FIRST NAMES
Founded the US and makes great SK sales
Georg(e)
This October tradition features costumes, carved pumpkins, and kids aggressively negotiating for sugar at your door
Halloween
This nocturnal creature survives by rolling into a ball — evolution’s version of “not my problem”
Hedgehog
It’s both found in a toolbox and a terrifying movie marathon
Saw
This national innovation ensures your phone survives everything — except market competition
Nokia
Won an Oscar for "Pretty Woman" and keeps our office glamorous
Julia
This phrase is basically a polite way of saying, “Give me sugar or I vandalize your house”
Trick or Treat
This animal sleeps standing up and runs like it’s late for a Teams call
Horse
According to MC…, it’s the one thing you can’t touch
Hammer
With over 180,000 of these, Finland has enough for every citizen to drown privately
Lakes
"Managed" Republic of Estonia and manages services
Kersti
Scientifically known as Cucurbita pepo, this fruit is often mistaken for a vegetable
Pumpkin
This seemingly chill herbivore can outrun you on land, outswim you in water, and out-angry anything with a pulse
Hippo
According to your onboarding mentor, this has all the answers. According to everyone else, good luck finding them
Confluence
This beverage is consumed in Finland more than anywhere else on Earth — mostly to survive the darkness
Coffee
Won Wimbledon and ruled the baseline. And protects data with the same determination.
Simo(o)na
This film made summer camps terrifying and gave hockey masks a whole new vibe — even though the killer didn’t wear one in the first movie
Friday the 13th
This creature’s fingerprints are so similar to humans’ they can confuse crime scene investigators
Koala
This tool shows up to every meeting uninvited — and still dominates the agenda
PowerPoint presentation
Finland has more of these bands per capita than any other country — apparently, long winters and minimal sunlight are the perfect conditions for growing them
Metal bands
Shoots webs and works the farthest from the Tallinn
Peter
This German power metal band proves you can misspell a holiday and still make it legendary
Helloween
This bird can sleep while flying — evolution’s answer to business travel
Albatross
This is the most powerful troubleshooting tool — usually found missing
Common sense
Invented by Finnish engineer Matti Makkonen in the 1980s, this tiny digital note changed communication forever — and ruined our spelling habits
SMS (text message)