August 6, 2001 at 12:00 am #16842
Nelson A.
Participant
Finland, to most people here in Venezuela (and I’m sure in Latin America) means Mika Hakkinnen, your flag (thanks to the Formula 1 fans), a lot of snow and a vodka called ‘Finlandia’ (Finland in Spanish). Most people, though, make the mistake of thinking you are Viking-type Norsemen (along with the people of Sweden, Denmark, etc). I recently heard you are not the same people and that your ethnic mix extends very far back to the slavs, far-wandering Mongols and others (I haven’t checked that yet, though).