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...Finland...
...issue of Feb. 2, in a footnote (page 28) are several statements giving information about Finland that I know are not quite correct...
...state, for instance, that Finland has seven languages when the fact is that Finland, has only two official languages, Finnish and Swedish; 88% of the population speaking Finnish and 12% Swedish. No other languages are used in general, although most educated Finns speak one or two of the great Western European languages and some 40,000 out of a population of three and one-third millions speak Russian besides Finnish...
...International Year Book, the following languages for Finland are listed: Finnish, Swedish, some Russian, German, Lapponic...
...Finland's population is approximately that of Massachusetts, her size approximately that of California. The president, elected for 6 years, is Dr. Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg. Finland has three universities, seven languages, a mark the value of the French franc, a prohibition law. The season for outdoor athletics is short. Winter lasts from October to June, but the summer temperature-61° Fahrenheit-is kind to runners...