During our trip, I have been on a quest to find the national symbols of Finland. Helsinki is the capital to a population of about 5 million people in a country of 100,000 lakes and a midnight sun. There are two languages spoken here: Finnish and Swedish. Swedish is spoken by only 5% of the country and is the language of my family here in Finland. The national bird is a swan, the national animal is a bear, the national tree is the birch, and the national flower is the lily of the valley (I missed most of its blooming), the national fish is the perch, and the national stone is granite. The flag has a blue cross on a white background. The blue stands for water, the white stands for snow, and the cross for the Christian foundation of the country.
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