1. Finland
The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland), referred to as Finland (Finnish: Suomi, Swedish: Finland) , located in northern Europe, one of the five Nordic countries, bordering Sweden, Norway, and Russia, the Gulf of Finland to the south, and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west.
The total land area is 338,000 square kilometers, the coastline is 1,100 kilometers long, the inland water area accounts for 10% of the country's area, there are about 179,000 islands, and about 188,000 lakes, making it the "Land of Thousand Lakes" " known as. Finland has harsh and long winters and mild and short summers. One-third of the country's land is within the Arctic Circle.
Finland is the hometown of Santa Claus. The earliest residents were the Lapps, so Finland is also called Lapland. After the Finns moved in, they established the Grand Duchy of Finland. It was ruled by Sweden in the second half of the twelfth century. After the Russo-Swedish War in 1809, it was incorporated into the Russian Empire and became a Grand Duchy. In December 1917, the Republic of Finland declared independence and became a permanently neutral country.
2. Norway
The Kingdom of Norway (Norwegian: Kongeriket Norge or Kongeriket Noreg), referred to as "Norway" (Norwegian: Norge or Noreg), means "the road to the north". Road" is one of the five Nordic countries, located in the western part of Scandinavia.
Norway has a long and narrow territory from north to south, a long and winding coastline, and many coastal islands. It is known as the "Country of Ten Thousand Islands". Its territory borders Sweden, Finland, and Russia, and its territories also include Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen. island. The capital is Oslo.
A unified kingdom was formed in the 9th century, and the Viking Age entered its heyday from the 8th to 11th centuries. It began to decline in the 14th century, and from 1397 it was a member of the Kalmar Union under Danish control. It became a dependent state of Sweden in 1814 and declared independence in 1905.
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1. Finland
Finland is a highly industrialized and liberalized market economy. The per capita output exceeds that of established powers such as the United States, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany, is much higher than the EU average, and is equivalent to its neighbor Sweden. The main pillar of the economy is manufacturing, mainly wood, metal, engineering, telecommunications and electronics industries.
Finland’s communications industry is represented by Nokia. Finland is known as the country with the highest Internet access ratio and per capita mobile phone ownership. Trade is important to Finland, with about one-third of GDP coming from exports. With the exception of timber and a few minerals, Finland relies on imports of raw materials, energy and some industrial components.
2. Norway
Norway is one of the most developed welfare countries in the world. Per capita GDP reached US$81,085 (2010 data). In 2011, global per capita GDP ranked third in the world, second only to Qatar and Luxembourg. In 2013, per capita GDP exceeded US$100,000. Norway is a highly developed industrial country and one of the top ten economies in Europe.
Per capita GDP is the highest in Northern Europe. Since the 1990s, Norway's oil and gas production has surpassed that of the United Kingdom, becoming an emerging oil and gas producer. The oil and gas produced by the North Sea oil fields not only meet the country's own consumption, but are also exported in large quantities. Many new oil pipelines, oil terminals and oil ports have been built in areas where the North Sea's major oil fields are concentrated. Deep sea oil extraction technology is developed.
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