Country Profile: Finland

Finland’s 830-mile border with Russia is increasingly closely monitored from the Finnish side these days, amid menacing diplomatic and military manoeuvres.

In the capital Helsinki, too, the consequences of the breakdown in Russian relations have loomed over the live business, as the capital’s key arena spent four years shuttered owing to sanctions against its Russian former owners.

But the 15,500-cap venue, now known as the Veikkaus Arena, relaunched this September, Live Nation having taken a 20-year lease from its new Finnish owners. Opening season headliners so far include Bob Dylan, Roxette, and Def Leppard.

Tomi Saarinen, managing director at Live…