( 09.09.2010) What is the history of the Lapin Pursiseura RY and who is the valid contact person?
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( 06.09.2010) Dear Sir / Madame,
I am writing a short story about the use of the German StuG III ausf.G that was used by the Finnish army during the continuation war.
Do you know where I can find proper information about active units that used this type of armour ?
Thank you !
Joe.
The National Defence University´s Library answered to your question and gave a list of references below. Most of the source books on the subject are available only in Finnish. However, in Kari Kuusela´s book there is a short chapter in English about German Assault Gun Brigade seconded to the Finnish Army during the Battle of Tali-Ihantala.
I hope you find these books useful!
Käkelä, Erkki. Laguksen rynnäkkötykit : rynnäkkötykkipataljoona 1943-1944 / Erkki Käkelä. Porvoo ; WSOY, 1996.
ISBN 951-0-21291-1 (sid.).
Käkelä, Erkki. Laguksen miehet - marskin nyrkki : suomalainen panssariyhtymä 1941-1944 / Erkki Käkelä. [Parolannummi] : Panssarikilta, 1992.
ISBN 952-90-3858-5 (sid.).
Käkelä, Erkki. ; Lärka, Andreas. Suomalaisten rynnäkkötykkien kohtalot : Saksasta Suomeen vuosina 1943-1944 hankitut Sturmgeschutz 40 - ja Sturmgeschutz III -rynnäkkötykit ja niiden tarina / Erkki Käkelä, Andreas Lärka. Helsinki : WSOY, 2006
ISBN 951-0-31423-4 (sid.).
Kuusela, Kari. Wehrmachtin panssarit Suomessa : saksalaiset panssariyksiköt Suomessa 1941-1944 = Panzer units in Finland 1941-1944 / Kari Kuusela. Helsinki : Wiking-divisioona, 2000.
ISBN 951-97506-3-0 (sid.).
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( 27.08.2010) What would be the best starting point to read (preferably in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish) about Finnish Naval History up to its Independence? What records are there of Finns sailing aboard foreign ships until the Independence? Are there any renowned Finnish sailors living until 1917?
The best starting point could be National Defence Univercity Library. You can put a question Ask a Librarian Service and address (menu bar) it to National Defence Univercity Library. http://www.libraries.fi/en-GB/ask_librarian
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( 23.08.2010) Hello, I understand the house of naive artist Enni Id in Padasjoki (kind of a museum) is no longer open for the public, because of maintenance problems. Is that correct? Would be glad to know.
Hello! You are right. The local government office of Padasjoki informed us that a branch of the Finnish 4H federation used to run a summer cafe at Enni Id's cabin, but the place has been closed for two summers.
However, it should be possible to visit Enni Id's cabin, if you contact the head of recreational services in Padasjoki, tel. 0400 713 303. They'll do their best to help you.
Our readers may wonder who Enni Id is. Samples of her work:
http://www.phmuseomatka.fi/main.php?id=217 (information on summer cafe and opening times is no longer valid)
http://www.laatuaika.com/enni/index.html (panoramas of the cabin)
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( 16.08.2010) Hello,
I have learned somewhere that Moomin books have been translated into nearly 40 languages. Could you give me the name of translation languages and their published years.
Thanks you.
Here You'll find a list of all books of Tove Jansson that have been translated and the years of translations. Just write Jansson (Tekijän sukunimi) and Tove (Tekijän etunimi) and click Hae. Of course there are also other books than Moomin books among these translations. http://dbgw.finlit.fi/fili/kaan.php
Then another link with translations to 39 languages:
http://dbgw.finlit.fi/kaannokset/li...p;lang=FIN
The Moomin books have been translated by now into 43 languages.
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( 10.08.2010) I would like to read some modern fiction from Finland. could you please recommend a few titles.
I don't know where to start! I have read Popular Music by Mikael Niemi.
Thankyou.
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( 05.08.2010) I would love to learn more Finnish before I visit Finland. Are there any websites from which I can access or download free MP 3 files of the language? How about radio stations providing basic Finnish?
Fu-hsing Su in Taiwan
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( 31.07.2010) What are the words of "Maamme-laulu" in english?
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( 23.07.2010) What is the origin of the usage of the colours red and green to represent starboard and port? And how old is it?
Consider two ships on courses that intersect. The rule is that the ship on the left must give way. The stand on vessel (the one keeping her course)sees the green light on the starboard (right) side of the other ship. The give way vessel (the one who must keep out of way) sees the red light on the port side of the stand on vessel. The helmsman gives way to a red light by either turning away and showing a stern light (which is white), or by going around the stern of the stand on vessel.
From early times, to avoid collisions, ships underway or at anchor by night carried at least a single lantern showing a white light. There seems to have been no fixed rule about the use of lights until 1824 when two white lights were required to be shown in ships navigating the canals of the Netherlands and Belgium. In 1845 coloured lights were authorized for this purpose.
In that same year HMS COMET carried out experiments at Pithead with red, green and white lights, and 1847 Admiralty regulations called for all British steamships to be fitted in the approved manner. No such requirement existed for sailing vessels. After 1850 all steamships in the busy fairways of the open seas were required to show coloured lights by night.
The colours red and green had been selected as the least likely to be confused with each other. Red is the colour that humans (in fact all primates) are most sensitive to. Red has the longest wavelength of the colours visible to our eyes and it has also been important for our ancestors to spot ripe fruit. In nature, red is also often the sign of poisonous things. Hence red has "always" been the colour to catch attention and warn off from danger.
The French in 1863 instituted a practice of making the lights visible on the beam as well as ahead. This led to international agreement on the use of sidelights, visible through definite arcs. About the same time sailing vessels were first required to show red and green sidelights.
Sources:
http://www.wikipedia.org
http://www.pprune.org/archive/index...43620.html
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( 23.07.2010) I have many different herbs growing in pots on our balcony, herbs which we use daiily in meals.
I have bought a watering can which is made from galvanised steel and has many exposed soldered seams. I know that lead can damage the human nervous system and I am concerned that the lead in the solder might slowly get into the water and then into the herb plants. This watering can is probably made in the far east where the lead content of solder is not as stricltly controlled as it is in Europe.
Do you think there is a risk of harmful lead getting into my herb plants ??
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( 20.07.2010) Hi!!
I have an obsession for baking and i am really impressed by Finnish baking.. :) I am thinking of joining some baking course. Can you please tell me any place in Helsinki where i can get baking classes in Finnish or English.
Hi!
One of the best ways to get to know Finnish food culture and also Finnish people is to attend the courses arranged by The Finnish Adult Education Centre of the City of Helsinki. It is possible to browse online their course selection for autumn and the registration for courses starts 18th of August. Most of the courses are in Finnish, but some courses are also in Enlish.
Basic information about The Finnish Adult Education Center you can find also in English from
http://www.hel.fi/hki/sto/fi/Opiskelu/Immigrants
and more about their course selection from
https://ilmonet.fi/ilmo#KurssienSel...&e&;
If you have a group of friends interested in baking or cooking, you can also ask cooking classes from different restaurants and organizations and then you can split the costs. Traditional Helsingin Marttayhdistys ry. organizes different kind of cooking classes, and for more information you can call to number 010 838 56 60 or check their website http://www.uudenmaanmartat.fi/ (it is unfortunately only in Finnish).
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( 20.07.2010) Hello! I would like to ask about cosmetics surgery. My friend has a crooked nose and would like to have a surgery in Finland. We live in the Helsinki region. Where could i find information on this matter and who should I contact? Thank you!
You may contact several places in the Helsinki area that offer cosmetic surgery. Some of the best known are:
www.nordstromhospital.fi
www.siluetti.fi
www.Eiransairaala.fi
Another option and probably a lot cheaper is to have the surgery in Estonia. Here is a link where you may get some more information about Estonian hospitals that offer cosmetic surgery.
http://www.plastic-surgery-estonia....index.html
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( 03.07.2010) I'm trying to locate manufacturers of Jussipaita Sweaters for my personal use. They must be made in Finland. If I can receive a number of email addresses that would be great.
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( 28.06.2010) How many cases of ketonic acidosis and food poisonings have been registered in Finland between the years 1995-2009?
Between the years 1995-2009 there has been 802 registered food poisonings in Finland according to Finnish Food Safety Authority (in Finnish Evira).
Source:
Finnish Food Safety Authority
http://www.evira.fi/portal/en/
Unfortunately I could not find information about the amount of ketoacidosis in Finland. You could ask more information from Meilahti Campus Library Terkko. This library contains collections in fields of medicine and health sciences.
More information:
http://www.helsinki.fi/library/terk...index.html
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( 21.06.2010) Could you inform me what is the most ancient publishing house of the world that is still working?
According to Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambri...sity_Press and many other sites, the oldest publishing house in the world is the Cambridge University Press. It was founded in 1534 by Henry VIII, but the first book wasn’t published until 1584. Since that, the Cambridge University Press has continually published books, and will certainly publish them in the future, too. The website of the CUP can bee seen at http://www.cambridge.org.
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( 02.06.2010) Hi,
I need info on student bus passes. My son will be soon starting his first grade in Helsinki school. We live in -Espoo. The school told that my son cannot get the student discount card which can be used for getting bus pass as we are espoo residents. Can we get that kind of bus pass so that we can buy the discounted tickets for my son ?
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( 26.05.2010) What's it like to have bird vision?
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( 10.05.2010) Hello, During the last two weeks the Finnish Government has announced it supports the building of two new Nuclear Electricity Generating Plants, each in a different location in Finland.
Can you tell me (a) which Reactor Building Company will be involved in each of these proposed power plants and (b) the type of nuclear reactor ?? (I mean the actual reactor maker, for example: Westinghouse & pressurised water reactor).
Hi,
There's no final decisions made yet of the type of the nuclear reactors. I browsed through the applications and endorsements by the Government where the following information can be found.
First, the application by Fennovoima Oy. There's three proposed options to the type of the reactor:
a) European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR), by Areva,
b) KERENA (a type of boiling water reactor), also by Areva,
c) Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR), by Toshiba-Westinghouse.
There's several options also in the other application by Teollisuuden Voima Oyj:
a) Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR), by Toshiba-Westinghouse,
b) Economical and Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR), by GE-Hitachi,
c) Advanced Power Reactor 1400 (APR1400, a pressurised water reactor), by Korean Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP),
d) Advanced Pressurised Water Reactor (EU-APWR), by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI),
e) European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR), by Areva.
Hopefully this is of some help. Here are the URLs to the Government documents of both endorsements (in Finnish, sorry):
http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bi...}=M+2/2010
http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bi...}=M+4/2010
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( 04.05.2010) :-)
We're glad you like our iGS-service (even though that isn't a question, really). :)
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( 26.04.2010) Hi,
Why are there homelessness in Finland, among the Finnish, with all the available social security net in place? Are they not elibile for the help from the authorities?
I'm really curious about the phenomena.
Thanks.
First of all, a lot has been done for the homeless people in Finland. After the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless in 1987, the Government devised a multifaceted response to the problem. It included building of social housing, the creation of social welfare and health care services, and setting a target to provide a dwelling of minimum standards for every homeless person. The number of single homeless persons at that time was approxi-mately 18 000. In just 10 years, the number of homeless in Finland was cut in half. In 2006 some 7,400 households in Finland were listed as being homeless, including about 7,000 single people, and some 350 families. Homelessness is most concentrated in growing urban centres, and particularly in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area where more than half of all the homeless people in Finland live.
The city of Helsinki has developed a wide range of services to help the homeless. The social welfare services for homeless people are concentrated to a special welfare office (ASTU), which organizers a great variety of services and also coordinates the use of the services of other producers. There are homeless people also as clients in other welfare of-fices. The target of ASTU is to minimize the use of shelters and support the clients to live in normal rented housing. Often the routes to independent housing include rehabilitation and several stages. A variety of services and a range of different supported accomodation are needed since there are often several factors behind the process of social exclusion. Typical problems of the homeless are addiction problems, mental disturbance, problems in personal relationships, indebtedness, feeblemindedness and general inability to cope in everyday life (Asunnottomuus Helsingissä visiovuonna 2010).
There are still a number of problems, or cracks in the net, that forestall the reduction of homelessness especially here in Helsinki. First of them is the insufficient housing. Over 60 per cent of households in Finland live in owner-occupied dwellings. The average housing costs are quite high. This means that low-income groups have difficulties to afford housing which would meet their requirements. One obvious cause of the high housing costs is that housing production and housing policy are basically dependent on the market. The share of social rental housing is too small. Contrary to many other sectors of the welfare society, housing provision mainly relies on the free market. Single persons in particular face difficulties in finding reasonably priced rental dwellings. In the 1990’s the renunciaton of rent control made things even harder. The ongoing problem is that the muncipalities, especially Helsinki, have not been able to build enough affordable low-rent apartments. A serious plan to reduce homelessness, proposed in the housing strategy, was presented in 2001 to the Minister of Housing. It suggested that homelessness would be best reduced through common housing policy measures. On the basis of the program the cities in the capital region have signed a contract by which they have decided to increase the supply of dwellings for homeless persons. However, the measures have not been well implemented. The shortages of rental dwellings as well as the shortage of land available for housing production are the main hindrances, especially in Helsinki. There seems to be will, but not enough money; though sceptics may disagree justly.
Second is the multitude of problems of the homeless themselves. Long-term homeless people – people whose state of homelessness is classed as prolonged, or threatens to be that way, for social or health reasons – make up the ‘hard core’ of homelessness. People are clas-sed as long-term homeless in Finland if their homelessness has lasted at least a year or they have been homeless several times in the past three years. Such individuals commonly suffer from serious social and health problems, particularly those relating to substance abuse and mental health, and are consequently deemed to be in need of services and support if they are to be successfully housed. Although many long-term homeless persons have reduced functional ability and they would be entitled to make use of tailored housing services, problematic substance use is often a barrier to these services and also many times results in evictions from apartments. Tailored housing services target those homeless people whose functional ability has declined temporarily or permanently. The service involves the use of motivated, trained staff and is based on small unit sizes. The general rule with these units is that substance use must be controlled. Apparently the housing market and the welfare system manage to help most of these people to avoid a longer period of homelessness. The so called ‘rough sleepers’ without any permanent contact to services are a tough challenge to the helping system though. These are typically elderly men who stay and lodge on their own in the shacks or tents in the woods and fall outside most of the welfare benfits.
Welfare services are of vital importance in the fight against homelessness. The Finnish action plans and programmes for reducing homelessness have so far concentrated on housing. The supply of reasonably priced rental dwellings in the housing market is important also in the future. The role of support services has, however, become more and more important if one wants to find lasting solutions for the different groups of homeless people. It has been estimated that only one third of the homeless people in Helsinki can be helped by offering only a home (Pitkänen & Kaakinen, 2004). Of course new kinds of measures are required, too. Homelessness itself is changing. Drug problems are increasing rapidly. Homelessness becomes more hidden; young homeless persons are not willing to come to shelters. New kinds of special support measures are needed. Organisations that have special knowledge on this kind of work, are taking part in the carrying out a programme for reducing homelessness, faith based institutions for example. The Government has also implemented its own action plan for the reduction of homelesnees.
Sources and further reading on the subject:
http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp...amp;lan=en
http://www.feantsa.org/code/EN/coun...mp;Page=22
http://www.bawo.at/fileadmin/user_u..._09-12.pdf
http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp...amp;lan=fi
Asunnottomuus Helsingissä visiovuonna 2010. Helsingin kaupunki, sosiaalivirasto, aikuisten vastuualue, sosiaalinen kuntoutus, asunnottomien sosiaalipalvelut. Paper 4.7.2005
Pitkänen Sari & Kaakinen Juha: Rajattomat mahdollisuudet. Esiselvitys pääkaupunkiseudun asunnottomien tuki- ja palveluasumisen kehittämissuunnitelmaa (2005-2007) varten. Ympäristöministeriön moniste 141. Helsinki 2004
http://www.hel.fi/wps/portal/Sosiaa...nnottomuus
http://www.city.fi/artikkeli/Kodito...ss%E4/113/
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