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      Wait we do? I didn’t realize we even had one official animal, let alone 4

      Edit: the Finnish Wikipedia claims we have 6 official animals, one of them being ladybugs:

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        There’s one “national animal” and then there’s national horse, insect, fish, bird, butterfly and one that wasn’t on your list, national dog. So that’d be seven. Get on our level, other countries!

        How could they leave out this good boy from hte list

        Finnish spitz

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          True! For all you non-Nordics, that’s a Finnish Spitz and they’re certified good boyes. My personal favorite is the Finnish Lapphund because they’re so incredibly floofy, and it’s an interesting breed because it was originally bred by the Sámi for herding reindeer: