Foreigners in Finland

[foca]

There is a way to survive in double language communities. Register as a swede with kela and the municipality - and you get all the official info in Swedish, which is just a step away from English ( or better say that English is just a step away from Swedish...). 5 hours spent with a good grammar book and you , with a help of vocabulary, will be able to understand 95 percent of what you receive in your mail. But that is not going to help much in everyday life - swedes tend to speak better English than Finns , and they easily switch to English if they see a foreigner who tries to speak Swedish. though I know couple of organizations here in Helsinki where Finnish is only spoken at the switchboard, inside even Finns who work there speak Swedish.

[lappeenenglish]

Im a mechanic in lappeenranta. Worked in lapland test driving before that. Most people are in IT I suspect. I speak Finnish to a degree but its hard and everyday is a struggle but im getting there.

[foca]

as a good answer to the original message posted by SuomenKenraali: some of those foreigners become suomen generals even marshals ( like Mannerheim ) .....

[Oho]

as a good answer to the original message posted by SuomenKenraali: some of those foreigners become suomen generals even marshals ( like Mannerheim ) .....

No kidding.... the family of his paternal great great grandfather moved wihtin Sweden from one region to another nearly a century before he was born and that makes him a foreigner..... What ever rocks your boat man....

[Nicky24]

I worked as a logistics expert temporary and later...did some cleaning job. Then worked as a Project assistant. Later on a touri guide for the tourism industry. I think there are many jobs going on in mind. It is quite different from permanent tasks....

[fruko]

hello

I am afro american planning to study in finland. can some body share experiance how people treat foreiners like me? I am worried.

[Kayttaja1]

hello

I am afro american planning to study in finland. can some body share experiance how people treat foreiners like me? I am worried.

Mostly it depends on what kind of person you are. If you are an £$€¤%&, people will treat you like an £$€¤%&. If you are a happy person that brings something interesting, they are interested and happy to meet you. Human relations are not rocket surgery.

[Flossy1978]

It's so often Americans who ask this question worrying how they'll be treated. Makes you wonder......

[Elephant]

hello

I am afro american planning to study in finland. can some body share experiance how people treat foreiners like me? I am worried.

I can tell you're a troll just from the use of the words "afro american" ...