Talk:Independence Day (Finland)

Balls?
I know there's nothing wrong with the wording, but the first thing you're going to think about is testicles, is there no other way to say "a ball (the dance event)" in any different way than... balls? --Nyawmeow (talk) 06:41, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Independence Day vs Winter War memorial day
For the past couple of decades, Finns have mistaken their Independence Day for a Winter War memorial day. The 20 years of independence we had before the war broke out have been forgotten. &mdash; J I P  | Talk 12:28, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Helsinki and Ilkka Remes
There are Independece Day festivities all over Finland, not just in Helsinki. The article as it stands doesn't seem to really capture this. Also, is that Ilkka Remes mention really necessary? One might think there are also other works of art dealing with the Finnish Independence Day festivities. 82.128.188.213 15:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC) Matti Nuortio, Oulu, Finland P.S. The Finnish term, itsenäisyyspäivä, should not be capitalized. I'll fix this.

The Jäger Myth and Capital I
What the heck? Someone reverted my edit of the word 'itsenäisyyspäivä' back to 'Itsenäisyyspäivä'. Why is this? In Finnish, names of holidays are not capitalized. Also, the legend about two candles set for jägers passing in secrecy is more or less just that - a legend. It can't be verified by noteworthy sources. Should it be removed from the article? 82.128.188.213 22:33, 6 December 2006 (UTC) Matti Nuortio, Oulu, Finland

Wiki-style
The style of writing is quite clearly what I'd call "Finglish"--this becomes clearer as one progresses down the page. The paragraph(s) abou the President's Ball should be in its own section. I will try and do this later, but feel free to do this faster. --Hansh 00:13, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

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What closes on this day?
I assume it is a bank holiday and that most businesses are closed. But what about shops, restaurants, museums? MyPOV (talk) 10:20, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Why Russian
What does the Russian term do in the article? Finnish and Swedish are official languages in Finland, Russian is not.--82.203.191.249 (talk) 19:43, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

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Awkward sentence, etc.
This reads a bit awkward:


 * When a year had passed since declaration of independence, 6 December 1918, the academical people celebrated the day.

And I am not sure what is meant by "academical people". --Mortense (talk) 19:49, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Removed [Cleanup bare URLs]
Removed [Cleanup bare URLs] because I have fixed the issue Tynewyrd (talk) 11:32, 2 July 2023 (UTC)