Pefletti

Linen pefletti.

In Finland, a pefletti (Finnish and colloquial Finland Swedish) is a sheet of paper, cardboard, cloth, foam rubber or other soft material that is placed on the sauna bench and then sat on.[1]

## Purpose

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The purpose of pefletti is to maintain good hygiene, in a public same-sex, nude sauna,[1] by preventing genital contact with the bench. Another reason is to prevent an uncomfortable feeling because of, and to better bear, the heat, by using a seat cover.[2]

The pefletti come in both disposable and re-usable varieties.

The word pefletti is a combination of the Finnish words "peffa", which is a mild slang word for one's behind, and "tabletti", meaning placemat.

The pefletti has a role in the very traditional yet varied sauna habits in Finland; it is one of the “do’s … of the Finnish sauna.”[3]

The larger kind of "pefletti" made of linen or cotton fabric, that covers either the majority of the width of the sauna bench, or a single seat of the bench and backrest for one sitter is called a laudeliina. This cloth is usually washed after each use and used for sanitary and comfort purposes such as the pefletti.

## See also

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* Sisu

## References

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1. ^ a b Pantzar, Katja (2018). The Finnish Way: Finding Courage, Wellness, and Happiness Through the Power of Sisu. p. 224\. ISBN 9780525504825.
2. ^ Ham, Anthony; Bjarnason, Egill (2023). Lonely Planet Scandinavia. ISBN 9781837582112.
3. ^ Jokinen, Liisa (2019). Live like a Finn (e-book). pp. 42–43\. ISBN 9789510441367.42-43&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=9789510441367&rft.aulast=Jokinen&rft.aufirst=Liisa&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=6PiVDwAAQBAJ&pg;=PA43&dq;=%22Pefletti%22+-wikipedia&hl;=en&newbks;=1&newbks;_redir=0&source;=gb_mobile_search&sa;=X&ved;=2ahUKEwjBlvb7-OSJAxU4rokEHb19ANcQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q;=%22Pefletti%22%20-wikipedia&f;=false&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Pefletti" class="Z3988">

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