Online: Meet Jasper Pääkkönen
A chat with the Finnish actor who is also an avid fly fisherman, environmentalist and entrepreneur who co-founded the much-lauded Löyly sauna and restaurant in Helsinki. Details and registration at link below.
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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.
ID: “Little Smokies” Campfire & Sauna
In the Coeur d’Alene area, Toasty Mobile Saunas hosts a fun series of events to celebrate National Sauna Week. Check the schedule for activities on the 19th, 20th, 21st, 23rd and 25th at the link below. All times are PST.
Kalevala Day
The first edition of the Kalevala appeared in 1835, compiled and edited by Elias Lönnrot on the basis of the epic folk poems he had collected in Finland and Karelia. This poetic song tradition, sung in an unusual, archaic trochaic tetrametre, had been part of the oral tradition among speakers of Balto-Finnic languages for 2,000 years. Several […]
MI: Animal Life: Art from the Kalevala
Finlandia Art Gallery Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, MichiganThis annual exhibition is in coordination with the City of Hancock’s Heikinpäivä mid-winter celebration on January 28 and Kalevala Day on February 28.
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 […]
Film & Online Panel Discussion
Scandinavia House, Finlandia Foundation’s Young Leaders Board and the Embassy of Finland in Washington, D.C. present a discussion on gender and equality within the Finnish film industry with directors, researchers, and industry professionals from both Finland and the United States. The panel will reference the Finnish film Force of Habit (Tottumiskysymys) as a starting point for […]
FL: Midnight Sun Festival
Bryant Park Lake Worth, FL, United StatesEnjoy the best musical entertainment directly from Finland, arts and crafts, great food, ice-cold lemonade and beer and the Finnish heritage of Lake Worth.
ONLINE: Finland and Sweden Connections
4 p.m. CENTRAL: Virtual presentation on FINLAND AND SWEDEN: CONNECTIONS, HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY, insights into the Finnish and Swedish presence in Europe and America presented by K. Marianne Wargelin. For Zoom coordinates email info@fasm.us
MN: Sauna Appreciation
At the group's monthly meeting, Finnish Americans and Friends of Hibbing will recognize National Sauna Week with a program by Justin Juntunen of Cedar & Stone Sauna in Duluth.