Published on and written by Cyril Jarnias
A land of forests, lakes, and boreal light, Finland is a unique case on the map of Europe. Its far northern position, its bedrock among the oldest on the continent, its tens of thousands of lakes and islands, but also its endless winters and almost nightless summers make it a territory that is both homogeneous and contrasted. Exploring the country’s geography in Finland means understanding how a sparsely populated space, largely covered by taiga, is organized between the Baltic Sea, the Russian border, and the Arctic Circle.
A Large Northern Country on the European Scale
Finland stretches between latitudes 60° and 70° North and longitudes 20° and 32° East. In area, it covers approximately 338,000 km², placing it eighth among European countries by size. Yet, with just over 5.6 million inhabitants and a density of about 19 people per km², it remains one of the most sparsely populated states on the continent, far behind its denser neighbors.
The average altitude of the territory, characterized by rolling plains and hills, is about 150 meters.
On maps, the country is often depicted as a feminine silhouette, the famous Suomi-neito – the “Maiden of Finland” – whose “arm” corresponds to the northwestern extension of the territory, in the Enontekiö region. The 20th-century wars and territorial losses to the Soviet Union have sometimes even been described as the symbolic mutilation of this figure.
Three Major Natural Finlands
From a physical point of view, the territory is divided into three major zones that structure the country’s geography in Finland:
Finland is structured into three distinct major natural regions: 1) The archipelagos and coastal plains along the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Bothnia, and the Gulf of Finland; 2) The vast lacustrine plateau of the interior, often called the “Finnish Lakeland”; and 3) The highlands of the north and northeast, which culminate in Lapland, where the country’s highest elevations are found.
This division simplifies a landscape that is in reality very finely shaped by glaciations, which planed down the ancient massifs, dug depressions that became lakes, and left a range of glacial landforms: drumlins, eskers, ground or recessional moraines like the famous Salpausselkä ridges.
Finland faces both Scandinavia, the Baltic, and Russia. It shares 2,563 km of land borders: about 545 km with Sweden to the west, 709 km with Norway to the north, and more than 1,300 km with Russia to the east, one of the longest land borders the European Union has with that country.
Borders Drawn by History Rather Than Relief
Unlike other European regions where mountain ridges mark the limits, the approximately 1,340 km-long Finnish-Russian border almost never follows major relief features or large rivers. It mainly crosses taiga forests and sparsely populated rural areas. Its path is the product of successive treaties: the Treaty of Tartu in 1920, the Moscow Peace Treaty in 1940 after the Winter War, and then the Paris Peace Treaty in 1947 confirming the cession of territories to the Soviet Union – including portions of Karelia, the Salla region, and the entire Petsamo corridor which had given Finland direct access to the Arctic Ocean.
The border between Finland and Norway mainly follows the course of the Tenojoki (Tana) and Inarijoki rivers. The rest crosses uninhabited tundra. It is demarcated by two tripoints: Treriksröset (Finland, Norway, Sweden) in the west and Treriksrøysa (Finland, Norway, Russia) in the east, near Muotkavaara.
With Sweden, the border follows almost exclusively watercourses – the Tornionjoki and Muonionjoki – and then the sea in the Gulf of Bothnia. The path, established in 1809 by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn, has led to unique situations, such as “sovereignty islands” where land ownership and nationality do not coincide, like Märket Island, shared between the two countries, whose border was moved in 1981 so that the lighthouse built by Finland ended up on the Finnish side.
A Serrated Maritime Frontage
The figures vary depending on how islands, bays, and channels are counted, but all highlight the coastal complexity of Finland. The length of the coastline is estimated at about 4,600 km if only the main line is considered, and over 31,000 km including the countless inlets and archipelagos. The Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Bothnia, and the Gulf of Finland surround most of the country; only the north and east are landlocked.
The coastline is characterized by tens of thousands of rocky islets, particularly in the southwest where the Archipelago Sea is located. That sea, with about 50,000 islets, is considered the world’s largest archipelago by island count. Many islands are accessible via bridges, ferries, public boats, and some by ice roads in winter.
The Autonomous Åland Archipelago
At the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia, halfway between Turku and Stockholm, the Åland archipelago forms a distinct entity. This group of some 6,500 islands and reefs – of which only about thirty are inhabited – enjoys a status of political autonomy and demilitarization recognized internationally. Its main island, Fasta Åland, concentrates over 70% of the land area and nearly 90% of the population. The relief there remains modest, with the highest point, Orrdalsklint, at about 129 meters.
Geologically, Åland is a small open-air laboratory, dominated by the characteristic rapakivi granites of the region and hosting the Lumparn impact crater, a remnant of a meteorite collision about one billion years old. The archipelago is connected to the Finnish coast by a shallow submarine plateau, which explains the alignment of these islands just off the plains of Ostrobothnia and the southwest.
A Land of Lakes, Rivers, and Islands
One of the most enduring images associated with Finland is that of the “land of a thousand lakes”. The expression falls far short of reality: the most comprehensive inventories mention about 187,000 water bodies larger than 500 m², or nearly 168,000 lakes if using a threshold of 0.05 hectares. In total, freshwater covers approximately 10% of the territory, over 34,000 km².
The Great Puzzle of the Lacustrine Plateau
The center and east of the country form a vast mosaic of lakes, islands, and channels: the lacustrine plateau, or Finnish Lakeland, where water can occupy up to a quarter of the surface. Fractures in the bedrock, exploited by glacial erosion, gave rise to long, aligned corridors that are now filled with chains of lakes. Many are interconnected and feed extensive river networks.
The largest of these lakes is Saimaa, with an area of about 1,377 km² – making it the fourth-largest natural lake in Europe. It is dotted with over 5,000 islands, and the extended Saimaa system, with all its basins, can include more than 13,000 islands and islets. Its waters flow towards Russia via the Vuoksi to reach Lake Ladoga, showing how hydrographic networks ignore modern borders.
After Lake Saimaa, Päijänne is the country’s second-largest lake and the deepest, with a pit exceeding 95 meters. Next is Lake Inari, third by area, located in Lapland. It has over 3,300 islands and a maximum depth of about 92 meters. Other large lakes like Pielinen, Oulujärvi, Haukivesi, and Keitele also structure the Finnish landscape.
Lake water is not just a landscape feature: it feeds canals like the Saimaa Canal, which provides access to the Baltic Sea, and even a 120 km-long tunnel dug through rock that brings water from Päijänne to the Helsinki region, proof of the close integration of hydrography into the territory’s organization.
The Great Rivers to Four Seas
Most Finnish rivers first flow into a lake before reaching the sea. A few major basins are structuring:
– Towards the Gulf of Bothnia, the Kemijoki, the longest river in the country at about 550 km, and the Kokemäenjoki drain vast forest areas.
– Towards the Gulf of Finland, the Kymi River carries water from Päijänne.
– Towards Russia, the Vuoksi connects Saimaa to Ladoga.
– Towards the Arctic Ocean, the Paatsjoki carries water from Lake Inari to the Barents Sea.
Some rivers, like the Tornionjoki, serve as a natural border with Sweden, while others, like the Tenojoki in the far north, mark areas of cross-border cooperation, notably for Sámi populations and salmon fishing.
Finland’s Border Rivers
A Labyrinthine Archipelago
In addition to its lakes, Finland is also a country of islands. Estimates suggest nearly 179,000 islands in total, considering both coastal and lake islands. The Archipelago Sea, between the mainland and Åland, alone groups about 50,000 islands, making it a unique marine ecosystem. Further north, in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Kvarken Archipelago spectacularly illustrates post-glacial isostatic rebound: the land there rises by 4 to 10 mm per year, literally making new islets emerge from the sea. This dynamic has earned it a UNESCO World Heritage listing.
The islands are divided between large inhabited wooded clusters and bare wind-swept rocks. Some, like Utö or Bengtskär in the southwest, are famous for their lighthouses, the latter housing the tallest lighthouse in the Nordic countries. Others, like Kaunissaari near Kotka or Suomenlinna in the Helsinki harbor, play a recreational and cultural role for city dwellers.
Softened Relief, Ancient Rocks, and Glacial Legacy
The first impression Finland gives to a traveler used to the Alps or the Carpathians is that of a flat country. That’s not entirely false: about one-third of the surface lies below 100 m in elevation, two-thirds below 200 m. But this flat northern land hides a geological history among the oldest in Europe.
A Nearly Intact Precambrian Bedrock
The Finnish bedrock is part of the Baltic Shield, a fragment of the old Precambrian continent that has remained relatively stable for over a billion years. The oldest rocks, dating from 2.7 to 2.8 billion years ago, outcrop in the east and north, in the form of granitoids, metamorphosed gneiss, and belts of volcanic and sedimentary rocks, the greenstone belts. Further west and in the center, the rocks date from the Svecofennian orogeny, between 1.9 and 1.8 billion years ago, which gave rise to mountain chains now completely eroded.
Main formations and geological structures that appeared in Finland after the major mountain-building phase.
Large granite plutons, including the famous rapakivi granites, intruded the bedrock, notably in the Åland region and the southeast of the country.
Associated sediments, called Jotnian, testify to ancient, now fossilized basins.
In the far northwest, in the country’s “arm,” remnants of Caledonian nappes link Finland to the history of the Scandinavian Mountains.
Since the end of the Precambrian, these reliefs have been planed down to form an almost flat surface, the so-called sub-Cambrian peneplain. This phase resulted in a landscape of rounded hills that geologists often interpret as aligned residual peaks, “summit accordance,” on an ancient erosion surface.
Shaping by Ice
The Quaternary glaciations added an extra layer of complexity. The country was repeatedly covered by an ice sheet originating from the Scandinavian Mountains. On average, glaciers excavated about 25 m of rock, more in some valleys, carrying materials south, as far as present-day Poland, Germany, or the Baltic states.
As it retreated, the ice left a blanket of loose deposits – till, glaciofluvial sands, marine or lacustrine clays – which still cover most landscapes today, 3 to 4 meters thick. Glacial landforms dominate: elongated hills called drumlins (sometimes 100 m high and 10 km long), fields of aligned moraines, marginal ridges as imposing as the Salpausselkä ridges, esker systems snaking for several hundred kilometers and now serving as foundations for roads and strategic aquifers.
The deglaciation in Finland followed a precise geographical progression: it began on the southeast coast about 12,700 years ago, then spread north and west. The last sector freed from ice, around the lower course of the Tornionjoki on the Swedish border, was liberated around 10,100 years before present. This retreat shaped the landscape by carving valleys, depositing sediments, and forming vast clay plains in low regions like Ostrobothnia.
A Land Still Rising
A major characteristic of the country’s geography in Finland is isostatic rebound. Freed from the weight of the ice, the bedrock is gradually rising, a phenomenon still ongoing: in the northern Gulf of Bothnia and the Kvarken Archipelago, the rate reaches between 4 and 10 mm per year. It is estimated that about 62% of the current surface was covered by the sea at some point after deglaciation, and that the ancient fossil shoreline is now between 150 m in elevation in the south and over 200 m in the east.
This continuous rebound translates concretely into an increase in emerged land area, estimated at around 7 km² per year. New islands appear, bays fill in, lakes become closed off – a fairly rare process on a global scale, and particularly observable on the west coast and in the archipelagos.
Between Taiga, Peatlands, and Tundra: Landscapes of Vegetation
Finland belongs entirely to the boreal domain, but the palette of vegetation landscapes is more nuanced than it first appears. Forest cover reaches about 69 to 73% of the territory, making it one of the most forested countries in Europe.
Dominant Taiga, Mixed Forests in the South
In most of the country, the natural vegetation is a coniferous forest typical of Scandinavian and Russian taiga, dominated by Scots pine and Norway spruce, with birches intermixed. In the southwest, notably in Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi) and the archipelago, the milder climate allows temperate broadleaf species like oak, alder, and maple to develop in mixed forests closer to the Sarmatic model.
In the mountain plateaus of Lapland, in the north, the forests gradually give way to landscapes of dwarf birch and herbaceous tundra. This zone corresponds to the specific ecoregion of Scandinavian Montane Birch forest and Alpine Meadows.
Seas of Peatlands
Another striking feature: the massive presence of wetlands. Peatlands and mires (bogs and fens) cover almost one-third of the surface, with peat thicknesses that can exceed 10 m in some depressions. These environments play a crucial ecological role for biodiversity, hydrology, and carbon storage. In Lapland, frozen peat mounds, the palsas, still testify to the presence of discontinuous permafrost.
Boreal Fauna and Endemic Species
The fauna reflects this environment of forests and lakes. At least sixty indigenous mammals are recorded, including the emblematic large predators such as the brown bear, gray wolf, and wolverine, as well as the moose, ubiquitous in forest landscapes. The 248 species of breeding birds include the whooper swan – the national bird – the capercaillie, and the Eurasian eagle-owl.
The freshwater areas of the region host more than 70 species of fish.
A Temperate Cold Climate Between Sea and Continent
Located entirely in the boreal zone, Finland belongs to the Df group in the Köppen classification: cold continental climate with precipitation year-round. But the reality is more subtle. The country lies in a zone of contact between polar and tropical air masses, explaining great weather variability, and experiences both maritime and continental influences.
From the Mild Coast to the Great Cold of Lapland
The south and the coastal frontage fall mostly under a Dfb climate – humid continental with moderately warm summers –, while the rest of the territory, notably the interior and north, is classified as Dfc – subarctic with cool summers. The Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Current indirectly warm the atmosphere via the Baltic Sea, so winters are less extreme than in Siberia or Canada at comparable latitudes. The Barents Sea, which remains largely ice-free in winter, also helps to moderate air flows from the north.
In numbers, the average annual temperature slightly exceeds 5 to 7.5 °C in the southwest, while it falls to around 0 to -4 °C in northeastern Lapland. The average difference between the coldest and warmest months varies from about 20 °C in the southwestern archipelagos to nearly 28 °C in central Lapland, illustrating strong seasonal contrast.
Record temperature recorded in Kittilä, Finland, illustrating the country’s winter extremes.
Four Well-Defined Seasons
The Finnish climate is classically divided into four seasons defined by daily mean temperatures. Winter, the longest, generally lasts from October to May in Lapland, but only about one hundred days in the south, where it begins in December and ends around mid-March. Summer, rather short, arrives in late May-early June and lasts until mid-September in the south, while it is limited to two or three months in the north.
Precipitation, on the order of 500 to 600 mm per year in the north and 600 to 700 mm in the south, is distributed throughout the year, with a minimum in March and a maximum in July-August, sometimes extending to September on the coasts. In the north, nearly half of this precipitation falls as snow.
A schematic table presents the main climatic contrasts between the southwestern region and Lapland, highlighting marked differences in terms of temperatures, sunshine, and precipitation.
| Indicator | Southwest (Helsinki / Turku) | North (Lapland, Rovaniemi / Utsjoki) |
|---|---|---|
| Climate Type (Köppen) | Dfb | Dfc |
| Average Annual Temperature | +5 to +7.5 °C | 0 to -4 °C |
| Typical Winter Duration | ~100 days | ~200 days |
| Snow Cover Duration | 3 to 4 months | Up to 7 months |
| Common Minimum Extreme | Around -25 to -30 °C | Down to -45 to -50 °C |
| Absolute Record (national, region) | 31–32 °C locally | -47 to -51.5 °C |
| Average Annual Sunshine Hours | ~1,800–1,900 h | ~1,300–1,550 h |
Midnight Sun, Polar Night, and Cloudy Skies
The polar character appears mainly through the light cycle. About one-quarter of the territory lies north of the Arctic Circle. In the far north, the Utsjoki region experiences over 70 consecutive days without sunset in the heart of summer, and nearly 50 days of polar night without sunrise in winter. Even in the south, summer nights remain bright, giving rise to the famous “white nights” that are part of the Finnish imagery.
Despite this abundance of light in summer, Finland is a relatively cloudy country. The months of November and December have overcast skies 70 to 85% of the time, with few full-sun days. Conversely, May and June are the brightest months, with daily sunshine potentially exceeding 10 hours on the west coast.
The average annual sunshine hours hover around 1,900 hours in the maritime regions of the southwest, compared to about 1,300 to 1,550 hours in the northeast. This remains modest compared to Mediterranean countries, but represents a significant energy resource, notably for the recent development of solar power.
Winds, Storms, and Thunderstorms
The prevailing winds blow from the southwest, bringing milder, moister air masses from the Atlantic. Inland, the average wind speed varies between 2.5 and 4 m/s, increasing on the coasts and reaching 5 to 7 m/s at sea. Meteorological storms (over 21 m/s for 10 minutes) are mainly maritime and occur about twenty days a year, especially between October and January.
Maximum number of days with thunder per year in the interior of southern and central Finland.
A Rapidly Changing Climate
As elsewhere in the world, the Finnish climate is evolving under the effect of global warming. Observations from recent decades show summers often warmer than normal, with more frequent and longer heatwave episodes. Winters are becoming generally milder, starting later, and experiencing more rain and drizzle at the expense of snowfall. The snow cover duration is gradually decreasing, as is the maximum snow depth on the ground, especially in the south.
Climate scenarios project a continuation of these trends, with potentially more summer precipitation, spring floods altered by earlier snowmelt, and a possible increase in severe thunderstorms. Effects on boreal forests, wildlife, peatlands, and infrastructure stability in permafrost zones are at the heart of national environmental concerns.
A Human Geography Concentrated in the South
Despite the vastness of forests and lakes, Finland is a largely urbanized country: about 73% of the population now lives in urban areas. The contrast between a densely populated south and a nearly deserted north strongly structures the country’s geography in Finland.
An Urban Network Dominated by Helsinki
The urban framework is dominated by the Helsinki metropolitan area, which far exceeds one million inhabitants and concentrates nearly 30% of the total population. Tampere, Turku, and Oulu form the next trio, with over 200,000 inhabitants each in their urban areas. In total, nine cities surpass the 100,000 inhabitant threshold.
The table below puts the size of the main urban areas into perspective:
| Urban Area | Estimated Population | Main Administrative Region |
|---|---|---|
| Helsinki | ~1,375,000 | Uusimaa |
| Tampere | ~362,000 | Pirkanmaa |
| Turku | ~292,000 | Varsinais-Suomi (Southwest Finland) |
| Oulu | ~215,000 | Pohjois-Pohjanmaa (North Ostrobothnia) |
| Jyväskylä | ~135,000 | Keski-Suomi (Central Finland) |
| Lahti | ~120,000 | Päijät-Häme |
| Kuopio | ~97,000 | Pohjois-Savo (North Savo) |
| Pori | ~83,000 | Satakunta |
| Joensuu | ~75,000 | Pohjois-Karjala (North Karelia) |
| Vaasa | ~70,000 | Pohjanmaa (Ostrobothnia) |
These urban centers are mostly located in the south and west, along the Baltic coasts and in the major lake district. Lapland, however, despite its size – over 92,000 km², almost one-third of Finland – is home to only about 176,000 inhabitants, a density of roughly 2 people per km².
Administrative Regions and “Useful” Finland
Administratively, the country is divided into 19 regions (maakunta), one of which, Åland, has an autonomous status. These regions serve as a framework for spatial planning, economic planning, and inter-municipal cooperation. They are themselves subdivided into sub-regions and over 300 municipalities, which provide most local public services and have significant taxation powers.
The population density of the Uusimaa region in Finland, illustrating the strong demographic concentration around Helsinki.
This imbalance also reflects the opposition between a “useful Finland” – the south and west, more open to Europe, more agricultural and industrial – and the northern and eastern margins, forested, rich in mines but more dependent on public transfers.
Linguistic Minorities and Cultural Geography
The country’s geography in Finland can also be read in the language map. Finnish is the native language of about 84% to 87% of the population, Swedish of about 5%. The coastal regions of the west and southwest, as well as Åland, have significant Swedish-speaking majorities or minorities, reflected in the toponymy, cultural practices, and even certain agricultural landscapes, marked by older farms oriented towards the sea.
Approximately 10,000 Sámi people live in Finland, mainly in Lapland, benefiting from a special status for their language and culture.
National Parks and Protected Areas: A Geography of Preserved Nature
Finland has made the protection of natural environments a structuring policy of its spatial planning. Forty-one national parks, managed by the public forest administration Metsähallitus, cover nearly 9,900 km², or about 2.5 to 2.7% of the territory.
A Network Covering the Major Natural Regions
The national parks reflect the country’s physiographic diversity: vast boreal forests, mires, Scandinavian fells, lake districts, and archipelagos. Four of them are primarily maritime (Archipelago, Bothnian Sea, Bothnian Bay, Eastern Gulf of Finland), while others protect emblematic portions of the lacustrine plateau (Linnansaari, Kolovesi, Päijänne) or the Lapland highlands (Lemmenjoki, Urho Kekkonen, Pallas-Yllästunturi).
Some figures illustrate this geography of protection:
| National Park | Main Region | Area (km²) | Dominating Landscape Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemmenjoki | Lapland | 2,850 | Large river valleys, fell, taiga |
| Urho Kekkonen | Lapland | 2,550 | Plateaus, fell, rivers, tundra |
| Pallas-Yllästunturi | Lapland | 1,020 | Fell chains, boreal forests |
| Oulanka | North / Lapland | 270 | River gorges, forests, waterfalls |
| Archipelago (Saaristomeri) | Southwest | ~500 land | Granitic archipelago, Baltic Sea |
| Linnansaari | Savonia | 38 | Lake archipelago, habitats of the Saimaa ringed seal |
| Nuuksio | Uusimaa | 45 | Forests near the capital, lakes and rocks |
Lemmenjoki, in the north, is the largest national park in Finland, a mosaic of river valleys, boreal forests, and rounded mountains, where gold panning is still practiced artisanally. Urho Kekkonen, second in size, protects a vast portion of eastern Lapland, ranging from dense forests to tundra plateaus, and is home to Korvatunturi Fell, associated with the folklore figure of Father Christmas.
The parks of Nuuksio and Sipoonkorpi, located a few dozen kilometers south of Helsinki, are essential for residents’ recreation. They offer typical landscapes of Finnish bedrock lakes and rocks, with marked trails, shelters, and permitted campfire sites.
Visitation and Socioeconomic Role
The national parks welcome several million visitors each year: about 3.2 million visits recorded in 2018, over 4 million in 2021 at the peak of the pandemic, then 3.6 million in 2024. State-protected areas as a whole (national parks, strict nature reserves, hiking areas, etc.) total over 7 million visits, showing the importance of nature in Finnish leisure practices.
This is the number of annual visits exceeded by each of Finland’s major national parks, like Pallas-Yllästunturi or Koli, making them structuring tourist hubs.
Beyond the parks, strict nature reserves, peatland reserves, protected old-growth forests, and areas designated for gray seals complete the system. In total, about 15,000 km² of public land are classified, plus 1,200 km² of protected private land.
A Daily Geography Marked by Water and Forest
The geography of the country in Finland is felt very concretely in daily life. The forest – covering nearly three-quarters of the territory – is simultaneously an economic resource, an identity marker, and a recreational setting. The customary “Everyman’s Right” (jokamiehenoikeus) allows, with certain local restrictions, free movement in natural areas, berry and mushroom picking, hiking, or camping.
The numerous Finnish lakes shape various aspects of local life. They determine transport modes and housing, with a high concentration of summer cottages near shorelines. They are crucial for hydroelectric production, with over 300 dams delivering a capacity exceeding 3 GW. Culturally, they are at the heart of activities like fishing (pike, salmon), relaxation with lakeside saunas, and winter travel by snowmobile on the ice.
The sea also plays a discrete but constant role. The ports of Turku, Helsinki, Kotka, Vaasa, Oulu, or Mariehamn are as many gateways to Sweden, Estonia, or the rest of the Baltic. The channels snaking through the archipelagos, marked by lighthouses and buoys, sketch a complex maritime geography where navigation requires the support of local pilots.
Finally, the northern environment is reflected in architecture adapted to the cold, in energy and transport networks designed to withstand snow and ice for several months a year, and in the organization of infrastructure (roads on eskers, houses built on well-drained land, fine management of rainwater and snowmelt).
Conclusion: A Northern Geographic Laboratory
Finland is one of those rare countries where, within the same territory, one can observe almost all the major contemporary geographic issues on a Nordic scale: dynamics of Arctic margins, post-glacial rebound in real-time, management of forest and water resources, impacts of climate change on snow and ice, depopulation of rural areas and metropolization of the south, coexistence of different languages and cultures within the same space.
Finland features an ancient geological bedrock with softened relief, a dense network of lakes and islands, and a landscape of granite rocks and pine forests. Its strategic position, between Western Europe and Russia, and between the Baltic Sea and the Arctic Circle, makes it an observatory for geopolitical and environmental evolutions. This geography, marked by polar nights and auroras, profoundly influences history, economy, and national identity.
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