Category Archives: Miscellania

Hi All, For your reading pleasure…Lorna http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180617-why-the-finns-dont-want-to-be-happy

Celebrate Finnish Culture Day/Kalevala Day at Saima Park!Saturday, February 23. 8:00-10:00   Pannukakku Breakfast: Finnish oven pancake, bacon, sausage, fruit, juice, Finnish coffee bread, coffee/tea/cocoa. $8.10:15-11:30  “Finnish Center at Saima Park: The Next Generation, Workshops”Premier showing of Judith Lindstedt’s film featuring … Continue reading →

Finland’s ‘free cash’ trial fails to boost employment But scheme did leave participants happier and healthier “Europe’s first national government-backed experiment in giving citizens free cash failed to encourage its participants to work more as organizers had hoped – but … Continue reading →

Interested in learning more about the Finnish language? Fall classes are about to begin in the Function Hall at Saima Park and are scheduled as follows: 10 Mondays, September 16 through November 18   (Classes will be held on Columbus Day … Continue reading →

Keep that flag out after “War Veterans Day” for May 1st: Vappu What is Vappu? With its northern latitude leading to cold. dark winters, the arrival of spring has always been a welcome event in Finland and a tradition of a … Continue reading →

Friday April 27 “National War Veterans Day” It marks the last time Finland was at war, the end of the Lapland War in 1945. On 27 April 1945, the very last German troops left Finland and crossed the border to … Continue reading →

Fly your Finnish Flag Monday, March 19 for the birthday of Minna Canth and “Day of Equality” in Finland Minna, born March 19, 1844, was a writer and social activist. She began to write as a widow while raising seven … Continue reading →

Nordic nations take top four places in happiness rankings, with annual study also charting the decline of the US https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/14/finland-happiest-country-world-un-report Top 10 happiest countries, 2018 (2017 ranking in brackets) 1. Finland (5) 2. Norway (1) 3. Denmark (2) 4. Iceland … Continue reading →

“The oldest ice skates that anyone has found so far were made in Finland 2,000 years before the birth of Christ, which is to say 800 years before the Trojan War depicted by Homer in the ‘Iliad’.” These primitive devices … Continue reading →

Digital Preservation Update April 2018 Dear Friends and Supporters of RAIVAAJA: The digital preservation project continues to move forward and now several exciting and important portions are completed and others planned: February ’18 Another three years of RAIVAAJA newspapers are  … Continue reading →