Countries

Finland

Finland has topped the UN World Happiness Report for multiple consecutive years. It also has more saunas than cars, roughly one for every two residents, a legacy of a bathing tradition older than the country itself.

Helsinki Senate Square with Helsinki Cathedral rising in the background

Helsinki Cathedral

Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0

Blue represents Finland's thousands of lakes and the sky; white represents the snow that covers the country for much of the year. Adopted in 1918, shortly after independence.

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