Bible Society work in Finland
 Finnish
Bible Society(Maistraatinportti 2 A) PO Box 54 00241 Helsinki Finland Tel: +(358)-(0)-10-8386500 Fax: +(358)-(0)-10-8386511 E-mail: info@bible.fi (Bible Orders): tilaus@bible.fi |
Country Data:
| Area: | 338,145 sq.km. | |
| Population: | 5,181,435 (2000) | |
| Annual Per Capita Income: | US$24,900 (2000) | |
| Literate Population: | 100% | |
| Religions in % of Population (1999): | Protestant |
86.0%
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| Non-religious |
12.3%
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| Eastern Orthodox |
1.1%
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| Muslim |
0.2%
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| Roman Catholic |
0.1%
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| Other |
0.3%
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| Official Languages: | Finnish and Swedish (national)
Sami (regional) |
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Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: | 1812 | |
| Date of formation of Bible Society: | 1812 | |
| Date of Full Membership in UBS: | 1946 | |
| Scripture distribution in 2005: | |||||
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Bibles
|
New
Testaments |
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| 53,241 | 2,593 | 41,112 | 0 | 74,717 | 2,702 |
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Other territory served:
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Population
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Beginning of organised
work
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| Åland Islands |
25,392
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1812
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Positive response to outreach at World Championships in Helsinki (November 2005)
Latest News #324 – Finland’s Christians deliver Bible message to athletes and fans (August 2005) [PDF file]
Mark’s Gospel returns to the stage: an interview with actor Kari Hakala (October 2002)
Society helps produce resource pack for puppet-video (October 2002)
First Gospel of Mark in Khanty (January/February 2002)
The Gospel of Luke in Finnish Romani launched (Dec. 2001)
Support for the Bible cause starts at floor level (November 2001)
