--- title: Finland Launches National Emoji description: See the new country-specific emoji canonical: https://time.com/4100041/finland-national-emoji/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-04T18:48:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:58.301Z og:title: Finland Is Launching a Special Set of National Emoji og:description: Including people sweating in saunas and heavy metal head-bangers og:url: https://time.com/4100041/finland-national-emoji/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d2a4ef4d4cfdce4/69886f9aab6d774d5b6a6fe0/finland-emojis_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Finland Emojis og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Finland Is Launching a Special Set of National Emoji twitter:description: Including people sweating in saunas and heavy metal head-bangers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d2a4ef4d4cfdce4/69886f9aab6d774d5b6a6fe0/finland-emojis_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Finland Is Launching a Special Set of National Emoji ## Video: How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone [Watch (HLS stream): How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wYESmlUL.m3u8) (2:00)  _Published 2014-09-08. You can't take any more photos. You can't install the latest version of iOS. You can't download the TV show you want to watch._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 4, 2015 6:48 PM UTC  Computer-generated emojis made available by Finland's Foreign Ministry include people sweating in saunas, classic Nokia phones and heavy metal head-bangers. Computer-generated emojis made available by Finland's Foreign Ministry include people sweating in saunas, classic Nokia phones and heavy metal head-bangers.AP by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Nov 4, 2015 6:48 PM UTC Finland is launching a set of ‘national emojis’ to help promote the country’s image abroad, the Associated Press[ reports](http://bigstory.ap.org/83d72986d7f240dd88d9d28d2e43ebff). Created by the Finnish Foreign Ministry, the new emoji will include classic Finnish imagery like people sweating in saunas, Nokia phones and heavy metal head-bangers. “The Finland emojis were designed with a tongue-in-cheek approach,” Director of Public Diplomacy Petra Theman[ told ](http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-34720765)the BBC. “But I hope they will tell the world not only about our special features, but also something about our strengths. One example is disarming honesty.” Starting Dec. 1, the free emoji will be released one a day, like a seasonal advent calendar, so stay tuned. If Finland’s experiment proves successful, maybe other countries will create national emoji too. We’ve already got some ideas. For Germany, a pretzel emoji. For Australia, a kangaroo emoji. For Canada, a poutine emoji. And for Wales, obviously, a [corgi](http://adogsplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pembroke-welsh-corgi.jpg) emoji. _Read next:_ [_Your iPhone Just Got a Bunch of New Emoji_](http://time.com/4081791/apple-new-emojis/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4100041/finland-national-emoji/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4100041/finland-national-emoji/"},"headline":"Finland Is Launching a Special Set of National Emoji","datePublished":"2015-11-04T18:48:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:58.301Z","description":"Including people sweating in saunas and heavy metal head-bangers","url":"https://time.com/4100041/finland-national-emoji/","keywords":["Newsfeed","World"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d2a4ef4d4cfdce4/69886f9aab6d774d5b6a6fe0/finland-emojis_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d2a4ef4d4cfdce4/69886f9aab6d774d5b6a6fe0/finland-emojis_gros.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Finland Emojis","caption":"Finland Emojis","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4100041/finland-national-emoji/","name":"Finland Is Launching a Special Set of National Emoji"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone","description":"You can't take any more photos. 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