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Look out for social media “Obama effect” in Finland’s presidential race
The Finnish presidential election is well under way, heading into the second and final round on February 5. This election marks an important change in Finnish politics, ending the era of social...
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Facebook in Finland: State of the marketing nation
The marketing department owns the social media engagement More admin engagement = more user engagement Most companies have guidelines for their Facebook pages These social media statistics, and...
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The Internet is Finland’s most important medium
The Internet has surpassed television as the most important media channel in Finland. A survey by polling company Taloustutkimus reveals that the importance of the Internet is increasing in all age...
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Twitter launches Danish, Finnish, Norwegian version
In a quiet tweet in the nighttime (Scandinavian nighttime, that is), Twitter has announced the launch of a Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish language edition: I am trying to get my hands on a complete...
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Finnish privacy dispute over Facebook Timeline
A Facebook dispute has arisen in Finland following the worldwide rollout of Facebook’s Timeline a few days ago. Many Finnish Facebook users have complained that private messages between them and...
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Crowdfunding enters Scandinavian cultural scene
Crowdfunding, having the public chip in to finance great ideas and projects, is hardly a new phenomenon. We’ve seen it done successfully in fundraising for years, for instance through Kiva.org and...
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Islands are Facebook crazy: Iceland, Faroe Islands top Nordic Facebook stats
New post in Socialmedianordic.com series Stats on Thursday! A fun discovery: The Scandinavian Northern European obsession with Facebook is most extreme in the west, and diminishes the further east you...
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Finnish contest merges national obsessions: Social media and earth diggers
A really innovative contest came out of Finland this summer, joining the Finns over two of their national pasttimes: Social media and power vehicles. A takeuchi digger is the prize up for grabs in the...
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Icelanders have most Facebook friends; all Nordic countries are avid users
A number of studies have shown that web users in the Nordic countries are extremely Facebook-friendly. Iceland and Norway are both in the top 10 countries in regards to Facebook penetration in the...
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