The Finns are always having a national identity crisis. They have a thing called "suomikuva" (Finland picture), which is the image that foreigners have of them and the press is constantly worried about it.
When I lived there, the German teacher and I had to take it in turns to write a fortnightly column in the local paper about what we thought of Finland. For three years. It was a dreadful responsibility.
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Date: 2009-03-08 07:58 pm (UTC)When I lived there, the German teacher and I had to take it in turns to write a fortnightly column in the local paper about what we thought of Finland. For three years. It was a dreadful responsibility.