The 37th festival features Scandinavian food, baked goods, and merchandise for sale. Viking reenactors will be present with interactive activities for the whole family. Come gather information about the Nordic countries and enjoy music, entertainment, and door prizes!
Savory meat pie with soup, Cole slaw, dessert and Finnish coffee, followed by a program featuring pianist Ruusamari Teppo.
Come for brunch at 11 a.m. and stay for the documentary about local families who experienced the Winter and Continuation wars.
Ikuisesti sinun (Forever Yours) is an honest and riveting look at children in the child care system in Finland won a Jussi for Best Documentary. Director and writer Mia Halme keeps her focus on a few children in problematic home conditions and in foster care, but the questions raised in the film are more universal.
Browse the flea market goods and craft show, and enjoy the bake sale and pasties.
Enjoy a hearty pannukakku and pulla breakfast and browse the goods at the flea market, a benefit for the Saima Park scholarship fund.
Browse the flea market goods and craft show, and enjoy the bake sale and pasties.
Celebrate spring and enjoy the Lawn Program at House of Finland, in Balboa Park.
Ruusamari Teppo presents a program she has created, built on her connection to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius: She is his great-great granddaughter.
A day of celebration (think spring). In Finland, it is known as Vappu, in Sweden Valborg’s Mass Eve. Complimentary hot dogs, sima (think of mead), doughnuts (munkki), and coffee. Wine and beer available for purchase. There will be children games, adult games, a tug of war between the Swedes and Finns, and a sing-a-long besides […]