Climate change and ice-free Arctic seas are contributing to milder temperatures in Finland.
Extremely warm early January weather in northern Norway.
A high of 14.7 degrees Celsius was measured in the southwestern city of Pori on Monday night.
Flocks of whooper swans have been grazing in a field in southwestern Finland, although these swans don't typically return to Finland until March or April, according to Finland’s environment administration.
Anopheles daciae, commonly found in eastern Europe and the Balkan States and thought to be possible carriers of malaria, has been observed in several regions of Finland.