The first annual Joululaat will have handmade hats, scarves, Finnish foods and candies. Hosted by the Finnish American Society of the Midwest at the Estonian House in suburban Chicago.
Film editor Erin Smith will present the documentary Yoopera! at the Swedish Club in Seattle, hosted by the Finlandia Foundation Seattle Chapter. Click here for more information on Lecturer of the Year.
Traditional Scandinavian food, drinks and gift items plus handcrafted goods at this annual Nordic Christmas celebration at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle. Music, dancing, and Santa and crafts for the kids.
Phoenix, Arizona See the documentary Yoopera! presented by film director Suzanne Jurva and editor Erin Smith. For more about the program see the Lecturer of the Year.
A holiday season staple celebrating the Christmas traditions and cultures of Finland, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Photographs, publications and other materials tell the story of the beginning of Finnish immigration to Minnesota, when a small group of Finns disembarked from a riverboat in Red Wing, Minnesota in 1864. The special exhibition, which opened in October 2014, is at the Elmer L. Andersen Library Atrium Gallery at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Films from Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are screened at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills January 17-18 and 24-25.
This event celebrates Heikki (Henrik's day, January 19). Warm up with hot soup and bonfire after a day of cross-country skiing, folk dances, Moomin stories and fun events like wife-carrying and boot-throwing contests at this first-ever wintertime event at The Finnish Center at Saima Park in Fitchburg.
FFN Performer of the Year Olli Hirvonen presents his jazz guitar program at Suomi Talo in Lantana, Florida.
This Finnish-American mid-winter festival celebrates Karhu kylkeänsä kääntää (The bear rolls over) and takes its name from the name day for Heikki (Henrik's day, January 19). Events happen throughout January, with the last Saturday of the month the big day-long celebration filled with fun family activities, parade, Tori marketplace, Finnish buffet, Polar Bear Dive and […]