The thesis focuses on football from the perspective of experience consumption. Experience consumption is used in this context to describe events and moments when one experiences unusual and memorable emotions. As a counterweight to everyday rationality, consumption of experiences has become ever...

This publication is the report of a working group which studied the legislation relating to popular movements in Finland. It is intended as a handbook for sports clubs and other associations. Coverage is given of a number of acts and bills, including the act on the forming of associations,...

The bibliography covers the period 1893-1990 and includes articles that have been published in scientific journals and congress proceedings. University level theses, text books and professionally interesting review articles have also been taken into account. The bibliography is presented in five...

The Finnish Sport Act is aimed at providing everyone with increased opportunities for sport and physical activity. In spite of this, improving the provision of physical activity and physical education for special groups in small municipalities has received little attention. The aims of the action...

In January 2016 an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred in a sport resort. We concluded that norovirus was the causative agent based on the symptoms, incubation period, duration of disease and the results of laboratory tests. Norovirus may have spread through the contaminated food items, surfaces...

The publication brings together studies published between 1987-93 to examine the role of sport in Finland. Section one looks at the historical background of Finnish sport in the late 19th century; section two looks at the work of major sport sociologists and theorists; section three sketches some...

This bibliography has been compiled in connection with a follow-up study on the Finnish Sports Act. It contains both Finnish and foreign references from 1960 to 1986. The foreign references are mostly from the USA and other western countries. References are arranged in 7 subject groups: general,...

The study surveyed factors influencing the development of primary (active) sports involvement in Finland. The most comprehensive predictors were the time of residence in the community, and participation in extracurricula sport activities at school. Adult living conditions proved to be important for ...

Representing one of a series of reports on physical culture and health, this special thesaurus is designed to facilitate the indexing and searching of documents on sport and physical activity. It comprises an introduction, an alphabetical thesaurus, a subject index and two auxiliary indexes. It...

This paper examines the sustainability of summer cottages in Finland. It is revealed, among others, that traditional rural cottages are making way for more elaborate and larger structures equipped for year-round use. It is contended that the ecological efficiency of holiday homes has no basis in...