Finnish Women: Everything You Need To Know (Tips)

Foremost, if you desire to start dating a Finnish woman, you must have a basic knowledge of the mindset you find among women in Finland. For example, do Finnish play hard to get? Do they make an effort in a relationship, or do they give up before they begin? Well, let’s give you a few ideas of how Finnish women think and Behave. When it comes to playing dating games, Finnish women generally are not into the whole play hard-to-get game. Instead, they like being straight to the point; that’s once you have declared your intentions and feelings. However, for many men, this direct approach can be challenging. Nonetheless, Finnish women tell their position directly on most matters, and they are not too concerned if you might get hurt or offended. Research shows that Finnish women are practical in their dealings and have some defaults for airing their feelings. In addition, some Finnish women are feminists, and they embrace the idea of gender equality with great zest.

Statistics from Finland also emphasize this. For example, women represent 47% of the parliament in Finland. In other words, the country is one of the most equally run countries worldwide when it comes to gender. Also, the first woman to be appointed as minister in Finland was appointed about a hundred years ago. Thus, we can easily deduct that women in Finland are not afraid to take responsibility and run things. When it comes to men, Finnish women expect their men to be up and doing too and not merely take them as housewives. They want to be seen and treated as equals, and there is little doubt about that. They don’t believe in segregation or traditional values, and they want their partners to help with household chores, payment of bills, bringing up the children, and everything else you can think of that only women used to do.

For example, Finnish men are expected to take part in cooking and do other household chores. It’s also not taboo if the woman makes more money than the man in a relationship. The bottom line, if you desire to date or marry a Finnish woman, you have to come to terms with a feminist mindset in many cases. When it comes to sex and relationships, the mentality of Finnish women is pretty much in line with the Scandinavia mentality (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway), where women do more or less what they desire or want without any restrictions or boundaries imposed by norms or society as a whole. So casual sex is not a problem when you meet a Finish woman, yet sometimes it is actually the men in Finland who get hurt emotionally as they put more feeling into a one-night stand than the woman.

There are many interesting things to be said about Finnish women and their values. The first on our list is “Equality and Fairness.” The is no doubt that Finnish women and the Finnish people as a whole believe that every man and woman are born equal, and thus they should have equal rights. In other words, society in Finland is egalitarian, where every gender is treated equally and where discrimination in any shape or form is frowned upon. Laws and legislation in Finland make sure these values are enforced, and thus in modern-day Finland, it is seldom that any group or individual feels mistreated. Trust and honesty in Finland are the norms rather than the exemption, and the Finnish generally feel happy about their lives. Democracy in Finland is taken for granted, and there is pretty much consensus about how Finland should be ruled. Finnish culture allows for individualism among the citizens of the country. The individual is free to carry out his or her activities so far it doesn’t go against the norms and laws of the state.

Finnish people value their privacy and personal space, but they pay a lot of attention to the common good as well. Another aspect of the Finnish mentality that has to do with morals is that you have to live up to your word if you promise to do something. For example, punctuality is a big thing in Finland, just like in Germany, and thus if you have scheduled a meeting or a date, you better be on time, or it is perceived as disrespectful. Another characteristic of the Finnish people regarding morals is modesty, and thus in Finland, people don’t tend to be loudmouths or brag about social status. Hence, if you go on a date with a single Finnish woman, don’t start talking about how great you are and how much money you make. With a Finnish woman, you get much further by emphasizing your more modest side of yourself. Another interesting fact about the moral compass of the Finnish people is that the young still respect the old, something that is not common today in many Western countries.

For example, there is a difference in how people in Finland address their superiours versus their friends and likewise when a younger person addresses someone older. The Finnish practice decorum when having a conversation with one another. They allow one another to complete the train of thoughts before they butt in. They don’t encourage interruption because they consider it impolite and unacceptable. When it comes to marriage, the divorce rates in Finland are erratic, not following a regular pattern. Statistics show that the Finnish divorce rate is almost reaching 60 percent, i.e., over ten percent higher than in their neighboring countries of Sweden and Norway. In addition, there are some discrepancies when the age difference is considered, e.g., Finnish women that fall below the age of 25 have a high intolerance towards infidelity and one-night stands, while older Finnish women above 35 are laxer and more tolerant. Nonetheless, generally Finnish women are loyal and appreciate being in a stable relationship and will work on maintaining it.

Education is paramount in Finnish society, and when it comes to Finnish women, they tend to be highly educated. Access to education started for Finnish women already back in the 18th and 19th centuries when Christina Krook, Anna Salmberg, and Sara Wacklin started to establish private schools for girls. Nonetheless, it wasn’t an easy start, and these pioneers had to face much criticism and were blamed for incompetence. Also, back then, only girls from upper-class families got the opportunity to start learning topics such as mathematics and reading and spelling. Furthermore, due diligence and evaluation of the girl’s families had to take place, and if the family who applied to get their daughter to school did not have an impeccable background and reputation, it would be out of the question. Nonetheless, it started the movement that eventually gave every woman and girl in Finland the right to free and adequate education without limitations because of their gender.

Today in Finland, women can be equally found within most professions, and in the cases where they are underrepresented, it is due to choice and not because they are not allowed to study a particular subject. For example, when it comes to the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math), women, in general, tend to be not as interested as men. And in Finland, it is no different; even though the Finnish government, high schools, and mass media have done everything in their power trying to convince young women to take up topics within the STEM fields is has been unfruitful. However, women in Finland are overrepresented within the medical profession, teaching, and social professions. Moreover, when it comes to salaries in Finland, they are more or less equal if you do the same amount of work and have the same skills. Yet, the mass media in Finland often portray women to be underpaid, but the comparison they make is based on overall salaries and not on the number of hours they work.

In other words, if a woman works the same amount of hours, she will get the same overall salary as a man. Likewise, some professions pay higher salaries than others, e.g., a specialized brain surgent gets paid more than a taxi driver with no qualifications apart from owning a driver’s license. In addition, women in Finland generally work hard and take their fair share of what needs to be done. Also, there are quite a few self-employed entrepreneurs in Finland that are women, and likewise, when it comes to positions in government and as leaders and managers. Finally, it should be mentioned that academically, more women than men take high education in Finland and also perform better in high school when it comes to getting good grades. Therefore, it is fair to argue that women in Finland are very well off when it comes to education and opportunities in Finnish society, making them an attractive match for someone looking for a soulmate with qualifications.

When it comes to family values and Finnish women, we identify that in Finland, women don’t tend to be as progressive as you see, e.g., in Iceland, where women are very feminist in their belief system. Nonetheless, over the past decades, things have changed in Finland, and in today’s society, Finnish women expect the man to participate equally when it comes to running the household and bringing up the children. However, that does not mean that Finnish women like their men to be softies. On the contrary, men in Finland, compared to men, e.g., in Sweden, are tougher and more masculine both in attitude and when it comes to standing on what they believe in. In other words, Finnish women like a balance where a man is still a man, but where he has conformed to helping out with the tasks around the house. For Finnish women, it’s often about attitude and intention, and once a man has the required attitude, he will not only get sex but something deeper and more devoted from the woman he is dating or married to.

Finnish women are family-oriented, and once they find the right guy, they’re ready to go all-in and get married and start having children. Yet, the birth rate in Finland is very low, and where women in the past got over two children on average, today, women in Finland only get around 1.4 children. Thus, today Finland has a negative growth rate when it comes to native Finnish children being born. As a countermeasure, the Finnish government has opened the Finnish borders to immigration from often third world countries – yet for the past 20 years, this policy has been a disaster as it seems more or less impossible to integrate these newcomers to Finland. When it comes to bringing up children in Finland, women tend to be modern in their approach, i.e., you will never see a Finnish woman punish her children with physical or psychological cruelty. And also, it should be mentioned that children in Finland are pretty well protected by laws and legislation to prevent parents from child abuse, such as slapping a naughty child on the but.

Instead, women in Finland set boundaries by reasoning, and children are made to know that they must not do things that are not expected of them for a good reason. Both parents look after the children in Finland, but most often, children in Finland spend most of the day in some form of child care or at school if they are a little older. And thus, you can argue that in Finland parents take care of their children over the weekend and from five pm to seven am during the week. In Finland, the legal age is 18 (16 for sexual consent), and from there on, children are considered mature enough to vote, drive a car, join the army, get a mortgage, and do everything else associated with being a grown-up. Hence, the traditional Finnish family tries to prepare their children as well as possible for the grown-up life and their responsibilities before the age of 18. On a final note, if you desire to date or marry a Finnish woman, you should look for someone age 30 or over, simply because women in Finland under the age of 30 tend not to be ready for something as serious as starting a family.