(1) I identify as uniculturally Finnish, with a mixed Eastern/Savonian/North-Karelian regional identity. (I could list all kinds of hobbies and sub-cultures like DF as part of my identity, but i'll stick to the conventional idea of national culture as "Culture.")
(2) (Aww, this sounds clich!)
– Sauna.
– Cooking/baking/brewing/eating/drinking traditional Finnish stuff: Sourdough bread, sahti, kotikalja, mämmi, kalakukko, Karelian pasties, &c.
– The Finnish language and its artistic applications: Reading old Finnish literature, reading/writing scholarly articles on Finnish literature, &c.
– Sitting on the pier after sauna, buck-naked, with beer in hand.
– Uhhh... did I mention sauna?
(3) On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd say 8. I wouldn't necessarily die for any of these things, and I could of course live without all of them, but damnit, I don't want to! And I will kick and scream if someone tells me to!
But luckily no-one is about to destroy my beloved Finn-things, thank goodness, and I even have evidence of that:
– There are 6 saunas per every 10 Finns, and no impending sauna-control laws.
– Tradition is fashionable, old people are attending cooking clubs, and young people are picking up ancient recipes from their relatives or off the internet. I'm not worried.
– The Finnish language is doing fine, and Finnish literature is not too shabby either – despite the fact that the "conservative" right-wing government just decided to cut three fucking billion from schools and universities, the very institutions entrusted with the job of protecting our language.
– "It's my pier and my beer! Get off muh propartay!"