2. European Union 27 Member States

3. EU Data Population Area Per Capita GDP State Millions Rank 000 km2 Rank $ 000 Rank Austria 8.4 84 39 Belgium 10.8 31 23 35 Bulgaria 7.6 111 12 27 Cyprus 0.8 25 9 25 29 Czech Republic 10.5 79 24 Denmark 5.6 43 22 36 Estonia 1.3 24 45 20 18 23 Finland 5.4 338 34 France 64.7 675 34 Germany 81.8 357 34 Greece 11.1 132 30 Hungary 10.0 93 19 Ireland 4.5 70 39 Italy 60.4 301 29 Latvia 2.3 65 14 25 Lithuania 3.3 65 17 24 Luxembourg 0.5 26 3 26 78 Malta 0.4 27 0 27 24 Netherlands 16.6 42 21 40 Poland 38.2 313 18 Portugal 11.3 92 22 Romania 21.5 238 12 26 Slovakia 5.4 49 21 Slovenia 2.1 20 24 28 Spain 46.1 506 32 Sweden 9.4 450 36 United Kingdom 62.0 245 35 Totals/Averages 502 4,456 30 USA 312 9,630 46

4. EU Data Population Area Per Capita GDP State Millions Rank 000 km2 Rank $ 000 Rank Bulgaria 7.6 111 12 27 Cyprus 0.8 25 9 25 29 Denmark 5.6 43 22 36 Estonia 1.3 24 45 20 18 23 Latvia 2.3 65 14 25 Lithuania 3.3 65 17 24 Luxembourg 0.5 26 3 26 78 Malta 0.4 27 0 27 24 Netherlands 16.6 42 21 40 Romania 21.5 238 12 26 Slovenia 2.1 20 24 28 EU Totals/ Averages 502 4,456 30 USA 312 9,630 46 Portland MSA 2.2

5. Made in Estonia Valmistatud Eestis How can such a small country do all that???

6. Wife Carrying - International

7. Wife Carrying - USA

8. Estonian Wife Carrying

9. World Wife Carrying Contest

10. World Wife Carrying Contest Year Winners Country Time 2010 Taisto Miettinen and Kristiina Haapanen Finland 2009 Taisto Miettinen and Kristiina Haapanen Finland 2008 Alar Voogla and Kirsti Viltrop Estonia 2007 Madis Uusorg and Inga Klauso Estonia 61.7 2006 Margo Uusorg and Sandra Kullas Estonia 56.9 2005 Margo Uusorg and Egle Soll Estonia 59.0 2004 Madis Uusorg and Inga Klauso Estonia 65.3 2003 Margo Uusorg and Egle Soll Estonia 60.7 2002 Meelis Tammre and Anne Zillberger Estonia 63.8 2001 Margo Uusorg and Birgit Ullrich Estonia 55.6 2000 Margo Uusorg and Birgit Ullrich Estonia 55.5 World Record 1999 Imre Ambos and Annela Ojaste Estonia 64.5 1998 Imre Ambos and Annela Ojaste Estonia 69.2 1997 Jouni Jussila and Tiina Jussila Finland 65.0

11. Winter Olympics Kristina Šmigun 2 Golds 2006 Torino 2 Silver 2010 Vancouver

12. Winter Olympics Andrus Veerpalu 1 Gold 2006 Turin 1 Gold + 1 Silver 2002 Salt Lake City

13. Winter Olympics Jaak Mae Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City

14. Summer Olympics Kristjan Palusalu 2 Golds: Heavyweight Freestyle and Greco Roman Wrestling 1936 Berlin The only person in Olympic history to win golds in both styles of wrestling

15. Summer Olympics Gerd Kanter Gold 2008 Beijing

16. Summer Olympics Tõnu Endrekson Jüri Jaanson Silver 2008 Beijing

17. Summer Olympics 2008 Beijing Total medals per million population Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Medals Medals/ Million 1 Bahamas 0 1 1 2 6.5 2 Jamaica 6 3 2 11 4.0 3 Iceland 0 1 0 1 3.3 4 Slovenia 1 2 2 5 2.5 5 Australia 14 15 17 46 2.3 6 New Zealand 3 1 5 9 2.2 7 Norway 3 5 2 10 2.2 8 Cuba 2 11 11 24 2.1 9 Armenia 0 0 6 6 2.0 10 Belarus 4 5 10 19 2.0 11 Trinidad/Tobago 0 2 0 2 1.9 12 Estonia 1 1 0 2 1.5 14 Lithuania 0 2 3 5 1.4 16 Latvia 1 1 1 3 1.3 45 United States 36 38 36 110 0.4

18. Summer Olympics 2004 Athens Total medals per million population Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Medals/ Million 1 THE BAHAMAS 1 0 1 6.3 2 AUSTRALIA 17 16 16 2.5 3 CUBA 9 7 11 2.4 4 ESTONIA 0 1 2 2.2 5 SLOVENIA 0 1 3 2.0 6 JAMAICA 2 1 2 1.9 7 LATVIA 0 4 0 1.7 8 HUNGARY 8 6 3 1.7 9 BULGARIA 2 1 9 1.5 10 BELARUS 2 6 7 1.5 19 LITHUANIA 1 2 0 0.9 39 UNITED STATES 35 39 29 0.4

19. Summer Olympics 2000 Sydney Total medals per million population Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Medals/ Million 1 BAHAMAS 1 1 0 6.6 2 BARBADOS 0 0 1 3.7 3 ICELAND 0 0 1 3.6 4 AUSTRALIA 16 25 17 3.0 5 JAMAICA 0 4 3 2.7 6 CUBA 11 11 7 2.6 7 NORWAY 4 3 3 2.2 8 ESTONIA 1 0 2 2.1 9 HUNGARY 8 6 3 1.7 10 BELARUS 3 3 11 1.7 16 LITHUANIA 2 0 3 1.4 19 LATVIA 1 1 1 1.2 47 USA 39 25 33 0.4

23. SUMO Wrestling & World’s Strongest Man Baruto Kaito (Kaido Höövelson) Tarmo Mitt Top ten finishes 2005 - 2008

24. Weightlifting Gustav Ernesaks 1896 – 1932 1922 World Championship: 3 rd 1924 Paris Olympics: 6th Music Gustav Ernesaks 1908 – 1993 Mu Isamaa On Minu Arm

25. Music Song Festival

26. Music Arvo P ä rt Classical Composer Spiegel im Spiegel used in 10 movies ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxI87CF0XT8&feature=related ) Musical Score for “Gerry” starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck

27. Music Cyrillus Kreek 1989 – 1962 Composer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VlQziKc48g

28. Music Heino Eller 1887 – 1970 Composer Instructor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu_JIEGfNmE

29. Music Eri Klas (Conductor, Music Director) L A Philharmonic Estonian National Opera Bolshoi Opera Royal Opera of Stockholm Finnish National Opera Tampere Philharmonic

30. Music Conductors, Music Directors Neeme Järvi Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Detroit Symphony Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Het Residentie Orkest, The Hague Paavo Järvi Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie , Bremen hr-sinfonieorchester, Frankfurt am Main Orchestre de Paris

31. Music EuroVision 2001 Winner was from Estonia “ Everybody” performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL; written by Ivar Must, Maian-Anna Kärmas 2011 Esto Contestant Getter Jaani

32. Dance http://www.360cities.net/image/estonian-dance-festival#-95.89,0.39,70.0 Estonian Dance Festival Tuljak : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKWP1i0PYP8&feature=related

33. Art Kristjan Raud 1865 - 1943 Eduard Wiiralt 1898 - 1954

34. Art - Cinematography Tanel Toom “ The Confession” Director, Co-Writer 2011 Oscar Nomination for Live Action Short Film (in top 5 out of 76 submitted)

35. Literature Lydia Koidula 1843 – 1886 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34mYlYkzPVU Karl Eduard S öö t 18 62 - 195 0

36. Architecture - Traditional

37. Architecture - Transitional

38. Architecture - Today

39. Architecture - Today

40. Foreign Aid Afghanistan Health Training Medical Equipment Anti-Terrorism Archive Development

41. Business

47. Innovate!100 for 2010 Population Companies Country MM Companies per MM Australia 22.6 8 0.35 Estonia 1.3 6 4.48 Finland 5.4 4 0.74 France 65.5 13 0.20 Germany 81.8 2 0.02 Ireland 4.5 3 0.67 Israel 7.7 5 0.65 Italy 60.5 6 0.10 Netherlands 16.6 5 0.30 Norway / Spain 4.9 1 0.20 Spain 46.1 11 0.24 Sweden 9.4 3 0.32 Turkey 72.6 4 0.06 United Kingdom 62.0 7 0.11 United States 310.9 21 0.07

49. Made in Estonia Valmistatud Eestis Please consider this an open source work in progress and add as you can and re-post at SlideShare With 1 million people, how can this Country do all that ???