Country:Finland
Finland | |
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Regions of Finland | |
Coat of arms of Finland | |
Continent | Europe |
Number of zones | 5 594 |
Maximum PPH | 8 079 |
Last updated | 2023-08-18 |
Finland (Finnish: Suomi; Swedish: Finland), officially the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a country in northern Europe with about 5.5 million inhabitants. It is one of the official countries where Turf is available since 2012-03-20 (First on Åland; mainland Finland started to receive zones in July/August 2012).
The capital Helsinki is the country's largest urban area with about 1.2 million inhabitants. Other major urban areas are Tampere, Turku and Oulu.
Adjacent countries are Sweden in the west, Norway in the north, Russia in the east and (via maritime border) Estonia in the south.
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Geographical subdivision
Finland is divided into seven regions, corresponding to the Regional State Administrative Agency which replaced the county administrative boards when the country's previous division into counties was abolished at the turn of 2009/2010. The regions are in turn divided into 312 municipalities.
Region | Municipalities | Number of Zones | PPH | Current score |
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Etelä-Suomi (Southern Finland) | 62 | 2538 | 2768 | Toplist |
Itä-Suomi (Eastern Finland) | 46 | 240 | 240 | Toplist |
Lappi (Lapland) | 21 | 205 | 235 | Toplist |
Lounais-Suomi (Southwest Finland) | 45 | 1186 | 1733 | Toplist |
Länsi- ja Sisä-Suomi (Western and Inner Finland) | 85 | 500 | 540 | Toplist |
Pohjois-Suomi (Northern Finland) | 37 | 175 | 183 | Toplist |
Åland | 16 | 750 | 2380 | Toplist |
Updated: 2023-08-18
Source: Warded
Zones
Zone development
The first turf zone in Finland was Esplanadzon which was created 2011-09-23 as a tourist zone.
Year | New zones | Accumulated |
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2011 | 1 | 1 |
2012 | 671 | 672 |
2013 | 92 | 764 |
2014 | 125 | 889 |
2015 | 373 | 1 262 |
2016 | 932 | 2 194 |
2017 | 848 | 3 042 |
2018 | 383 | 3 425 |
2019 | 564 | 3 989 |
2020 | 360* | 4 349* |
2021 | 478 | 4 827* |
2022 | 234 | 5 061 |
Source: urbangeeks
* (Including a zone (Borgberget) that was created in 2020 but was not given a date then due to technical issues. Now dated 2022.)
Winner zones
Never taken zones
List of never taken zones in Finland
More about zones
For more information about turf zones, see the respective region and municipality.
Points and results
Total Score
# | Turfer | Region | Municipality | Points | Takeovers | Unique | Ranking Global |
▲/▼ |
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1 | Tompaj / Turfgame | Åland | Mariehamn | 26 200 168 | 146 959 | 1 333 | 42 (44) | - |
2 | FilleFilur / Turfgame | Etelä-Suomi | Helsinki | 24 186 177 | 64 345 | 1 665 | 60 (51) | - |
3 | M0112 / Turfgame | Lounais-Suomi | Pargas | 22 743 565 | 103 237 | 2 802 | 73 (71) | - |
4 | ojarnstr / Turfgame | Lounais-Suomi | Pargas | 20 006 854 | 53 504 | 1 218 | 107 (112) | - |
5 | rozaliona / Turfgame | Åland | Mariehamn | 17 961 365 | 120 490 | 1 923 | 145 (135) | - |
6 | MrCoolWat. / Turfgame | Åland | Finström | 16 230 960 | 77 844 | 1 177 | 181 (242) | ▲2 |
7 | Birykow / Turfgame | Åland | Mariehamn | 15 880 619 | 111 514 | 958 | 193 (263) | ▲2 |
8 | YotH / Turfgame | Åland | Mariehamn | 15 599 042 | 84 470 | 1 673 | 199 (181) | ▼2 |
9 | Autumnman / Turfgame | Åland | Mariehamn | 15 203 558 | 108 473 | 1 467 | 218 (236) | ▼2 |
10 | Pecpec / Turfgame | Lounais-Suomi | Turku | 14 934 943 | 52 491 | 869 | 230 (271) | - |
Updated 2023-08-18 compared with (2023-03-06)
Source: Turfgame
Fastest Eager Beaver/Weasel
(Fastest to take 10 zones)
Turfer | Time | Region |
---|---|---|
M0112 | 05:16 | Åland |
Yoth | 05:21 | Åland |
Lillbacka | 05:36 | Åland |
Spike_L | 05:58 | Åland |
Tompaj | 06:08 | Åland |
Updated: 2022-11-11
Source: Warded.se
Staminatrix
In Finland a total of 15 turfers have managed to take the Staminatrix medal.
Turfer | Region | Date |
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rozaliona | Åland | 2016-09-03 14:01:00 |
KråkanKrax | Åland | 2017-09-17 16:48:21 |
M0112 | Lounais-Suomi | 2019-04-10 15:22:17 |
Yoth | Åland | 2019-08-17 23:10:27 |
Tompaj | Åland | 2020-06-01 02:44:13 |
Hereiam | Åland | 2020-06-01 02:55:57 |
Aicar | Åland | 2020-07-29 19:53:53 |
Corellian | Åland | 2020-08-17 15:23:00 |
GrusiDojan | Åland | 2020-10-16 10:10:16 |
C3PO. | Åland | 2021-03-29 12:38:08 |
Autumnman | Åland | 2021-04-02 09:32:28 |
Welshman | Lounais-Suomi | 2021-04-20 07:20:10 |
Xtrmrunner | Lounais-Suomi | 2021-05-25 17:37:18 |
Hblom | Åland | 2021-09-12 06:55:30 |
MrCoolWat. | Åland | 2023-05-06 22:45:21 |
Birykow | Åland | 2023-05-07 13:30:20 |
Updated: 2023-05-09
Source: Warded
Global Top-3 Placements
Turfers who have won in the country
Turfers who have won in Finland since it officially became turf country Mars 20 2012 (in Round 21).
(The Country medal was introduced and awarded for the first time round 46).
Click Expand to see the list.
Updated: 2023-08-18
Turf Awards
Turf Performance of the Year 2021 Nomination.
Turf Star of the Year 2021 Nomination.
Turf Performance of the Year 2020 Nomination.
Turf Performance of the Year 2019 Nomination.
Turf Star of the Year 2018 Nomination.
Most spectacular zone take over of the Year 2018 Nomination
Country-specific medals
Medal | Name | Desproption |
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Finland Explorer | Goes to the Turfer who has taken at least one turf zone in each region of Finland. This medal can only be taken once. 136 turfers has won this medal (2023-08-18) |