Last millennium's greatest inventions (Finland)

Last millennium's greatest inventions (Finland)
Finnish inventiveness only produced tangible results in the twentieth century, particularly during its final decades. The Foundation's list of Finland's most important inventions is as follows:

• ABLOY lock
• Suomi machine pistol
• AIV fodder
• Flash smelting
• Xylitol sweetener
• Development of, and environmentally friendly innovations for, paper machines
• Heart rate monitor
• Bioabsorbable implants for treating broken bones
• Inventions related to mobile phones and IT
• Cholesterol-reducing margarine
• Internet encryption system

The dish drying cabinet, radiosonde, icebreaker and the successful use of design in, say, scissors, could be added to the list.