Semla dessert. This was the sweet chosen to represent Finland in the Café Europe initiative of the Austrian presidency of the European Union, on Europe Day 2006. Semla A semla, vastlakukkel, laskiaispulla or fastlagsbulle/fastelavnsbolle is a traditional sweet roll made in various forms in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Norway, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Latvia, and Lithuania associated with Lent and especially Shrove Tuesday in most countries, Shrove Monday in Denmark, parts of southern Sweden and Iceland or Sunday of Fastelavn in Norway. In Sweden it is most commonly known as just "semla" (plural: "semlor"), but is also known as "fettisdagsbulle" ("fat
Estonians in Finland Estonians in Finland Estonians in Finland are immigrants from Estonia residing in Finland. In 2017, there were 52,424 Estonian immigrants in Finland, according to the UN. Estonians are Finland's second largest immigrant group, after Russians. Immigration from Estonia to Finland was low before 1990. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Estonia's EU membership in 2004, emigration from Estonia to Finland increased rapidly. In 2017, there were 49,590 speakers of Estonian. Finland has the largest community of Estonians outside Estonia In 2012, 5,000 more people from Estonia emigrated to Finland than immigrated to Estonia. There are an estimated 100,000