This mixed media exhibition by Finnish artist Marjo Levlin tells the story of late 19th century migration from Finland to the United States. A reception for the artist will take place at the gallery, Thursday, September 21st, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. with an artist talk beginning at 7:20 p.m. The reception is free and […]
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3 events,Narrative Threads: Works by Eight Nordic Artists presents multi-media artwork by Nordic artists, each distinguished by their innovative use of natural, synthetic, and digital materials. Finnish artists Heidi Hankaniemi, Marianne Huotari and Kristina Riska are featured. 
Sauna Culture in Finland exhibit explores the history and traditions of saunas while diving into the future of contemporary urban saunas as well. Open during Nordia House hours. |
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3 events,The annual sliding festival features fun sledding, dog sleds, sleigh rides, mojakka and pulla and more. Check back for details. |
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3 events,An exhibit by Calumet artist Cynthia Coté is an installation of drawings, collage, beadwork, and fiber art constructions, displayed alongside a collection of objects that inspired the work. Coté’s installation in the gallery includes her artwork as well as her collected objects. Gallery hours are 9:00am-4:00pm Monday-Friday Artist reception and talk from 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. […] |
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The Finnish Heritage Society and Outsound Presents an encore of Grammy Considered Itkuja Suite, invocations on lament a deep and rich exploration of the healing music of Finnish Nordic lament and life affirming elements of jazz. Crafted by Emmy award winning Finnish-American saxophonist Rent Romus and Finnish Jazz Legend and composer Heikki Koskinen, Itkuja will […] |
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Esjay Saunas Mobile Sauna Open House In the green space of the Marquette Regional History Center To warm up for National Sauna Week, we are excited to host the mobile sauna built by Storm Juntti, on site at the museum for you to take a look! This open house on Wednesday is just that: Come […] |
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Cape Ann Finns and Abundance Mobile Sauna return for a third year in celebration of National Sauna Week, February 16-17-18, 2024. Cape Ann Finns and owner, Finn and CAF member Mark Babson, offer post-sauna snacks around an open fire at the Manships Artist Residency. |
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Cape Ann Finns and Abundance Mobile Sauna return for a third year in celebration of National Sauna Week, February 16-17-18, 2024. Cape Ann Finns and owner, Finn and CAF member Mark Babson, offer post-sauna snacks around an open fire at the Manships Artist Residency.
Enjoy the mobile sauna in celebration of National Sauna Week. See website for time slots.
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Sign up with Esjay Saunas for a downtown sauna experience, at the Marquette Regional History Center. A custom built wood-fired mobile sauna will be here for the sled dog weekend Saturday, book your 45 minute sauna session ahead of time here: https://www.esjaysaunas.com/events Step into the museum for restrooms, gift store, and of course the exhibit […]
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Enjoy sledding day and winter picnic of warm up with laskiaispulla (shrove buns), coffee and hot dogs around a fire. |
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Finlandia Foundation National hosts a week-long celebration of the authentic Finnish bathing tradition, with free online programming and on a variety of sauna-related topics, joined by events at FFN chapters across the country.
Cape Ann Finns and Abundance Mobile Sauna return for a third year in celebration of National Sauna Week, February 17-18, 2024. Cape Ann Finns and owner, Finn and CAF member Mark Babson, offer a post-sauna repast of kahvi, nisu/pulla, makkara around an open fire at the former Ahola dairy farm, now the Lanesville Community Center. […]
Cape Ann Finns and Abundance Mobile Sauna return for a third year in celebration of National Sauna Week, February 16-17-18, 2024. Cape Ann Finns and owner, Finn and CAF member Mark Babson, offer post-sauna snacks around an open fire.
See sauna week art poster exhibits, featuring Calumet Debbie Paver’s winning poster. Learn about sauna culture and history through stories and see a Finnish Log Building exhibit. Copper Island Academy third-graders will also submit Sauna Week projects to be displayed at the Heritage Center. They interviewed grandparents and elders about sauna and sauna traditions.
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A winter retreat for your body, mind and soul in Center City, Minnesota. Join Four Elements Nordic Sauna + Wood Pallet Treasures + Green Compass Hemp Wellness for a 2 hour experience that will leave you feeling balanced and restored. Book your time slot for an hour sauna & cold plunge experience paired with a collagen […]
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We are saddling up alongside the Pack River on Sunday February 18th to kick off National Sauna Week! Get fired up in our sauna, & take the trail to the river’s edge to plunge into ice cold waters coming down the Pack River. Our sauna sessions are for a full 50 mins. Each shared, open […]
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Relax at a one-hour sauna session, with makkara and snacks. Join the pasty (meat pie) making cooking demonstrtion at 2:30 (Central time). |
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Record your sauna memories! “Sauna Stories” is an oral history project from the Finnish Theme Committee of Hancock. This is a recorded audio and visual project inspired by NPR’s StoryCorps. All are welcome to share their most treasured sauna memory, history, or experience for the camera and/or microphone. Whether the traditions of the sauna are […]
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STEAM THROUGH TIME: THE FOUR GENERATIONS OF THE FINNISH SAUNA Sauna advocates and hosts of the podcast The Upper Bench are joined by Helsinki-based Lassi Liikkanen in a discussion about the different eras of Finnish sauna through a historical lens. They will look at how the technology of sauna has shaped the practice of sauna, beginning from shadows […]
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Toasty Mobile Saunas is heading to Apex Gym in Bonners Ferry. Join us for a traditional wood-fired sauna session! Sauna to enhance your workout, boost your immune system, and improve your sleep! Gym members, community members, parents, all are welcome. Heat up in the sauna, cool off in the snow, rest around the bonfire. Reserve […] |
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Sauna with a Superior view---Lake Superior! In celebration of National Sauna Week we want you to bring a friend and enjoy the calm together and connect with others. Use code SAUNAWEEK at checkout in the community social sessions and save 50% off your friend's ticket. Purchase tickets at lakesuperiorsteam.com Social sessions are 75 minutes in […]
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AMERICA DOESN’T HAVE A SAUNA CULTURE: MYTH OR REALITY? Adam Bamba Tanaka moderates a panel discussion on the “new wave” of sauna culture, delving into the history of authentic sauna in the U.S., reasons for its current popularity, differences in sauna between urban and rural areas, and how the panelists’ businesses are contributing to growing […] |
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Group trip to Spa World, an authentic Korean spa with many bathing areas, including sauna. This will be a unique opportunity to rotate through different saunas and discuss the differences in customs.
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HOT SPOT MINNESOTA: THE STEAM IS ON! From early Finnish immigrants to wellness-centered Millennials and younger generations, Finnish saunas represent an integral part of personal wellness. A panel of sauna enthusiasts and entrepreneurs talk about developments in the Minnesota sauna scene that have attracted a large community of young people, especially in their 20s and […] |
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A discount coupon for 10 people (applied when booking on the Cedar and Stone Nordic Sauna website) to enjoy a 75 minute guided Social Sauna Session to share a sauna with other people, connect, relax and even take a cold plunge through a floating raft on Pier B in Duluth. Check for hours and availability. […]
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SAUNA: TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, FOLK HEALING AND MAGIC Dalva Lamminmäki and Frank Eld will talk about Finnish sauna culture, within and outside of Finland by asking: Do we still have space for these myths and rituals as part of the experience of taking a sauna, and can we recognize the intangible cultural heritage in our sauna activities?
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Celebrating National Sauna Week with Aimee O'Carroll and Jon Gentry from Go'C, a leading architecture firm in Seattle, Washington. Together they will present the two saunas that GO’C has designed and built in Seattle including a floating sauna that explores connections between community, water, and fire; and sauna chapel for a Seattle resident that acts […] |
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Finlandia Foundation Boston celebrates sauna with a mobile sauna at the Scandinavian Cultural Center at 206 Waltham Street in Newton from Friday to Sunday, February 23-25. There will be buckets of water for rinsing, an outdoor shower with a privacy screen, birch whisks to use in the sauna and a cold water dunk pool located […]
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ERIC AHO: LIFE IN CONTRAST – ART AND THE SAUNA Finlandia Foundation National Artist of the Year Eric Aho explores the role that sauna has played in his life and its impact on his painting. |
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The Finlandia Foundation Utah and Finnish club at Brigham Young University will sponsor a sauna party for a group of Finnish students. We will also be providing Finnish food and treats ordered from Touch of Finland, as well as good quality sausages and hot dogs from local stores.
A local sauna/sauna event company will host sessions at The Yard. This is an opportunity to introduce people to a sauna service that is readily available in our community. A cooperative effort by Finlandia Foundation Twin Cities and Finnish American Cultural Activities.
The Suomi chapter will host a mobile sauna for the day. Also creating a "sauna map" of the area. Check for sauna booking times.
Tune in for an exclusive, limited time screening of the Finland episode of Perfect Sweat by Mikkel Aaland. In the 34-minute video, Mikkel visits a variety of Finnish saunas with local host Samuel Aarnio. The documentary series is inspired by Mikkel’s 1978 book Sweat. The link to the video will be available on the 24th; check back then!
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“Sauna: History and Construction” presented by Mike Potsaid and Erwin Kann. Breakfast from 8–10 am of pannukakku, the traditional Finnish oven pancake, and pulla. Vendors and baked goods sale. Sauna Museum open from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; X-C skiing, snowshoeing or hiking from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
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Finlandia Foundation Boston celebrates sauna with a mobile sauna at the Scandinavian Cultural Center at 206 Waltham Street in Newton from Friday to Sunday, February 23-25. There will be buckets of water for rinsing, an outdoor shower with a privacy screen, birch whisks to use in the sauna and a cold water dunk pool located […]
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A public forum to discuss the possibilities of a public sauna in the area. Inspired by the “new” public saunas going up in Finland, the idea has been raised here. National Sauna Week is a good time to talk about the possibilities of more public saunas in the Keweenaw. The forum is free and open […] |
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Finlandia Foundation Boston celebrates sauna with a mobile sauna at the Scandinavian Cultural Center at 206 Waltham Street in Newton from Friday to Sunday, February 23-25. There will be buckets of water for rinsing, an outdoor shower with a privacy screen, birch whisks to use in the sauna and a cold water dunk pool located […]
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Take a self-guided tour of Copper Country Saunas throughout the central Keweenaw! Each one unique, set off on an afternoon adventure discovering the saunas that reside within the community. Tickets will contain a map and list of addresses for the tour. Tickets are $10, and only available for purchase physically during Sauna Week (Feb. 18-24): […] |
5 events,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.
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FFN Past Performer of the Year Sara Pajunen, violin/vocals (and friends) performing in the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Music of the Midnight Sun festival. Melding Finnish and Finnish-American influences, traditional and new music, and classical and folk approaches, Sara Pajunen creates breath-like, woven sound using violin, accordion, and voices. |