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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

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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,

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April 1, 2026

Becoming a Leader: Building Confidence Through Action

Written by Nina DahlblomOn a spring afternoon in Texas, while many high school students are still figuring out who they want to become,

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March 25, 2026

A Spoonful of Finnish Love

Kristina’s Finnish Table | Recipes and Stories by Kristina Vanni Follow for more recipes: kristinavanni.substack.com For me, spoon bread cookies, or lusikkaleivät,

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March 24, 2026

A FINNO-UGRIC WORLD TOUR | Article 3 of 12: The Komi

Gage “Touko” Keränen A resilient, northern people with a deep appreciation for nature and a fondness for sauna. Sounds a lot like Finnish people,

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March 24, 2026

Raivaaja Foundation Becomes FFN’s First Heritage Affiliate

Finlandia Foundation National is proud to announce a landmark moment in its national network with the designation of Raivaaja Foundation as its very first Heritage Affiliate.

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March 23, 2026

Oulu, Finland Takes Center Stage as Europe’s Capital of Culture—With Regional Traditions Leading the Way

PRESS RELEASE Project Manager Anna-Mari Laulumaa Cultural Heritage Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow-project (Smart Villages-funding by EU) Haapavesi-Siikalatva Region Development Centre,

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March 23, 2026

Honoring the Past, Illuminating the Future: Finlandia Foundation’s Lecturer of the Year in Washington, D.C.

Contributed by Andrea Rasmussen, President of Finlandia Foundation National Capital Chapter In a room where history once gathered, we gathered again. On a spring evening in Washington,

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March 17, 2026

Spring Cleaning and Finnish History: What to Donate to the Archive

By J. Chopp, Archivist, Finnish American Heritage Center Historical Archive Spring is just around the corner and with it comes the annual urge to do some spring cleaning.

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March 16, 2026

A weekend at the Midnight Sun Festival in Lake Worth Beach

By Minea Lindqvist Herwitz, FFN Communications Director You may have seen pictures from Florida’s Midnight Sun Festival: a man sprinting through a sunny park with a woman slung over his shoulder,

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