Because  brown bear is the national animal of Finland. It was both feared and revered by ancient Finns. They had over 200 names for the bear in Finnish, showing how important it was in their culture. In the year 2013 the Finnish state recognized Karhun kansa (Finnish for “people of the bear”), a spirituality group that has as a central figure the brown bear, named Otso, that is considered mythical ancestor of all humankind. 
For this prompt you can choose any Finnish book, no matter the type, genre, year etc 

📚 Suggestions of books / authors :
·       Any Mika Waltari book. He writes historical/mythological fiction, and I can recommend “The Etruscan” 

·       Salla Simukka series “Lumikki Andersson”, a YA mystery thriller inspired by Snow White 

·       Tove Jansson is a famous Finnish writer that spoke Swedish and wrote the Moomin series. 

·       Sofi Oksanen is another Finnish writer, her book “Purge” is on my to-read list. 

🧸️ About the brown bear: Brown bears live in many places around the world. Some of these are Russia, Central Asia, the Himalayas, China, Canada, the United States, Hokkaido, Scandinavia, Finland, the Balkans, the Picos de Europa and the Carpathian region (especially Romania), Iran, Anatolia, and the Caucasus. Brown bears live in ten different groups across Europe, with a total of 14,000 animals. The largest group outside Russia, is in Romania. Other groups are in Spain, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Slovenia and Greece. Finland has between 1200-2000 bears. 

🌐 NGO protecting  brown bears: Armenian Bears | International Animal Rescue