• ONLINE: The Baltic Sea

    What do you know about the Baltic Sea? Join the webinar, cohosted by FFN and Suomi-Seura, with Elina Lehtinen of the John Nurmisen Säätiö on Zoom. Click below to register in advance.

  • WA: SEA Nordic Film Festival

    Majestic Bay Theatre Seattle, WA

    The Seattle Nordic Film Festival's features and documentaries will be shown at the Majestic Bay, while some films and selected shorts will be available for virtual streaming. Finnish films are "The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic" and "Power of the People." Click below for screening times.

  • MN: Nordic Ball

    Ukrainian Event Center Minneapolis, MN

    Dust off your shoes and iron your linen blouses, the Nordic Ball is back! A Twin Cities tradition since 1977. Join folk dance groups from the Twin Cities' Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish communities for a ball of live music, dancing, and a buffet of Nordic delights.  

  • MN: Publication Party

    Danish American Center Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Join Diane Jarvenpa to celebrate the publication of her new book of poetry, Shy Lands

  • MN: Sara Pajunen

    The Southern Theater Minneapolis, MN

    Violinist Sara Pajunen will play some Nordic tunes and an original piece on the hardanger d'amore in "Cedarbacke," a dance project-in-progress by choreographer Berit Ahlgren, as part of the 7th Annual Candy Box Dance Festival at the Southern Theater. Check for schedule.

  • MD: Spring Celebration

    Welcome spring with vappu traditional foods, sima, crafts and more

  • Vappu

    This nationwide celebration of spring is an official Flag Day in Finland. It is also International Labor Day, and one of the biggest annual Finnish festivals.