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Finland [ˈfɪnlənd] (help·info), officially the Republic of Finland[3] (Finnish: Suomi; Swedish: Finland (help·info)), is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It has borders with Sweden to the west, Russia to the east, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland

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