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[ ] Both of your parents are Finnish.
[ ] You were born in Finland.
[x] Your last name ends with either -nen or -la/-lä.
[ ] You know at least five people, whose names are Matti/Pekka/Juhani/Liisa/Susanna/Elina.
[ ] Your name is Matti/Pekka/Juhani/Liisa/Susanna/Elina.
[ ] You are an alcoholic.
[x] You are/have been depressed or know at least five people who are/have been depressed.
[ ] It is a huge media event when a foreign B-list celebrity mentions your homeland.
[ ] To you "tan" means being a different colour than a frost of snow.
[x] You are infinitely interested in what foreigners have to say about your homeland.

Score so far: 3

[ ] You like pea soup and know which dessert and day of the week it should go with.
[x] You love chocolate and/or salmiakki.
[x] You love rye bread.
[ ] You have bought "sausage and potato" from a fast food stand.
[ ] You have fought at a fast food stand queue.
[ ] You drink multiple cups of coffee in a day.
[ ] You eat potato almost every day.
[ ] Independence day should be celebrated by lighting two candles and watching how the president shakes hands with celebrities for two hours.
[ ] You still reminisce the ice hockey world championship in 1995.
[ ] You still reminisce how "aja hiljaa sillalla" as pronounced by Aino Ackté won the title of most beautiful sentence in the Paris World Fair in 1900.

Score so far: 5

[ ] You go "Nordic walking" (walking with two poles).
[ ] You listen to heavy music.
[ ] You watch formula 1 and/or ski jumping.
[x] You pick berries and/or go mushrooming.
[x] You have or your family has a summer cottage.
[ ] You celebrate Midsummer.
[ ] You sauna bathe on a regular basis.
[ ] You think that hugging is for lovers.
[ ] You speak English with a foreigner, even though you know that (s)he understands Finnish. Then again you speak Finnish with a foreigner, even though you know that (s)he doesn't understand it.
[ ] Most songs that aren't in minor are not good.

Score so far: 7

[ ] You own something that's by Marimekko.
[ ] You own a product with Marimekko's "Unikko" pattern on it.
[ ] You have dishes/kitchen supplies by Iittala/Arabia/Hackman.
[ ] You read the "Donald Duck" magazine.
[ ] You love Moomins.
[ ] When talking about the president, you talk about "it," when talking about a pet guinea pig you talk about "him/her."
[x] You don't find lakes to be exotic.
[ ] You know that you're not supposed to talk in the mornings.
[ ] You wait for the traffic light to turn green, even though there are no cars around.
[ ] You find it normal that you don't run into a single person when on a walk.

Score so far: 8

[x] Indoors it's too cold if it's not at least 20°C.
[ ] Outdoors 20°C is too hot.
[ ] Less than 65°C in a sauna is cold.
[x] You don't have to wear a hat outside in sub zero temperatures.
[ ] You know at least five words for different types of snow.
[ ] If a stranger smiles at you, you expect that (s)he is either drunk or foreign.
[ ] To you "European" means a person who's from Western Europe but not the Nordic countries.
[ ] There are supposed to be silences within conversations and they don't bother you at all.
[ ] You apologise for being even a minute late.
[ ] You understand, that "m" means "yes," "nngg" means "no" and "mnt" means "good morning."

Final score: 10
Multiply your score by two and you'll have your Finnish percentage. 20%
Make "I am _% Finnish!" the title of your note.