Originally Posted by
OPebble
And Finland also used to be Swedish. Many street signs are also in Finnish and Swedish.
I believe Swedish is one of two official language in Finland. There are other recognised, regional, languages
If your first language is as isolating as Finnish on the world stage, then it's unfortunate that history dictates Swedish as a second language. But there you are.
On flights out of Lisbon we've twice been treated to recordings in Spanish, once in Italian. Perhaps the tapes are simply labelled "foreign".