French student in Erasmus in Finland

A LOT OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS The population is overwhelmingly Protestant Lutheran. Lutherans: 73%.  Orthodox: 1.1% Other Christians: 1.1% Practitioners of various religions: 1.6% No religion or unknown: 24.3% CHAMANISM The Arctic peoples, whose economic base was based on hunting, fishing, fartisanat and barter, adhered to a belief system that European ethnologists have grouped together under the term shamanism. Characterized by the cult of nature, ancestors and spirits, shamanism will survive in Lapland until the beginning of the 20th century. The shaman, a wise sorcerer, provided the link between the world of the living and the world of the spirits. Thanks to his knowledge and to certain techniques, qualified by the western world as magical, he enjoyed a real authority among the Ural-Altaic peoples. In this universe, gnomes and elves played an important role, as did certain deities such as the god of Thunder, Ukko, the god of Winds and Storms, llmarinen Ahti, a...

A HOFSTEDE DIMENSION This dimension, the avoidance of uncertainty, indicates how a society deals with the fact that the future can never be known: should we try to control the future or simply let it happen? This ambiguity is a source of anxiety, and different cultures have learned to deal with this anxiety in different ways. The extent to which members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous or unknown situations and have created beliefs and institutions that try to avoid them is reflected in the note on avoiding uncertainty. RESULTS This characteristic makes it possible to assess the attitude of individuals and companies to risk and their ability to manage uncertainty. A low risk tolerance will lead to the implementation of standardised procedures, planning tools and discipline. There is no clear factor explaining this relationship to uncertainty, however, it can be noted that countries with a low relationship to uncertainty will tend to implement the above-mentioned tools. M...

SPORTS DIFFERENCE.... I wanted to learn more about the sport that I could discover in Finland but I realize that in Finland t here is a lot of unusual sports that I never heard about before. I talked about it in one of my course "Get Finternational" so I'm going to talk about it now here. WOMEN'S WEAR WORDL CHAMPIONSHIP If you talk about it to a Finnish it would be very proud of it ! Participants in the Estonian-style women's carry (carrying head down with the woman's legs around the wearer's shoulders) The Women's Wearer (in Finnish Akankanto or eukonkanto) was established in 1996 in the village of Sonkajärvi, 400 km north-east of Helsinki. Legend has it that an unmarried man from the village went to steal a woman from the neighbouring village and carried her back on his back. A team is made up of a man and a woman. The aim is for the man to carry the woman through an obstacle course. This discipline has been emulated in Estonia, New Zealand a...

A MUSIC DIFERENT THAT WE USE TO HAER IN FRANCE  When I came in Finland, what I directly noticed was the music that was so different that I could hear it on the radio when I went to the gym. Of course, they listen to American songs like us, but they also have their own songs which we're not necessarily used to listening to in France. FOLK MUSIC The origin of the musical tradition merges with that of popular poetry, whose bards have been singing the runes for centuries to the sound of the kantele, the popular instrument par excellence. Endowed with magical power by the ancient Finns, music was the means to defeat the most hostile forces. Today, folk music still feeds on the past. From the old kantele to the weak and lyrical voice, a concert instrument with about forty strings has been developed. Its practice, included in school curricula, is now accepted in several conservatories and at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Finnish music also bears the imprint of Christianity, wh...

A HOFSTEDE DIMENSION A high score, therefore male, on this dimension indicates that the company will be driven by competition, success and achievement. Success is defined by the winner or the best in the field, a value system that starts at school and continues throughout the life of the organization.  A low score, therefore female, for this dimension means that the dominant values in society are concern for others and quality of life. A female society is a society where quality of life is a sign of success and where standing out is not admirable.  The fundamental question here is what motivates people, wanting to be the best (Male) or loving what one does (Female). RESULTS Finland is regarded as a female society. In this feminine country, the emphasis is on "working for a living", managers seek consensus, people value equality, solidarity and the quality of their working life. Conflicts are resolved through compromise and negotiation. Incentives such as free time and f...

WHAT ABOUT SAUNA ? As soon as I arrived in Finland, I began to hear the praises of the sauna: the Finns all assured me that this was absolutely the best possible health care.  The Finnish sauna, in Finnish "Suomalainen sauna", is a very important part of Finnish culture. It is a place that is usually heated to about 80-110° C for sweating, relaxing and washing. It is based on steam produced by throwing water on hot stones. It is estimated that up to 99% of Finns regularly use the sauna. Its origins are thought to date back to the Bronze Age, between 1500 and 900 BC. Finland has five million inhabitants and more than three million saunas, an average of one per household. Indeed, a law in Finland states that every dwelling must have a sauna that it can use on a regular basis. For Finns, the sauna is a place for friends and family to relax, as well as a place for physical and mental relaxation. Finns consider saunas not as a luxury, but as a necessity. Before the advent of pu...

HOW TO GO THERE ? If you live in Turku that really easy beaqcuse the ferry leave from Turku. So you just have tot take the city bus to go there it's really easy.  This time the travel time is really long this is why I did the travel by night on the ship and I booked on little room to sleep there. If you booked your travel really early prices are really correct.  ABOUT STOCKHOLM Built along the river and spanned by some fifty bridges, Stockholm appears at first contact as a relaxed Venice of the North, distilling a real sweetness of life, alternating nature and culture, tradition and "branchiness"...  Forgotten is the image of the distant capital of a cold and boring country. Obsolete, the legendary reserve and institutionalized moderation. Stockholmers show as much energy in adopting new trends as they do in defending their traditions and royalty. Stockholm takes care of its inhabitants: well-organised public transport, accessible to all, disabled, ...