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WI: Scandinavian Festival

Ronald Reagan Elementary School New Berlin, Wisconsin

Celebrate Nordic Heritage with food, entertainment, dancing and more from Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

IL: Vasa Park Fish Boil

Scandinavian Park / Vasa Park South Elgin, IL, United States

19th annual event with delicious "boil" and Scandinavian Tent Sale. For prices and reservations see the FASM website.

ME: Ruusamari Teppo on Piano

Thomaston Federated Church Thomaston, Maine

Concert pianist Ruusamari Teppo performs Sibelius.

NH: FinnFunn Weekend

The Inn at East Hill Farm Troy, NH, United States

Gather for a cultural experience that includes presentations, music, films, tori/marketplace and much more.

MI: Ancestral Secrets

Beechwood Hall Iron River, Michigan

Betty Kangas Petroski will reveal discoveries she has made while translating records from the former Finnish Lutheran Church that served the Beechwood community from 1894-1956. Pat Turner will explain the […]

WI: Music by the Pajunens

Grace Lutheran Church (WI) Milwaukee, WI, United States

Enjoy tunes by Timo and Sue.

IL: Karelian Lunch & Program

Estonian House Linconlnshire/Riverwoods, IL

Karelian Stew Lunch and program by Dr. Richard Hansen: “Rajalta Rajalle. A Ski Odyssey Across Finland." $12 for lunch and $5 donation for the program. Refreshments after the program.

MN: Finnish Culinary Arts & Handcrafting Weekend

Salolampi Language Village Bemidji, MN, United States

Fall Retreat Weekend at Salolampi Language Village for cultural immersion in Finnish culinary arts & hand-and-woodcrafts. Bake and cook Finnish classics including pulla, Karelian rice pies, rye bread, rutabaga casserole, Nordic grain salad, and Finnish oven pancake. Handcrafts include rag rug loom weaving, basic and more advanced yarn projects, whittling and holiday favorites. Find details, […]

MI: Pelkie: 100 Years of Finnishness

Northern Michigan University Marquette, Michigan

Screening of the new documentary film "Pelkie: 100 Years of Finnishness in Michigan's North Woods" by Michael Loukinen. Pelkie is representative of the many Finnish American rural communities in the Western Lake Superior Region. Film, coffee and discussion in Jamrich Hall Room 1100.