SPRING 2026 Events:
FOOD, DANCE, CELEBRATIONS, LANGUAGE CLASSES,
and FFN FINNPOSIA (Please read down)
FINNISH COFFEE TABLE at FAHS (CT)!
FAHS Coffee Social, Sunday, April 12, 2-4 Finnish American Society of Connecticut (FAHS) 76 North Canterbury Rd (on Route 169) Canterbury, CT 06331 We’re having a Coffee Social event at FAHS on Sunday, April 12, 2-4. We’ll have the Finnish small cups and make it as close to a Finnish coffee table as possible. There will be the “seven different kinds/seitsemän eri sorttia” of goodies on the coffee table. The purpose is to introduce people to the Finnish coffee culture and what a big part it plays in the lives of Finnish people. From Anita Smiley of FAHS: https://www.fahs-ct.org/Please visit their website to RSVP
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At SAIMA PARK, 67 Scott Rd, FITCHBURG MA :
Saturday, April 25 : Pannukakku Breakfast : 8 -10 AM Finnish oven pancake, bacon, sausage, fruit, juice, Finnish coffee bread, coffee/tea/cocoa. $13 or 2/$25. Loaves of coffee bread for sale. Vendors of honeybee products, arts and crafts. .Saturday, March 28, 10-noon. Saima LIBRARY/MUSEUM open
Saturday, April 25, 8:30-noon. Scholarship Fund Raiser: Flea Market to benefit our scholarship fund—
Please Note: Saija is ready to begin teaching the spring sessions. Come ready to laugh and learn!
==>>Finnish Language Classes: 10 Mondays, Apr 6 thru June 15 (no class May 25 – Memorial Day)
3:15-4:5:00pm Advanced (includes 4:45-5 coffee) 4:45-6:30pm Beginners (4:45-5 coffee) 6:30-8:15 Intermediate (6:30-6:45 coffee)
FCSP members $75. Others $80. Minors under 18 – half tuition Please pre-register at finnishcenter@yahoo.com or 978-407-9690
Books are also available from: Ruslania (Helsinki), Finnlectura, or Amazon: a. Beginners and Intermediate will use Uudistettu Suomen mestari 1 – Suomea aikuisillefinnlectura.fi b.Advanced will use :Suomen mestari 2finnlectura.fi c. Next Fall Advanced and Intermediate will both use this: Uudistettu Suomen mestari 2 – Suomea aikuisille
Thursday, April 9, 2:30pm. FCSP Board of Directors meeting, open to all members–
Saturday, April 25, 8-10am. PANNUKAKKU BREAKFAST at Saima Park —
Saturday, April 25, 8:30-noon. Scholarship Fund Raiser FLEA MARKET— Finnish Center at Saima Park, 67 Scott Rd, Fitchburg, MA. https://www.saima-park.org Facebook Friends of Saima Park.
An Invitation to dance from Revontulet director Leila Luopa:
Friday night is our next REVONTULET DANCE REHEARSAL! As a reminder we meet most 1st and 3rd Fridays- come join us as we learn traditional group and circle dances along with variations on waltz, schottiche, and more. No partner required- Just wear/bring comfortable clothes, shoes you can dance in, water and a smile. Please spread the word and invite others to join us! Dancing by donation, or join for the year for just $20!
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At Suomi-koulu of New England &
Scandinavian Cultural Center
West Newton, MA.:
On Monday mornings AAMUKAHVI at 9-10am
On Sunday evenings SANAKIRJA at 7-7.30pm and SYTYCF at 7.30-8.00pm
On Sunday afternoons and evenings Suomi-koulu of New England adults
at 3.30-4.30pm SKNE adult Advanced Beginners, book #2
at 5-6pm SKNE adult Beginners starting chapters 1-4, book #1
at 6-7pm SKNE adult Beginners VOL 2 starting chapter 7 book #1
Weekly classes 2/8-5/17 no classes on 3/22 and 3/29
On Wednesday evenings Suomi-koulu of New England adults
at 6.30-7.30. SKNE adult Advanced Beginners, book #2
at 7.30-8.30pm SKNE adult Advanced, book #3
MORE INFO ABOUT SSK – Suomea Saijan Kanssa -Classes
Aamukahvi
Join a relaxed class to practice Finnish and get answers to your questions. Each Aamukahvi-month is tailored to the participants so you get to request the topics you need the most practice.
Sanakirja
30 minute weekly class about vocabulary given, making your own sentences. You will be given sentences in English and you will translate them in Finnish.
So you think you can Finnish; SYTYCF
You will get the beginning of the sentence in Finnish (and in English) and you need to finish it. Or you will hear a question in Finnish and you can respond in Finnish (or in English, based on your desired level) Everyone gets the same start sentence; the trick is to finish it differently each time, if you can. Challenge accepted? Join to have fun!
Listen & Understand
30 minute weekly class with listening exercises, texts and/or questions provided a week ahead. You will hear the same text 3-4 times, and then you can answer the questions.
Easy Reading
New texts with syllables helping your pronunciation and getting your emphasis right when speaking Finnish.
Saija Laurla will teach all classes.
REGISTRATION FORMS ARE LINKED HERE:
https://suomeasaijankanssa.home.blog/2025/07/31/syksyn-kurssit/
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BAKE PULLA with SAIJA in May (Please Note New Date ) Sunday, May 03, 10am-1:30pm:
There is a saying in Finland: A loved child has many names. This most certainly applies to our loved coffee bread.
Nowadays the whole of Finland calls this soft cardamom bread with a name “pulla”. We spice this treat with caramel, vanilla cream, pistachio, almond butter, strawberry jam… you name it, and all of it is called pulla.
But there is a western regional dialect where this delicacy is still called “nisu”. And other dialects call it “vehnänen”.
”Kahvileipä” meant any sweet accompaniment with coffee but, it often was pulla.
For some the Nisu is the braided version of this delicacy, some like to keep it to its original vocabulary form of a “breast – nisä”, when it’s round and looks like an American dinner roll.
But believe it or not, the name is just as important to cherish as the product. So. Whichever name you are using, please continue, and come bake it.
We are going to make and bake the dough at Saima Park and make either pulla or nisu. If we get enough interest in the cinnamony-cousin of the pulla/nisu, we will even bake korvapuusti!
Let us know if you want to make pulla/nisu or korvapuusti, and we will arrange it.
Max attendance 50. To reserve a space, contact finnishcenter@yahoo.com or 978-407-9690.
Fee is $25 for FCSP members; $30 others. All are welcome. Reservations please, : $25 or $30/person, payable at the door by cash or check
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Now Also On Line Forest Finn Finnposium and others recorded and posted thru FFN Finlandia Foundation National, in partnership with FinnFest, invites you to join the online “Finnposium” webinars that continue in 2024, highlighting the nationally recognized Forest Finn minority abroad and their current affairs in both Norway and Sweden. The webinar is moderated by Sarah Kammlah from Facebook’s Forest Finns in America, …. . Missed it? Tune in to the recorded sessions: https://finfoundation.wpengine.com/programs/welcome-to-finnposium/
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*Sovittaja Park,
Finn Park Road, Rutland, MA.:
Come back to check often
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