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Just one thing: Finland doesn't have the Sweden problem (everyone speaks English)?

Everyone (especially younger people and people in the cities) speak pretty darn good english - partially because it doesn't make sense to dub american/english movies & TV series for only 5 million people, so everything is in original language with Finnish subtitles - and often Swedish subtitles too, as Finland is officially bi/trilingual (I should know, as I'm originally a Swedish-speaking Finn).

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My wife learned Swedish but in general people hear her and immediately switch to English. She figured out that if she switched to Spanish they'd usually switch back to Swedish.

Tell me about it - it's darn hard to learn Dutch here in Amsterdam, as everyone immediately switches to English if you don't sound 100% native!