Rock paintings in Finland Rock paintings in Finland S o far more than sixty rock paintings have been found in Finland. Together they include about 450 pictures of different kinds. The pictures are usually painted on vertical smooth cliffs along ancient water routes. N o rock drawings have so far been registered in Finland.
Rock drawings are pictures carved or cut on plane smooth rocks.
They appear relatively often in other Nordic countries as well as straight behind the eastern border at lake ninen and in the Kola Peninsula. A dditionally, several other almost totally destroyed paintings or ruddle patches that are supposed to be paintings have been found in Finland.