CA: Winter Sauna Festival
Finnish American Home Association Sonoma, CA, United StatesCome to FAHA and enjoy hot saunas and icy pool, a winter fest meal of pea soup + laskiaispulla + coffee. There will also be a presentation on Kalevala.
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Kalevala
MI & Online: Kalevalathon
Jutila Center Hancock, MICelebrate Kaleva Day at the 5th annual nonstop reading of the epic Finnish work, led by Led by Finlandia University’s Finnish & Nordic Studies professor Dr. Hilary-Joy Virtanen. You may attend in person and read, or watch the livestream. It starts at 9 a.m. and will continue until the entire book has been read. Click link below for […]
Kalevala Day
February 28 is Kalevala Day, in honor and celebration of Finland’s National Epic. Elias Lönnrot collected the poems in Finland and Karelia and edited and compiled them into the first edition of “Kalevala" in 1835. See link below for more.