Foreca is a Finnish weather forecasting company, the largest private weather forecasting company in the Nordic countries. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe called the Nordic region, consisting of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Foreca was first established in 1996 under the name Weather Service Finland. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) In January 2001 its name was changed to Foreca. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.