Soile Anderson and Eleanor Ostman
Lecturer of the Year 2019-22 Finnish Cuisine: Meet The Finn Cooks! Noted Twin Cities food experts Soile Anderson and Eleanor Ostman co-presented a
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James Ford Cooper
James Ford Cooper spent a long career in the U.S. Foreign Service, with two postings at the American Embassy in Helsinki during the
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Frank W. Eld
Frank Eld spent 50 years creating a museum to bring the bypassed town of Roseberry, Idaho back to life; his love of old log buildings,
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Centenary Lecturers
2017 LOY Expanded for Finland 100 In recognition of the significance of the 100th anniversary of Finland’s independence in 2017,
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Taina Elg with Heli Sirviö
“From Finland to Stardom: An Evening with Taina Elg” Lecturer of the Year 2015 Multi-talented performer Taina Elg began her career as a ballerina in Finland and found fame in Hollywood and on Broadway.
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Yoopera! Suzanne Jurva & Erin Smith
Lecturer of the Year 2014 Since 2006 the Finlandia Foundation National (FFN) has hosted a Lecturer of the Year program to encourage sharing of aspects of Finnish and Finnish-American history,
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Yvonne Lockwood
”Traditional Material Culture in Modern Finnish America” Lecturer of the year 2013 Yvonne Lockwood is a student of Finnish American culture.
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Glenda Dawn Goss
”Sibelius: A Composer’s Life and the Awakening of Finland” Lecturer of the Year 2011-12 Glenda Dawn Goss is a prominent Sibelius scholar and musicologist who teaches at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
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Carl Rahkonen
”The Finnish-American Musical Journey” Lecturer of the Year 2010-11 Ethnomusicologist Carl Rahkonen was selected the fourth LOY. An ethnomusicologist specializes in folk music traditions,
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Arnold Alanen
“From Finland to North America: Buildings, Landscapes, and Cultural Change” Lecturer of the Year: 2009-10 Arnold Alanen, Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture at the University of Wisconsin at Madison,
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