There is no special library dedicated to Tove Jansson, but in Tampere You can study Tove Jansson's Moomin works in a special museum called The Tampere Art Museum - Moomin Valley. The Museum is situated in the Tampere main library and it has a collection of Tove Jansson drawings and miniature works. More info on page
http://www.tampere.fi/muumi/english/index.htm.
The Exhibition even has a small database (in finnish) of the contents of Moomin books.
The Finnish Institute for Children's Literature -
Documentation and Information Centre for Finnish Children's Literature collects the works of finnish children's authors and also the studies and reference works. This Institute is also here in Tampere (http://www.tampere.fi/kirjasto/sni/sneinfo....
Different types of vocational training can be attended after completing the basic education (comprehensive school) whereas the polytechnic schools belong to the upper secondary education options which are attended after the higher school. There is a good diagram about the finnish school system at the following address:
http://www.cop.fi/eng/welcometocop/edusystem_large.html
You can read more about the finnish education system in English at various Internet sites. Use Google and the search terms “finnish school system” or “finnish education system”.
A quick counting in Wikipedia made a result of 12 prizes for USA, 9 to France, Germany and UK, 7 for Sweden and 6 for Spain and Italy. For an more accurate information check pages of Nobelprize.org in http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/
or Wikipedia http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/
You can find information on the Rolf Nevanlinna prizes on the Internet. For example use Google (www.google.com) and search for "Rolf Nevanlinna prize" or "Rolf Nevanlinna palkinto". Both searches return many links to Internet sites that mention the prize. The web site for Fields medals and Rolf Nevanlinna Prize (http://elib.zib.de/IMU/medals/) tells the history of the Rolf Nevanlinna prize and gives information on the prize winners.
In principal the answer is ’yes’. According to the new Language Act that came into force on 1 January 2004 state authorities and municipal authorities are obliged by law always to serve in both Finnish and Swedish.
In the following some extracts from description of the law by the Ministry of Justice, Finland:
“Everyone shall have the right to use Finnish or Swedish at their own option in their contacts with authorities. … This, however, does not mean that all employees must master both languages. In practice the authorities can act in the way they consider most appropriate with regard to their own duties. If, for instance, there are several service points, different service points can provide service in different languages. Another...
Dear Sir
We very much regret that we can't send the copy of the musical work by Erik Fordell because we only have the original one. The Finnish law of copyright forbids us as authorities to make any copy.
The best way to find out about Finnish name days is to buy yourself a calendar or an almanac that has a list of Finnish male and female names. The Finnish almanac has 361 Finnish female names and 354 Finnish male names; the Swedish almanac version has 263 female names and 264 male names. Most names the Finnish use can be found on the almanac, but some new ones cannot be found on almanacs, these names do not have an official name day at all. You will find calendars and almanacs e.g. in bookshops. If you want to learn more about Finnish names, you might take a look at http://www.eponym.org/hq.html There are many Finnish name links and also a pronunciation guide. A fairly good web page is also http://www.genealogia.fi/nimet/nimi36qs.htm...
Olemme tarkistaneet hakuteoksesta Kuvataiteilijat 1991 kaikki P-kirjaimella alkavat sukunimet: ei yhtään taiteilijaa, jonka ristimänimi olisi Armas. Sen sijaan R-kirjaimella alkavista löytyi yksi Armas: Kaarlo Armas Raunio, syntynyt 20.4.1911 Helsingissä. Hänellä on ollut näyttely USA:ssa vuonna 1972, paikkakunta Lakeover Bedford Hill. Tämä ehdotuksemme on tietenkin arvailua, mutta jos Raunio ei sovi kokonaisuuteen, niin kysykää uudelleen. - Possibly the artist you are searching is Armas Raunio, b. 20.4.1911 Helsinki.
Searching the online catalogue of Tampere university and using the search words ‘Scandinavian party system’ gives you one result:
- Berglund, Sten: The Scandinavian party system(s): a comparative study, Lund:Studentlitteratur,1978
Seaching in internet you'll have more relevant search results by using search maschines for scientific information only like the Scirus (http://www.scirus.com/ ) or Google Scolar (http://scholar.google.com/) and using the search words ‘Scandianvian party system’ or 'Finnish party system’ etc.
One article dealing with the Finnish political system you’ll find at the address
http://www.soc.utu.fi/en/studying/programmes/TheFinnishPoliticalSystem…
There are even more results for this search. You can try it.
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The nearest public library is Helsinki city library and the Töölö branch library, at Topeliuksenkatu 6, 00250 Helsinki.
Check our website at
http://www.lib.hel.fi/en-GB/toolo/yhteystiedot/
for contact information and public transport.
You will also find opening hours there.
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Concerning your request about books about Finland, I here found you some books consisting, history, finnish society and architectual sights.
Finland : a cultural guide / Pirkko-Liisa Louhenjoki-Schulman, Kaius Hedenström [Kantele] : Aava Books, 2005 (Vammala : Vammalan kirjap.) ISBN 952-5490-00-9
Finland / Roger Connah/ London : Reaktion Books, 2005
ISBN 1-86189-250-0
Art in Finland from the Middle Ages to the present day / [Bengt von Bonsdorff .. et al.] ; [translation: Hildi Hawkins, Jüri Kokkonen [Helsinki] : Schildt, 2000
ISBN 951-50-1116-7
Towards a networked Finland : the Information Society Council's report to the Finnish government : february 2005 / [English translation by Hanna Liikala] [Helsinki] : The Prime Minister's Office,...
If you wish to find out where there are post offices in Helsinki, or anything else about the postal services offered by the Finnish post company, please send an e-mail to the Finland Post Ltd, whose e-mail address can be clicked in their Internet page (in English): http://www.posti.fi/english/index.html
I am sorry if I have misunderstood your question, in which case please try to rephrase it and ask again.
Dear Patron,
Arabianranta Library will help you with this matter. Please call
+358 9 3108 5056 to make inquiries about the boats. Another option is to visit the library.
The price to rent the boats is 10 euros.
Here you can find the library's contact information:
http://www.helmet.fi/en-US/Libraries_and_services/Arabianranta_Library/…
The book where you can find this poem is written by Valerie Stalder. Legends and folktales of Lappland. London/Oxford, Mowbrays, 1972 ISBN 0-264-64582-0
(6. What the months say to each other in Lappland, s. 29-32)
Hope this helps you. The tale about the months is written in many books in Sami language. The very first time it was published by J. K. Qvigstad in: Lappiske eventyr og sagn, 1929.
Taivalkoski in the north-east of Finland is a small community with only some 6000 inhabitants.
Many of the names in Taivalkoski are of Lappish origin. For instance Jurmu, the name of your ancestor, is a Lappish word for a deep basin in a river.
For finding out about your ancestors please contact the Genealogical Society of Finland at http://www.genealogia.fi/indexe.htm
Professor Jouko Vahtola at the University of Oulu has written about the history of Pudasjärvi, Taivalkoski and Jokijärvi. His e-mail address is jouko.vahtola@oulu.fi
Parts of Kalle Päätalo's autobiographical novel series about Iijoki and Koillismaa are probably translated and they might be possible for you to get a hold on. You can contact the library of Taivalkoski...
The parish records are the main information sources for genealogists in Finland. Our church legislation resticts however the free use of information concerning events from the 20th century, so
it can be difficult to find information about a person who was born so recently as your mother must have been.
You will probably anyway find something of interest on the HisKi- Church Records database on the Genealogical Society's webbsite, if your search concerns ancestors born more than a hundred years ago. The adress is http://www.genealogia.fi/index.php?lang=en
Please don't hesitate to turn to the Genealogical Society for help. You can also send a request to the Population Register Centre in Helsinki. Their adress is:
http://www....
In Finland municipalities are not obligated to have school libraries. Most schools have a library although they may be outdated and have a rather modest collection. Many schools cooperate with the public library. Some municipalities have their own information literacy curriculum which schools and libraries have compiled together. Accordingly to the National Core Curriculum for Basic Education organizations like museums, sport facilities, art centra, public libraries are seen as learning environments.
For more reading on the subject:
Finnish National Agency for Education
http://www.oph.fi/english
Curricula and qualifications > General upper secondary education
link: National Core Curriculum for General Secondary Education Intended for...
