The national flag is rectangular in shape and its dimensions are: height 11 and width 18 units of measurement; width of cross 3 units, colour PMS294C; height of fields 4 units, length of fields at the hoist 5 units and of fields at the fly 10 units.
Finland
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Abbrevation: FIN
Official Languages: Finnish, Swedish
Postal Codes 5 digits (00000-99999)
Company Tax ID (VAT) 0123456-7 last digit = checksum
Person Identification ID: DDMMYYCXXXT
(aka soc security#) DD = day
MM = month
YY = year
C = century indicator (+ = 1800, - = 1900, A = 2000)
XXX = "serial no" (odd for males even for females)
T = Checksum
Examples: 270968-204S (female, born in Sept 27 1968)
311205A157D (male, born in Dec 31, 2005)
010598+228G (female, born in Jan 5, 1898)
Telephone
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Country Code: 358
Number Formats: Area code 2-4 digits
Phone number 4-8 digits
Some examples:
(05) 123 4567
(017) 123 4567
(050) 577 2233
9800-9999
9700-12 345
Currency
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Currency: Euro
ISO Currency codes: EUR
Bank accounts: Max 14 digits, last digit = checksum
Currency Formats
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In international banking: 9 999 999,99 Euro (note: Decimals separator is comma)
Times and Dates
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First Day of the week: Monday
Date Format: dd.mm.yyyy (31.12.1999)
Time Format: 24h (00.00.00 - 23.59.59)
Alphabets and sort orders
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a..z and å ä ö
A..Z and Å Ä Ö
å = CHR(229) ä = CHR(228) ö = CHR(246) Å = CHR(197) Ä = CHR(196) Ö = CHR(214)
Some Measurement Units
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Temperature: Celsius - Celsius (°C)
Mass: gram - gramma (g)
kilogram - kilogramma (kg)
Distance: meter - metri (m)
Weekdays
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Monday = Maanantai (ma)
Tuesday = Tiistai (ti)
Wednesday = Keskiviikko (ke)
Thursday = Torstai (to)
Friday = Perjantai (pe)
Saturday = Lauantai (la)
Sunday = Sunnuntai (su)
Months
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January = Tammikuu
February = Helmikuu
March = Maaliskuu
April = Huhtikuu
May = Toukokuu
June = Kesäkuu
July = Heinäkuu
August = Elokuu
September = Syyskuu
October = Lokakuu
November = Marraskuu
December = Joulukuu
Some titles and abbreviations:
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Mr = Herra or hra
Mrs = Rouva or rva
Ms = Neiti or nti
Dr. = tri
CEO = tj
Company suffixes = oy, ky, tmi (only most common ones listed)
Po Box = PL (with 1-4 digits in most cases)
MODEL ADDRESSES
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Herra Matti Meikäläinen
Salpausselankatu 22
45101 Kouvola
Note: Building/house number comes AFTER the street name
Herra Matti Meikäläinen
Salpausselänkatu 22
FIN 45100 Kouvola
Suomi
Tri Matti Meikäläinen
Salpausselänkatu 22
FIN 45100 Kouvola
Finland
Note: In some cases there may be 2 digits after the town name
I think it represents the post office number (if more
than one in the same city). This is not required AFAIK.
Rouva Maija Meikälainen
Salpausselänkatu 22
45100 Kouvola
Suomi
Neiti Marja Meikälainen
Ilmarinkatu 10
00520 Helsinki
Suomi-Finland
Firma oy
tj Matti Meikälainen
PL 123
45101 Kouvola
Note: The Last digit of the postal code is 1 when Po. Box Address
Ms. Aulikki Laakso
Vesakkotie 1399
FIN-00630 HELSINKI
FINLAND
Finland Post LTD.
Customer Address Centre
P.O. Box 7
FIN-00011 POSTI
FINLAND
Finland Post Ltd: http://www.posti.fi/english/index.html
Virtual Finland: http://www.finland.fi/
Posted by: Martin Allen
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