Clear News | Thursday 23.7.2026

Electricity price. Finland’s population. Finnish horse. Friday’s weather.

Electricity price

First, news about the price of electricity.

Electricity may be expensive next winter.

The price of electricity may rise because hydropower production is currently weak in the Nordic countries. The war in Iran will also affect the price of electricity.

In Finland, one in four households buys exchange-traded electricity, the price of which changes. A more common option is a fixed-term electricity contract, where the price remains the same for the duration of the contract.

Electricity may be expensive next winter.

However, it is difficult to predict the price of electricity. The situation may change if, for example, Sweden and Norway experience heavy rainfall in the autumn.

Finland’s population

Then the topic is population.

Finland’s population was approximately 5.65 million at the end of June.

Statistics Finland reports that the population grew very little in the first half of the year, increasing by only 16 people.

Population growth is still driven by immigration. Almost 20,000 people moved to Finland between January and June. There were approximately 14,000 emigrations.

Finland’s population was approximately 5.65 million at the end of June.

Almost 24,000 children were born at the beginning of the year. That’s more than at the same time last year.

Finnish Horse

Finally, animal news.

Fewer Finnish horses are being born than before.

In recent years, fewer than 1,000 Finnish horses have been born per year. That is a critical limit.

The risk is that the genetic diversity of the Finnish horse will decrease. This means that the horses will be too closely related to each other and foals will not be produced. The health of the breed may also deteriorate.

Fewer and fewer Finnish horses are being born.

Finnish horses are widely used as trotting horses.

Finnish horses were also used in the Finnish military. Over 100,000 Finnish horses served in World War II.

Friday weather

Still a weather forecast.

It is raining in the north. It may also rain occasionally elsewhere. The sun is shining in the Turku region.

The temperature is between 12 and 20 degrees.