Programs
Scholarships, saunas, performances, and more. Check out what we have going on.
The most important independent source of support for
Finlandia Foundation is a proud supporter of FinnFest USA, North America’s top opportunity to experience Finnish and Nordic culture through music, panel discussions, films, lectures, dances, tours, the tori’s food and merchandise and so much more.
FFN is co-sponsoring, with Finnair, FinnFest Keynote Speaker Pekka Haavisto.
In addition to sponsoring and hosting several events this year, you will find us at the Tori Nordic Fair with North Wind Books and the Finnish American Folk School. We are excited to feature both our FFN Performer of the Year Miska Kajanus and FFN Lecturer of the Year Hanna Pylväinen at FinnFest. The Young Leaders Board is hosting a networking event and we are presenting a fashion show of Marimekko garments for the 1960e and 70s, a recent gift to the Finnish American Historical Archive. Click here for details of FFN involvement.
We’ll be there; won’t you?
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Finlandia Foundation National has been fiercely Finnish since 1953; we champion our culture and heritage across the United States by supporting educational opportunities and promoting diverse, relevant and enriching programs.
With the closing in 2023 of Finlandia University, which was founded in 1896 as Suomi College,
FFN stepped in to become the caretaker of the Finnish American Heritage Center
and its extensive archives and artifacts, the monthly Finnish American Reporter,
the Finnish American Folk School, the Art Gallery, Price of Freedom Museum and North Wind Books store.
Click here to learn more about this project.
When you join Finlandia Foundation National, you become a part of the largest Finnish-American network in the United States.
Finlandia Foundation National is excited to bring you Finnposium, a variety of online chats, webinars, musical and other presentations related to Finland and Finnish culture in the United States.
Sauna is the most known Finnish word in the U.S., within and outside of the Finnish-American communities. Finlandia Foundation National has declared the last week in February “National Sauna Week” to build awareness and appreciation of this aspect of Finnish and Finnish-American culture.