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Finland
Land:338,145km2 Population:4,998,000
SPORT IN THE COUNTRY
 
1. TRADITIONAL SPORT AND GAMES
 Finnish Baseball: Differs many ways from American baseball, this game is very vital in Finland.
 Kyykkae: It's like bowling in the sand yard and as bowling ball you have a throwing stick.
 
2. POPULAR PARTICIPATION SPORT
 The following numbers are based on the Gallup-survey (1997-98) and the target group was adult Finns between 19-65 years (=3.3 million adult Finns)
 1) Walking (2,160,000)
 2) Cycling (1,000,000)
 3) Skiing (724,000)
 4) Swimming (573,000)
 5) Running (477,000)
 
3. POPULAR SPECTATOR SPORT
 As a result of the above mentioned Gallupsurvey most popular sports according the number of spectators are as follows:
 1) Ice Hockey
 2) Football
 3) Track and Field
 4) Finnish Baseball
 5) Skiing
 
4. SPORT LEGISLATION
 The Sports Act (1979)
 Renewed Sports Act (More emphasis on HEPA/Health Enhancing P. A.) (1999)
 
5. SPORT INFORMATION CENTER
  LIKES-Information Service for Sport and Health Sciences
 Address: Seminaarinkatu 15,Box 35(B), SF- 40351 Jyvaeskylae
 Tel: (358)14.2603390 Fax: (358)14.2603390
 e-mail: anitta.pilvimaki@library.jyu.fi
 
 Sports Library of Finland and Information Service
 Address: Olympiastadion,SF-00250 Helsinki
 Tel: (358)9.43422520 Fax: (358)9.4342 2550
 
 Library of the UKK Institute
 Address: Kaupinpuistonkatu 1,Box 30,SF-33501 Tampere
 Tel: (358)3.2829111 Fax: (358)3.2829200
 
6. SPORT PARTICIPATION SURVEY
 Finnish Gallup Ltd conducted "Sports and Physical Activity Gallup (Survey)" in 1997-98. (New Gallup -survey is on just now and will be finished 2002 and it is third survey in row) Samples are taken from 5,505. The rate of physical activity among adult Finns between 19-65 years (N=5505). In Finland we had 3.2 million adults between 19-65 in 1997-98. The reason for that high numbers is caused by the popularity of walking. The survey reports, that 1.5 million adult Finns walk at least four times a week.
 1) 36% (at least 5 times a week)=1,139,000 adult Finns
 2) 11% (4 times a week)=344,000
 3) 22% (3 times a week)=696,000
 4) 17% (2 times a week)=537,000
 5) 8 % (Once a week)=255,000
 6) 2 % (2-3 times a month)=52,500
 7) 2 % (less frequently)=51,000
 8) 3 % (never)=105,500
 9) 1 % (can not say)=24,000
 
7. NUMBER OF SPORT CLUB
 7,000 local sport clubs with 1,500,000 members.
8. FITNESS TESTING PROGRAM
 Walking test developed by the UKK Institute
ORGANIZATION PROFILE
Finnish Sport for All Association
(Kunto)
Address: Radiokatu 20 SF-00240 Helsinki
Tel: (358)9.34812429 Fax: (358)9.34812429
e-mail: jorma.savola@skul.fi
 
1. FOUNDED YEAR
 October 21,1961
 
2. OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE
 Mr. Timo Lauri Juhani Sahi
 Title: President
 Occupation: Surgeon General, the Finnish Defence Forces, Rank: Brigadier General (MC)
 
3. NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION
 Non-governmental organization
 Specifications: Finnish Sport for All Association consist of four different lines of activities
 1) Voluntary based sport club-activities
 2) Corporation fitness activities (Association is the member of European Company Sports Federation)
 3) Health Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA)-program
 4) Gym-activities (In fact, association is the National Gym & Fitness Assosciation)
 
4. OBJECTIVES AND MISSIONS
 The mission of the Finnish Sport for All Association is "to promote health enhancing physical activity among adult Finns". And the main objectives are as follows:
 1) To support Finnish sport clubs and their national sports governing bodies as a national instrument, which is able to provide Sport for All services for club members and other Finns.
 2) To develop health enhancing physical activity services for employees together with Finnish companies; services closely related to the occupational health programs.
 3) To establish new networks with the purpose of getting physically inactive Finns become more involved in physically active way of living; networks work in the local level and there are voluntary, public and commercial organizations, which work in the field of sport, physical activity, health, education, social work, etc.
 4) To serve and educate gym clubs in the whole country and to develop for these gyms especially health enhancing physical activity programs.
 
5. NUMBER OF STAFF
 Full-time staff:16
 Part-time staff:40-60
 Others: Voluntary instructors/organizers in the local clubs and companies
 
6. ANNUAL BUDGET
 Approx. US$1,263,400(2000)
 Approx. US$1,132,100(2001)
 
7. SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
 Annual events:
 National Company Sports Festival
 Health and Fitness Convention
 National Day of HEPA (Health Enhancing Physical Activity)
 
  Seasonal campaigns:
 1) National Skiing campaign
 2) National Swimming campaign
 3) Walking campaign
 4) Cycling and roller-skating campaign
 
  Programs:
 1) HEPA (Health Enhancing Physical Activity)-program
 2) Nutrition and Physical Activity-program Physical Activity-program for
 companies
 
8. PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE TARGET GROUPS
 1) Infant and Pre-school children (Age 0 to 5):
 It is organized in the day nurseries and in the national level it is coordinated by the organization called Young Finland.
 2) School children (Age 6 to 12):
 It is organized in the local level by the day care -system; i.e. kids go there after school. And in the national level system is coordinated by Young Finland, too.
 3) General people in the community:
 Ministry of Education runs together with other ministries the second 5 years program, which is aiming to get more physically passive people involved in physically active way of living.
 
9. LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
 Sport for All and HEPA (Health Enhancing Physical Activity)-training program Type: Voluntary leaders for sports clubs and other local organizations, which work in field of health, social sector, companies, etc.
 Level: There are three levels
 1) Level 1:50 hours
 2) Level 2:100 hours
 3) Level 3:150 hours
 
10. NATIONAL PARTNERS
 Ministry of Education
 Local Communities-network
 Finnish Swimming pools-network
 National network of companies
 The Finnish Association of Adult Education Centres
 The Finnish Village Action Movement
 
11. AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
 National:
 Finnish National Sports Federation
 International:
 TAFISA
 European Company Sports Federation
 
12. PRESENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
 Sport for All is doing well in Finland. However, there is a problem when organizing Sport for All in the national sports governing bodies. Originally, these sports organizations were established for competitive sports activities. In fact, this is not the problem for Sport for All movement in Finland, but it is a problem for these particular organizations. Without their own Sport for All programs these national sports organizations are going to lose a very important part of their social and political importance in the society.
 
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
 
Finnish Workers' Sports Federation
Address: Paasivuorenkatu 4.6 A,Box 315, SF-00531 Helsinki
Tel: (358)9.77061 Fax: (358)9.7706234
e-mail: tul@tul.fi
 
Central Association for Recreational Sports and Outdoor Activities
Address: Fabianinkatu 7,SF-00130 Helsinki
Tel: (358)9.170101 Fax: (358)9.663376
e-mail: info@suomenlatu.fi








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