last glacial period. Stone Age cultures were Kunda, Comb Ceramic, Corded Ware, Kiukainen...
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    Awards Noisecreep Creepies Awards List of best-selling music artists in Finland Music of Finland Rock music in Finland Juntunen 2002, p. 23. "HIM's Ville...
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    and Jan Garbarek, have used joik and other Sámi styles in their music. The Finnish folk metal band Sháman (now known as Korpiklaani) introduced what...
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  • The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2018 in Finnish music. 12 – The 22nd Folklandia Cruise start in Helsinki (January 12...
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  • Musicians from Finland are active in folk music, classical and contemporary art music, and contemporary popular music. The folk music of Finland is typically...
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  • The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2016 in Finnish music. 6 – The Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016 Semi-finals was initiated...
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  • The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2019 in Finnish music. 11 – The 23rd Folklandia Cruise start in Helsinki (January 11...
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  • list of notable events and releases of the year 2017 in Finnish music. 18 – Esa-Pekka Salonen announced that he has withdrawn as music director of the...
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  • Finnish tango (Finnish: suomalainen tango), or FINtango, music is an established variation of the Argentine tango but whose rhythm follows the Ballroom...
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  • in Finnish music 2018 in Finnish music 2017 in Finnish music 2016 in Finnish music 2015 in Finnish music 2014 in Finnish music 2013 in Finnish music 2012...
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  • Finnish Music Information Centre (Fimic) was an organization dedicated to the promotion and archiving of Finnish music. A member of the International...
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  • with the popular industries of Finland, Sweden and the rest. However, since the fall of the Soviet Union, Western popular music in general has gained audiences...
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    Laaksonen (8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991), known by the pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist who made stylized highly masculinized homoerotic art, and...
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    TOOR-koo; Finnish: [ˈturku] ; Swedish: Åbo, Finland Swedish: [ˈoːbu] ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located...
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    president of the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavallan presidentti; Swedish: republiken Finlands president) is the head of state of Finland. The...
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  • albums (Finland) List of best-selling albums in Finland List of best-selling singles in Finland List of best-selling music artists in Finland "ÄKT:n nimi...
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  • The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2015 in Finnish music. 7 - The Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2015 Semi-finals was initiated...
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    The Finnish National Opera and Ballet (Finnish: Suomen Kansallisooppera ja -baletti; Swedish: Finlands Nationalopera och -balett) is a Finnish opera company...
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    Finnish hip hop or rap (Finnish: suomiräp, räp) or (suomirap, rap) is a variant of hip hop music from Finland. The rapping (räppääminen) is mainly done...
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    This is a list of available actual and physical albums belonging to the official 1983 Now That's What I Call Music! UK series, comprising: compact discs...
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  • lists of number-one singles from the Official Finnish Charts, the official Finnish music charts that began in 1989. Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland, the...
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    the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended...
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