American Reacts To Finland Joining NATO - What Impact Will They Have? 

finnish is the upper one and swedish is the lower one

In Finnish Rajavartiolaitos, in Swedish Gränsbevakningsväsendet.

Just to add to that, about 5% of Finns are native Swedish speakers. All official patches, government websites, the texts on emergency vehicles etc. are in both languages and both are compulsory in school. In principle you should also be able to handle official government business anywhere with either language, though in practice the Swedish speaking population is concentrated in few areas on the coast and most Finnish speakers in the rest of the country forget what they've learned in school because they don't regularly need the language.

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@@Myrkky100 But don't you think this constitutional language law was an asset now after Russia attacked Ukraina? - Despite the long border, the Russian language is not the second language for Finns, it is either Swedish, or English (for younger generations especially) - which shows to which part of Europe Finland belongs. All Finland's presidents have had a positive attitude to Finland being a bilingual country - Finnish majority, Swedish minority, the latter living in Finland from at least the Viking age. Thus a close connection between Finns and Swedes from Svealand, Uppland and Norrland since ancient times. Way back the Nordic peoples were organized in tribes, not nations in the modern sense.

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@rysonp Finland has the world's top trained 900,000 reserve. Israel has the best (NATO generals). I myself have played many sports all my life (eg weightlifting) passionately, but nowhere have I been as hard as in our conscript service (anti-tank jaeger). Here's a little more info: "Finland's reserve is about 900,000. Wartime troops on top of that are 280,000. In NATO, Finland is the second largest crew in the alliance, right after the USA.

That's correct, indeed. And as Finland is a bilingual country in its constitution, both Finnish and Swedish is used. Swedish is not used as tourist information, but it is part of the official state, used for the citizens. Historically bilingual Finland is a sign of Finland's close connection with the Scandinavian countries. In western and southern Finland there are archeological traces of Viking-culture in the most coastal counties. At least from those times there have lived a Swedish-speaking population there - no traces of that the clans were enemies in ancient times, there was much space between early settlements. The wolf is a mythical animal in Finland, therefore it is used as a symbol here. In the areas around the Baltic sea people had a lot of contacts, as it was easier to travel by sea before modern times, than through unpopulated forests where no roads were yet etsablished.

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Curious question. What happens to a Russian that crosses because they're wanting to escape "whatever" in Russia. Do they get sent right back or taken in? I ask since we just allow anyone and everyone to come across our border and begin receiving benefits.

@@itsmebrysonp The person who crosses the border, should immediately on stepping onto Finnish territory tell the police or border guard or customs personel, that he is looking for asylum. Then he is escorted to an immigration center where they want to take a closer look at his papers, passport, and identity certificates, and the like. Many come without such documentation and just have a story to tell. That is not illegal per se, but makes it a hassle. They have finger prints and photos taken and are asked with the help of an interpreter how they travelled to Finland, with the help of whom, etc. The Finnish authorities are looking closely into an asylum seekers reasons to apply for asylum - has he legal claims? His story is compared to international laws and agreements. Finland has very restricted immigration rules for non-refugees (if you want to move to Finland for economical resons, for romantic reasons, for studies, etc, it is a whole other process than if you claim your right to asylum). Asylum should be applied for in the first safe country, so refugees who have travelled through many countries have a hard time to explain their landing in Finland. But they might still have valid reason to get asylum in Finland. If their status as refugees is denied, it is the task of the police to escort them from Finland, usually to the country of origin or their country of legal residence. Finnish police collaborates with European authorities in these cases. Asylum seekers can appeal decisions and argue for a new decision. They have a right to legal councel assistance. Finland is very seldom the first country because of its geographical location. Russia is not per se considered a dangerous country for its citizens as far as I know. The Finnish border to the east is closed to the middle of April. People wishing asylum have to use harbors or airports and ask for asylum there. Finland is a tough country, it might be criticised for that feature.

Nope, the number of reservists under 60 / 50 years is roughly 870 000 and that includes the war time troops. The army is a reservist army with the minimum of professionals needed for training and running the organization.

@@sampohonkala4195 :DDDD

Those numbers are just numbers. Plans before winterwar was 3 divisions and two prigade and couple of independent batallions. When war´broke out there was 9 divisions 2 prigades and several independent regiments and batallions so we tell everybody these numbers but reality are something else. In the hight of war finnish army strengt was almost 16 % of population.

@@jukkakopol7355 By war time troops here is not meant WW2 troops, which at their peak were just over 500 000. War time troops today are the 280 000 that would form the basic units in case of war. The reserves could be used for forming more units or just replacements.

@pragmaticskeptic Stalin thought the Finnish reservist army did not look good even on paper. Finland has practically never had any other but reservist troops. This is the reservist army that stopped the Soviet Red Army in WW2 - twice. Of the European capitals of the war going countries only three were never occupied: London, Moscow and the Finnish capital defended by the reservist army, Helsinki.

Finlands sag, er også vores sag. Selvom vi ikke deler samme historie som Sverige og Finland. De nordiske/baltiske lande vil altid stå sammen!

Very adequate comment! The flexibility and (in principle at least) super humanitarian ways of the Finnish military training adds to its functionality. I might not be an expert, but I have seen signs that Russian mothers are horrified, when their sons are conscripted to the Russian army. They have witnessed that the future soldiers are mistreated and penalized in hierarchical order over there. In Finland both parents usually support conscription, am I right? That must make a huge difference in moral.

@@DNA350ppm You are right. The general understanding is that the Finnish Defense Forces is a fair organization with zero tolerance for mistreating of conscripts. There are some cases, of course, and they usually gain a lot of visibilty in the media; it would be impossible to hide bad behaviour in the army. As most young men go to the military service it is considered the right and common thing to do and the parents support it. Parents are encouraged to attend the visitor days, which are very popular. There is no stigma in choosing the non military service either. Of course parents can be protective, but being a Finnish conscript has been a really low risk position. Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine my daughter had had plans of volunteering in the Navy. After the war broke out, her mother asked that surely you are not going now as the situation is getting so risky in Europe? She replied that If she had not been sure of joining before, now she was. Completed her training last December, a NCO in the reserves now and did not witness any mistreating of anybody during the year, although there was a case in another Navy base.

@@sampohonkala4195 Yes everywhere in life a rotten type might show up, but main thing is that it is not covered up, but is duly handled. You've got a brave and justice-minded daughter. Congrats! But I am also fully behind your wife - actually, all conflicts should be solved in peace, and Finland has made great contributions in that respect - just as an example we can think of president Ahtisaari!!!

Thank you for the comments (this and others) and sharing your experiences. Interesting that you can postpone service. I have personally heard horror stories of bad leadership and things that have happened. I've read stories of units acting more like a college with hazing new recruits more than actual leadership. I wish the best for your daughter and her desire to protect your country. Have a great day/ night!

And from that 75% - 80%, roughly 20% - 25% of those that step into service end up aborting their service for medical or ideological reasons.

I thought it comical to me realizing the camouflaged while reacting to a military type video. Here I see videos like this but they're recruitment ads on tv for the different branches. I'll have to check out their channel. Since there is a requirement for service is there ever ads for joining the military? I feel like that would be silly since recruitment isn't needed.

@@itsmebrysonp there aren’t really ad’s for military service per se but there are ad’s that are towards people who have special skillsets in different fields to let them know that they can also do that in the military, for example in cyber warfare so that those highly skilled people can be used in a more productive way rather than as just grunts

It was a great trip and experience. I really hope to visit Finland. It's nice that you can visit so many different countries without going to the opposite side of the world. Money though is usually the thing holding us back from these experiences so I definitely understand the desire without real ability. Thanks for watching & commenting! Have a great day/ night

@@itsmebrysonp Exactly. It would be great to travel in to the US too, but the flights are long and expencive. For something of that long flight it should be better to have at least 2 weeks journey. Well, from my perspective it would not cost much to travel over sea with ferry to the Baltics like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuenia and keep going Belarus, Poland and Germany. From there comes ferry back to Finland or straight fly back to here. That would be nice sommer trip 😄.

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I have seen some videos about the bunkers under so many of your buildings. It's wild that even apartments and shopping centers are built with shelters in mind. I think this analogy fits here. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Finland sure isn't preparing to fail that's for sure. Thanks for commenting & have a great day/ night

@@itsmebrysonp My own apartment complex has two emergency shelters, these are mandatory if property reaches a certain size. There was a time you heard complaints how the bunkers/shelters increase the price of real estate, but now the complaints have died down. Have a good day!

@@itsmebrysonpGreetings from a construction worker. Latest bunker I built was to a school for disabled and special needs kids. There's also one behind my bathroom wall for the building I live in. Many of the important things fro government have been dug into the bedrock and when I was on 5th and 6th grades my school gym classes for the most part were in a bunker that was dug to the bedrock and was made to withstand nuclear blast. I used to think that this was normal that others around the world were also preparing for such threats as us but apparently not. My family lands have been part of Russia since 1945 and every single man I know in my life has gone through the military training. I know that there's substantial amount of people who have been excluded but I do not know any personally. Having the majority of male population of the country with military training is a deterrence too in the way that even if one would win against, the troubles would definitely not end there. Also when everyone either has gone through military or has very close relatives that have, the trust and understanding of national defense is on a completely different level than in countries where one might go their entire life without seeing much if even anything at all apart of a vehicle passing by, things on TV, plane on the sky and maybe a parade.

oh the dude actually said that in the video, nvm

Truth is that Finland has weakest defense in europe.

@@UltraCasualPenguinTroll! You don't know much about Europe, obviously! And you are not the Real Janne Laitinen!

@@DNA350ppm I know more about europe than you russians/americans. Which isn't difficult because... You guys think Ukraine is Ikea, France is in continent called Paris in southern Atlantic, Eiffel Tower is in London, England which is in Australia and Europe is in Hudson Bay...

@@UltraCasualPenguinYour are so wrong! I'm a native Finn, and I'm well-educated in Finland! And still you are not the real Janne Laitinen!

@@UltraCasualPenguin How I call tell you're Russian or on Russian payroll? Because to you complete horseshit equals truth.

That is the MAGA chant that is hilariously incorrect. We already pay more than the 2% minimum of our GDP required by NATO, doofus.

You mean Defence Forces?

We pay for our defence force ourselves.

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