Answer the following Q with stream of consciousness. Context: Finland (/ fnlnd / ( listen); Finnish: Suomi (suomi) (listen); Swedish: Finland (fnland) ), officially the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland), is a sovereign state in Northern Europe. The country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east. To the south is the Gulf of Finland with Estonia on the opposite side. Finland is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region of Fennoscandia, which also includes Scandinavia.

Question: where is finland located on a map of europe?
The relevant information to answer the above question is: Finland (/ fnlnd / ( listen); Finnish: Suomi (suomi) (listen); Swedish: Finland (fnland) ), officially the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland), is a sovereign state in Northern Europe. Therefore, the final answer is Northern Europe.