• MT: Traditional Finnish Meal

    Finnish Kaleva Park Red Lodge, MT, United States

    Head to Finnish Kaleva Park as the Ladies of Kaleva serve authentic kalamojakka (salmon and potato chowder), whipped fruit pudding and more to celebrate the centennial. The sauna will be […]

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  • MN: Dovetailed Corners

    Nordic Center Duluth, MN, United States

    Photos by Marlene Wisuri and poems by Jim Johnson, as well as vintage photos by Marlene's grandfather J.C. Hendricks at the Nordic Center in Duluth.  

  • OR: Jubilee Celebration

    Nordia House

    A celebratory day-long event at Nordia House in Portland, including a worship service, activities for children and adults, Finnish Sing-Along and concert.  Put on by the Messiah Lutheran Church, Reformation […]

  • MN: Recital of Finnish Music

    Christ Church Lutheran Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Soprano Mimmi Fulmer, who is professor of Voice and Opera at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is accompanied by pianist Craig Randal Johnson in this Recital of Finnish Vocal Art Music Celebrating 100 Years of Independence including works by Kortekangas, Sibelius, Merikanto, Kilpinen and Kaipainen.

  • MI: Vellamo Folk Duo

    Coopersville Library Coopersville, MI, United States

    Vellamo is on a 38-performance tour of the U.S., from Sept. 6-Oct. 28. The duo combines the rich tradition of Finnish folksong with an appealing “retroâ€� sensibility (recalling the likes […]

  • MN: FinnFest USA 2017

    Orchestra Hall Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Minneapolis is the site of an incredible program that commemorates 100 years of Finland as a nation state at FinnFest USA, the annual celebration of Finnish and FInnish-American culture, traditions […]

  • MI: Festival Ruska

    In Conversation

    It is located in Hancock, but Finlandia University's roots are in Finland, and the school will celebrate those roots with a late September/early October celebration, appropriately named Festival Ruska. Events including […]

  • MN: Minnesota Orchestra All-Finnish Concert

    Orchestra Hall Minneapolis, MN, United States

    This is a 91ɬÂþ Finland 100 Signature Event:  Osmo Vänskä, conducts the Minnesota Orchestra at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis in this all-Finnish program featuring  Elina Vähälä on violin: […]

  • MN: Centenary Lecturers

    Orchestra Hall Minneapolis, MN, United States

    "Independent Finland: A North American Perspective" is a special program by the five FFN Centenary Lecturers---Tom Dubois, Sharon Franklin-Rahkonen, Peter MacKeith, Börje Vähämäki and Marianne Wargelin---in a discussion moderated by Jon […]