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The Most Finnish Finn (According to IA)

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It’s never too late to jump on the trend of assigning an AI—or better said, a LLM —the task of interpreting the essence of a country. We’ve seen the one for Italians (glorious) and a few other countries, but it took Big In Finland (our Spanish-language version is the only blog about Finland recommended by the Lonely Planet guide) to finally show us what the most Finnish Finn in the world looks like.

The Most Finnish Finn

AI and Finland

Finnish Stereotypes

We’ve talked at length on the blog about Finnish stereotypes.

For example, using real data, we’ve discussed the average Finnish man and woman (a post I should revisit, updating the figures based on inflation in Europe since its publication) and even their shopping list (ES).

You can find our full list of posts about surprising things about Finns at this link.

In any case, let’s look at the stereotypes that AI has uncovered through its training data.

The Most Finnish Finn

Without further ado, here’s what AI thinks is the most Finnish Finn in the world.

The Most Finnish Finn in the World (AI-generated): Here’s what a LLM creates. Share on X

The prompts I used for the AI—in this case, Copilot—were inspired by images I had seen of people from other countries. After each image, I’ll comment on the particularly Finnish details that the AI added.

“Create a photo-realistic image of a Finnish man.”

Finnish man in a snowed forest
A Finnish man in a Finnish forest with snow in the Finnish winter.

“Make him more Finnish.”

Finnish man in winter
Not much has changed. He’s still in a Finnish forest in winter. His winter coat has been updated, though.

“Even more Finnish!”

1st of may in Finland
Now we’re by one of Finland’s thousand lakes, and his outfit looks more Sámi (Lapland’s native people). Maybe it’s Vappu—Finland’s May Day celebration.

“I know you can do better—think BIG and MORE FINNISH!”

Finnish people having coffee
Back to winter, in a Finnish cabin, with coffee—something Finns drink more than any other nationality. Also, note the horror-movie-like faces in the background.

“Make him so Finnish, with so much Finnish context, that even Finns will say it’s too much. MORE FINNISH!”

Finnish people outside a sauna
Now they’re outside a Finnish sauna, though the hat doesn’t look familiar. Some birch branches for sauna-whipping are missing.

“MORE FINNISH, MORE FINNISH, MORE FINNISH!”

Finnish men outside a sauna
More men in the sauna, drinking Finnish beer. That hat keeps getting weirder, though.

“Make the ultimate Finnish man!”

Bearded Finnish man
The beard is longer now, and there’s a massive Finnish flag in the background.

“I know you can do better. MORE!”

Tattoed Finn
Now he has tattoos, seemingly inspired by Finnish mythology.

“Even more!”

Finnish warrrior
Now he’s a warrior—though not quite like those from Finland’s Winter War against Stalin.

“Make him transcend into the ultimate Finnish being.”

Finnish superhero
A Finnish superhero! With the blue of the sky, the green of the forests, and… horns? The location looks a bit like Koli National Park. Although Finland doesn’t have big mountains.

“Make him almost divine!!!”

Finnish gods
Looks like the AI skipped the almost—we now have a pantheon of Finnish gods from the Kalevala. They even have an Orthodox Finnish religious vibe.

“He has surpassed even that status. Advance him to a higher-dimensional Finnish form!”

Finland as the universe
Now we’re in some kind of cosmic Finland. No clearly Finnish elements here, unfortunately—so this is where we stop.

Which image was your favorite? Would you share an AI-generated one of your own?

Of course, the second part of this post will take a female perspective—we’ll ask another LLM to generate the most Finnish Finnish woman (and beyond). And naturally, we’ll turn this series into an animated video for our Instagram.

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