Conservation Facts

Population: 5.3 milllion
Total Area: 338.145 km²
Population Density: 16 per km²
Protected Area: 4.8%
National Parks: 35
“NATURA 2000” sites: 1.858
Largest Nature reserve: Lemmenjoki NP 285.000 ha

Resident Photographers:

Lassi Rautiainen
Jari Peltomäki
Markus Varesvuo

Visiting Photographers:

Peter Cairns
Staffan Widstrand
Sven Začek

Finland Galleries

Finland is not only about lakes. Or sauna. Or mobile phones.

Want to be surprised? Finland is THE country in Europe with the highest population density of – active Tango dancers. The Finnish beat the Austrians in the number of people practising ski-jump. And they brew one of the strongest beers on the continent: “Karhu”(bear).

In the past ten years it was maybe the best place to see Northern Lights. It is still the best (and only) place in Europe to see three of our largest carnivores in one night: bears, wolves and wolverines. An incredible wildlife encounter!

• A Few More Hours with Europe's Large Predators
  by Staffan Widstrand, Sweden
• Ospreys in Action - in Finland
  by Peter Cairns, Scotland
• Snowmen of Riisitunturi and Finnish winter birds
  by Sven Zacek - Estonia
• Fall in Oulanka NP - and More Bears and Wolves
  by Staffan Widstrand, Sweden
• Great Grey Owls - Silent hunters of the Taiga
  by Peter Cairns - Scotland
• Predators On The Prowl in Finnish Forests
  by Staffan Widstrand, Sweden