Steamy sauna forms Finland鈥檚 national emojis
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Are you receiving emoji figures relaxing in a sauna or a headbanging 鈥渉eavy metal dude鈥? Smile, you must be in Finland.
This year, the Nordic country has launched a special online Christmas calendar set of emojis, featuring naked sauna-goers, heavy-metal lovers and even an old Nokia handset 鈥 all symbols of Finnish culture, the foreign ministry said yesterday.
鈥淥n December 1, we are to publish a set of emojis that can be downloaded and after that, each day a new emoji will be released,鈥 said Petra Theman, the ministry鈥檚 director for public affairs.
Theman said Finland, where Christmas calendars are a tradition, went for the emojis package because it is different, and because it is easy to share.
The emojis, which are used in text and online messages, can be downloaded for free from various app stores.
鈥淲e have looked through different moments and emotional states that nearly every Finn recognises and which Finns might need as emojis when they communicate,鈥 Theman said.
Typically Finnish ideograms, such as the sauna or the heavy metal aficionado, have been missing from commonly-available international emoji packs, she said.
The Finnish foreign ministry believes these are the world鈥檚 first national emojis.
Finland is home to some 2 million saunas 鈥 nearly one for every two people in a country of 5.4 million.
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