After an unusually cold early summer, the whole of Finland has been plunged into two weeks of high temperatures.

Home of Father Christmas sizzles in record heatwave - Lapland has been hit by an intense heatwave in the past fortnight with ...

The official home town of Father Christmas has been hit with a record-breaking heatwave, stoking fears that wildfires that ...

The heatwave has left much of the country’s surface soil parched, prompting the Meteorological Institute to issue wildfire ...

Finland is experiencing one of its longest recorded heatwaves, with 14 consecutive days above 25°C in Lapland and widespread ...

Temperatures in Finnish Lapland have passed 30°C, prompting heatwave warnings and global media coverage. The Finnish ...

Widespread wildfires have erupted across Finland’s northern Lapland region in recent days, media reported on ...

Two helicopters from the Border Guard and a Finnish Defence Forces helicopter from Utti, near Kouvola, have been assisting in ...

Finland's heatwave will continue through to the end of the week, with temperatures expected to climb as high as 32 degrees Celsius in western Lapland, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute ...