Sauna Songs and Stories
Sauna inspires writers, artists and musicians. Here’s a sampling of creative works about sauna—some silly, some serious, others reflective or informative—for you to enjoy.
These works are the property of their creators and are not affiliated with Finlandia Foundation National. If you have suggestions for items to be included, please reach out!
Songs
- Bobby’s Sauna Song by Bobby Aro
- Come and Take a Sauna with Me – Sauna Song by Conga se Menne
- If Heaven Don’t Have Saunas, I Don’t Wanna Go by Steven Solkela
- Kuka sen sauna lämmittää by Da Yoopers
- Kuka sen sauna lämmittää by Messiah Finnish Lutheran Church Choir
- Kuka sen sauna lämmittää by Ott Lake Rambler
- Kuka sen sauna lämmittää by Pekka Kuusisto
- Kuka sen sauna lämmittää by Tanya Stanaway
- Look Who’s Sitting in the Sauna (A Heikki Lunta Song) by Conga se Menne
- Sauna Laulu by Terhi Miikki-Broersma
- The Sauna Song by Patrick Niemisto and Norm Wheeler
- Sauna Song #7 by Steve Solkela, Chris Tessmer, Nathan Peterson, Cole Jensen
- Saunalaulu by Justimus
- A Celebration of the Finnish Sauna by The Finnish Choral Society of Seattle
Stories
- Fatherhood and the Love of Sauna by Justin Juntunen, Cedar + Stone
- The Finn Who Would Not Take a Sauna by Garrison Keillor
- How Finland Copes with Its Dark, Frozen Winters:
- A Personal Perspective: Life Near the Russian Border by Naomi Moriyama and William Doyle
- A Sauna in Helsinki: ‘I wash you twice. Relax’ by Rick Steves
- My Christmas Sauna by Anna Velten
- Sauna Rituals by Steve Leppälä