Finland ( /ˈfɪnlənd/ ) is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden on the west, Norway on the north and Russia on the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.
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Finnish: Ei elämästä selviä hengissä.
English: You won’t survive life.
What the saying means: No matter how you live your life, sooner or later you are going to die anyway.
(by lindatheneontiger)
I come from somewhere
I’m going to somewhere
Still my soul is always
On the wrong side of the fell
Finnish: Ei se mikään ruusu ole mutta kukkiihan se perunakin.”
English: It’s not a rose but even potatos bloom too.
What the saying means: A phrase used for mocking ugly women ie. comparing a woman with a potato instead of a rose. Potatoes may be ugly but they are useful as they are edible, while roses are merely beautiful but have no other use.
The benevolent sun watched them. By no means was it angry at them. Perhaps it even felt a kind of compassion towards them. Jolly good brothers.
-Väinö Linna: The Unknown Soldier
