Refereed article in compilation book (A3)

Finland: young people citizenship activity




List of AuthorsMika Metsärinne, Riitta Korhonen

EditorsBeata Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz, Anna M. Zalewska, Kerry J. Kennedy

Publication year2018

Book title *Young People and Active Citizenship in Post-Soviet Times - A Challenge for Citizenship Education

Title of seriesAsia-Europe Education Dialogue

Start page189

End page203

ISBN978-1-138-67977-1

eISBN978-1-315-56400-5

DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315564005


Abstract

Finland has a population of around 5.5 million. Population increasing is mainly
based on net immigration in last years. The offi cial languages are Finnish (spoken
by 91%) and Swedish (spoken by 5.4%). Furthermore, Sámi (in Lapland) is the
mother tongue of around 1700 people, and this language is also used in Sweden
and Norway in the Lapland area. The major religions in Finland are Lutheran
(73.3 %) and Orthodox Christianity (around 1.1%). (Statistic Finland, 2016.) In
practice, Finnish so ciety is fairly secularized.


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