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Finnish flags flying against a bright blue sky

Finland competes the way it does most things, quietly, stubbornly and on its own terms. It throws the best Eurovision tantrum in Europe, treats the Ice Hockey World Championship as a national emergency in the best possible way, and has invented a whole calendar of sports nobody else would dare take seriously.

This is the part of the blog about how Finland celebrates and competes. The hockey, the Eurovision history, the wife carrying and the air guitar and the swamp football that all somehow have a world championship. None of it is a joke to the people taking part, which is exactly what makes it wonderful.

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When the hockey is on, the whole country wears its colours. The Finnish Sports collection helps you do the same.

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