What’s it like to live in a country that has more than one official language?

In Finland the two official languages are Finnish and Swedish, but I come from a Finnish speaking family, so the only effect for me is that I had to learn Swedish in school. Most Swedish speaking people live near the capital or on the west coast near Sweden. I live far from both places, so I don’t hear Swedish ever used, and I’ve forgotten most of what I did learn in school. I would imagine it’s much different for a Swedish speaking person.