Blog - Finlandia Foundation National

May 2, 2026

National Sauna Week Prize Winner: Meet Laodice, Cedar and Sol Sauna

By Laodice Flanagan, founder of Cedar and Sol My name is Laodice (pronounced Loud-EECE). I’m a mother of two living in Littleton, Massachusetts.

April 21, 2026

You say Pannukakku, I say Kropsu

“Tomato, tomahto…potato, potahto.” Growing up, my first memory of Finnish cuisine came in the form of a mouth-watering oven pancake we would look forward to for special weekend breakfasts.

April 21, 2026

Olivia Backholm – Engineering Her Own Path

How young Finnish American Olivia Backholm chose academics first—and found strength in running along the way Nina Dahlblom Mar 24, 2026 Written by Nina Dahlblom For Olivia Backholm,

April 20, 2026

From the Archive: Finnish Women for the Vote: Aino Uksila and the Fight for Suffrage

By J. Chopp, Archivist, Finnish American Heritage Center Historical Archive While scouring the archive collections for materials with which we could commemorate contributions by Finnish-American women,

April 13, 2026

A FINNO UGRIC WORLD TOUR : Article 4 of 12 | Võromaa, Home of the Smoke Sauna

Written by Gage “Touko” Keränen The moment my train crossed from Latvia into rural Estonia, I caught sight of the sun setting behind rolling forested hills,

April 11, 2026

Meet Nicolle: National Sauna Week 2026 Giveaway Winner

Finlandia Foundation National (FFN) is proud to announce that Nicolle Littrell of Belfast, Maine has been selected as the winner of its National

April 7, 2026

Finlandia Foundation Welcomes Sisu Heritage, Inc. as a New Chapter

Finlandia Foundation National is pleased to welcome Sisu Heritage, Inc. of Embarrass, Minnesota as a new affiliated chapter. With a long-standing commitment to preserving Finnish-American heritage,

April 6, 2026

My Visit to Hancock: “It’s Giving Finland”—The most Finnish town in the U.S. stirs nostalgia for a Finland-born expat

Written by Saara Vihavainen There I was, standing in the back-left corner of a beautiful heritage hall located in a small Upper Peninsula city.

April 2, 2026

Finlandia Foundation Grant Supports LUTES: Innovation Journey from Finland to San Francisco 2025

Written by LUT Entrepreneurship Society Jan 5, 2026 Editor's note: In 2025, Finlandia Foundation National proudly supported this project through a grant aligned

April 2, 2026

Finlandia Foundation National Sponsors “Voicing Innocence” Conference in New York Celebrating Kaija Saariaho’s Final Opera

Kaija Saariaho's Final Opera Innocence Premieres in New York City Voicing Innocence: Trauma, Memory, and Contemporary Opera in the Work of Kaija Saariaho From Helene Schjerfbeck at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Klaus Mäkelä conducting Jean Sibelius in Chicago,