Finland

Hanna Vehmas () and Kalervo Ilmanen ()
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Hanna Vehmas: University of Jyväskylä
Kalervo Ilmanen: University of Jyväskylä

Chapter Chapter 5 in Comparative Sport Development, 2013, pp 47-59 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter deals with the structure, organization, policy, and participation of sport in Finland. It aims to highlight how sport and physical culture in Finland are historically based on the civil society and volunteer activities. Public sector has also been an important actor in the physical culture in Finland. Importance of physical education teacher education and the equal sport participation possibilities of the citizens provide examples in which ways physical culture is seen as a core element of the welfare agenda of the society. On the other hand, the role of private and professional sport sector has been relatively marginal when compared internationally, although the amount of profit-making sport providers has increased in the 2000s. All in all, sport and physical culture are socially and culturally important in the Finnish society. However, economic tendencies and value changes of the contemporary society set challenges to the voluntary and equally based physical culture in Finland.

Keywords: Sport Participation; Sport Club; Sport Organization; Professional Sport; Sport Facility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8905-4_5

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