![]() But she presents an interesting concept that she feels drives Finland and Nordic countries’ generous investments in education and the social safety net. You, and likely many Finns, may not agree with her assessments of the difference between the two cultures. ![]() In The Nordic Theory of Everything, Finnish-born journalist Anu Partanen writes about the culture shock she experienced moving to America. ![]() Wikipedia notes, “The Nordic countries cluster near the top in numerous metrics of national performance, including education, economic competitiveness, civil liberties, quality of life, and human development.” ![]() Finland is on a peninsula along the Gulf of Finland and Finns speak Finnish, which is a Uralic language - like Hungarian and a handful of other languages.īut Finland is Nordic, which comes from the word Norden, which just means “The North.” Sweden, Norway, Denmark and all their associated territories are Nordic, too. It’s not on the Scandinavian peninsula, nor do Finns speak one of the Scandinavian languages, which are Germanic. ![]()
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