Can I live in Finland with only English?

In the big cities in southern Finland, it is not a very big problem if you do not speak Finnish. You can survive with English. However, it is impossible to integrate into the society without knowing Finnish.

Are Finns good at English?

Finns are among the world’s best speakers of English as a foreign language, according to testing carried out in 80 countries. English teacher Päivi Koski, a board member of the Federation of Foreign Language Teachers in Finland (SUKOL) agrees that English language abilities here are generally good.

How many Finnish speak English?

Out of the total population about 70\% or 3.8 million Finnish people speak English. This is high and is a common feature of northern European countries. These people tend to be wealthier, more educated and live in cities. The younger people in Finland also tend to speak English better than the elderly.

Do Finns like foreigners?

Many surveys and polls indicate that Finns consider other immigrants to be better than others. Germans, Brits, Swedes, Norwegians, Americans and other Westerners are most welcomed. They have similar values and with Nordic immigrants similar culture.

Can Finnish understand English?

Just under three quarters of Finns report being able to speak English, many of them fluently, which is a very high proportion in itself and compares favorably to most other countries outside of Scandinavia. The official stats from a 2012 survey place the proportion of English speakers at 70\% of the Finnish population.

Do Finns learn English in school?

In practice, English dominates strongly as the first foreign language (Finnish and Swedish are not classified as foreign languages to anyone). In many schools it’s the only option, but it’s possible to learn some other language as the first foreign language too.

Does Finland have 2 languages?

The Language law of Finland stipulates that Mainland Finland has two national languages, Finnish and Swedish. In the Åland Islands, the official language is Swedish only. In four Sami populated municipalities of Northern Finland, Sami is recognized as official language.

Which country speaks more English?

The United States of America
The United States of America is the world’s largest English-speaking country.

What languages are spoken in Finland?

Finnish is the most popular language in Finland. There are more than 150 different languages spoken in Finland. Finnish and Swedish are the two official languages of Finland In addition to the two official languages, the country has other languages that have their ‘users’ rights written down in law.

Can most Finns speak English?

About 95 \% of us communicate in Finnish, about 5\% in Swedish and quite small Sami groups in their three separate Sami languages. There are also Finn When communicating with foreigners, yes. Most Finns can speak English, with varying skills. There’s some literature you need to read in English, mostly scientific or professional literature.

Is it possible to live in Finland without knowing English?

Yes. Very many people know English at least on survival level and there are immigrants with whom one must communicate in English. In most universities it is possible to graduate with practically no knowledge of Finnish and some globally operating companies have English as official communication language.

Should Helsinki call itself an English-speaking city?

“Helsinki could call itself an English-speaking city, where people who speak English wouldn’t need to speak Finnish or Swedish,” the capital’s mayor, Juhana Vartiainen, told the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper.