Sorry I do not have answer to your question.  Will be very interested to see any answers you receive.  For years I was told that Sweden had the highest per capita choral participation in the world.

> Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia.

 

Just to clarify, out of those countries only Sweden is in Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark, Sweden). Iceland is debatable (linguistically/culturally yes, geographically no).

 

In any case, Scandinavia + Finland = the Nordic countries. Estonia + Latvia + Lithuania = the Baltic states. This is different from the Baltic Sea region, which includes all countries around the Baltic Sea, i.e. all of the above except Norway and Iceland but also including Russia, Poland and Germany. We Finns do not mind being lumped with Scandinavia for PR purposes, though. :-)

 

Just now, of course, we are best known as the Nordic no-fly zone.

 

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Regards,

Jaakko Mäntyjärvi

Helsinki, Finland

Hi - I know Sweden has a high rate of participation.  I am also not sure where to find that information.

Norway also has a strong choral tradition, and if you wrote to folks at the Grieg International Choral Festival (google), they may be able to help you get to the right info.  Norway does have something similar to ACDA. 

On the heading:  Finland, Estonia, and Latvia are not part of Scandinavia.  Scandinavia is only Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. 

Can Chorus America give you an idea of where to find international choir info?

Danica Buckley

No official figures for the whole population in Finland. There was a survey in the 1990s that reported 19% of young women between 10 ann 19 years singing in choirs - but this group is not representative for the whole population. We have estimated that nationally around 100 000 Finns (of ca. 5 million) sing in choirs. That would be around 2% of the population. This is not a reliable figure in the scientific sense, but it does seem a reasonable estimate according to all the information we have.

 

Kari Turunen

FCDA chairman

A relative in Norway just sent me the breakdown, saying that it would probably be representative for all of Scandinavia (use Google Translate if necessary):

 

Talet på kor	Kormedlemmer
		I alt1	Blandakor	Damekor	Mannskor
1997	1 015	33 000	..	..	..
1999	994	33 500	..	..	..
2001	1 037	31 962	24 526	2 220	5 216
2002	930	27 501	20 666	1 980	4 855
2003	937	28 914	21 842	2 129	4 943
2004	950	29 037	21 741	2 306	4 990
2005	949	28 133	20 869	2 324	4 940
2006	963	28 039	20 624	2 447	4 968
2007	986	28 367	20 822	2 758	4 788
2008	971	28 552	20 908	2 781	4 863
2008
Østfold	39	1 312	962	110	240
Oslo og Akershus	150	4 177	3 450	462	265
Hedmark	42	1 177	775	42	360
Oppland	62	1 878	1 473	129	276
Buskerud	30	739	490	150	99
Vestfold	31	989	671	121	197
Telemark	18	566	222	85	259
Agder	17	602	345	46	211
Rogaland	50	1 420	1 029	186	205
Hordaland	126	3 966	2 962	306	698
Sogn og Fjordane	47	1 281	1 063	110	108
Møre og Romsdal	98	2 860	2 126	324	410
Sør-Trøndelag	77	2 394	1 693	326	375
Nord-Trøndelag	45	1 312	807	109	396
Nordland	95	2 721	2 002	224	495
Troms Romsa	36	1 022	771	26	225
Finnmark Finnmárku	8	136	67	25	44