Just checked, my T3 stainless/laminate is indeed made in Finland, though I have had it for a couple years. It is indeed a quality made rifle that is more than accurate enough. I would have to disagree about the savage quality, however. True, the early ones and their "pricepoint" rifles, such as the edge/axis, and stevens series are not pretty, and even a touch clunky, the higher-end models such as the classic series, the specialty series are of as good a quality as a tikka, and as accurate or more so.
To the caliber question, I agree that if elk and black bear are on the menu, I would go with the .30-06 (even though plenty of both those critters have been taken with the good 'ol .270).