FinnFest, founded in 1982 by a group of Finnish-Americans in Minneapolis, is a national festival held each year in a different city with a strong Finnish heritage. The festivals are organized by local ...

In 2023, the World Happiness Report named Finland the happiest country in the world. Finns are known for their love of nature, saunas, and coffee. But some of their customs might surprise Americans.

HANCOCK, Mich. (WJMN) – Finlandia Foundation National (FFN) hosted a community celebration in Hancock on Friday. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the re-opening of the Finnish American Heritage ...

NASELLE, Wash. — The Finnish American Folk Festival will host “A Taste of Festival” on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., there is a community dance at Naselle School. Music will be ...

DULUTH - FinnFest in Duluth is not only about rug making, Finnish dances or learning Nordic walking. The soft diplomacy comes with an earnest undercurrent: to keep alive ties between Finland and U.S.

The following article was originally published in the Manistee News Advocate on Nov. 25, 2000. Undoubtedly a major factor in the development of Kaleva as a "utopian" Finnish community was the ...

Every living American knows our nation as a great power on the world stage. Being the big dog gives the U.S. a wealth of options to handle foreign affairs. Rest assured, we’ve tried nearly all of them ...

The deep northern forests of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are home to small villages of Finnish Americans—communities carved out from the forest where Finnish language, cultural worldview, and ...

A moving portrait of traditional Finnish American culture in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, highlighting that fragile community of memory connecting ourselves with parents and grandparents. It uses ...