Finnishness is a concept which discusses what makes a Finn a Finn. Ethnic Finnishness can be defined as the identifying focus on Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

 and the nation-state of Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 based on ethnic identity or nationality

Nationality

Nationality is membership of a nation or sovereign state, usually determined by their citizenship, but sometimes by ethnicity or place of residence, or based on their sense of national identity....

. Original Finns, historical minorities

Minority group

A minority is a sociological group within a demographic. The demographic could be based on many factors from ethnicity, gender, wealth, power, etc. The term extends to numerous situations, and civilizations within history, despite the misnomer of minorities associated with a numerical statistic...

, newcomer Finns and expatriates all refer to the full spectrum of Finnishness.

Trivia

The movie Being Finnish, by director Svorgen Haas, will come out late 2011 and concerns the rise and fall of Finnish identity.

External links

• Anttila, Jorma (2007): Kansallinen identiteetti ja suomalaiseksi samastuminen. Helsingin yliopiston sosiaalipsykologian laitos: Helsinki.

https://oa.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/5481/kansalli.pdf?sequence=1