🇫🇮 Finland / Tino Väinämöinen / Hetalia

Finland is a man of average height with short, platinum blond hair with long bangs, and violet eyes (brown or very rarely blue in earlier media). He can sometimes be seen wearing Santa costumes, which slightly vary depending on the strip. A doodle sheet[5] from 2008 describes him as "round" and "plump". Even before Hetalia☆Collezione[6] officialized many characters' heights, a strip from Comic Diary Summary Part 7[7] mentioned that there was approximately a 12 cm height difference between him and Sweden. Finland is described as being a gentle, simple young man with a soft and mellow appearance, which hides an unexpected strength. He is said to be exceptionally resilient, especially when faced with extreme weather (Volume 2[1]mentions him being strangely strong in the cold, and World☆Stars Chapter 105[8] reveals that he's so cold-resistant that General Winter does not affect him in any way). He's also quite chatty, though he might appear otherwise at first. Among the Nordic Five, he's often seen as the odd one out, due to his eccentric tastes (even described as rivaling with England's[9][10]) and more largely the fact that his language is completely different from the others'.[Note 5] His peculiar interests include unusual festivals that no other country had imagined,[Note 6] and salmiakki, which he loves the taste of. He's also known for his love of saunas, sweets, alcohol (which he sometimes overindulges in, as seen in The Ruler of Scandinavia and The King of Eastern Europe[11] and episode of the same name), and the Moomins. As the country of lakes and lush coniferous forests, Finland shows a strong connection to nature. World☆Stars Chapter 105[8] and Hetalia☆Collezione describe him as loving to be completely surrounded by nature in order to study, daydream and be alone with himself, to the point where it becomes hard to locate him. By extension, he also loves camping.