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Spanish influenza spreading fast in Sweden- RAIVAAJA 09/19/1918
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FINNISH LANGUAGE CLASSES @ SAIMA PARK have gone Virtual on ZOOM
Hyvää päivää/Good day! The “virtual” spring session of Finnish language classes will start on Monday, March 30, at 6 PM and will run for consecutive Mondays, ending on May 18. Email Lorna for details.
Classes are held on line w/ZOOM software.
To register, please contact Lorna Sulin at LDSULIN@verizon.net or 978 407-9690, FCSP, PO Box 30, Fitchburg, MA 01420.
Kiitos/Thank you! and Stay Safe!
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New PM in Finland; she is 34 (the world’s youngest.)
Finland has a new government, headed by Social Democratic Party vice chair, Sanna Marin. The administration is Finland’s 76th.
At just 34 years old, Marin, the former Minister for Transport and Communications, is now the world’s youngest premier. Her cabinet consists of 12 women and seven men. All leaders of the five-party government coalition are women.
President Sauli Niinistö appointed the new administration shortly after 3pm on Tuesday, at the same time accepting the resignation of the previous government led by SDP chair Antti Rinne.
Rinne had been premier for just six months before tendering his resignation over his mishandling of a labour dispute between postal workers and their state-owned employer, national mail carrier Posti. Rinne and his government continued in a caretaker capacity until Marin’s formal appointment on Tuesday.
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The novel “Crossing” by Finnish writer Pajtim Statovci nominated for National Book Award
The National Book Foundation has announced its longlist for the National Book Awards for 2019. The categories are Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Translated Literature and Young People’s Literature. The novel Crossing by Finnish writer Pajtim Statovci is one of nine in the Translated Literature category. The five finalists will be announced October 8th and the winners November 20th.
Pajtim Statovci was born in Kosovo in 1990 and moved with his family to Finland when he was two years old. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Helsinki. His first book, My Cat Yugoslavia, won the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize for best debut novel and his second, Crossing, won the Toisinkoinen Literature Prize. He received the 2018 Helsinki Writer of the Year Award.
The novel is translated from Finnish by David Hackston.
David Hackston is a British translator of Finnish and Swedish literature and drama. Notable publications include Pajtim Statovci’s My Cat Yugoslavia, Maria Peura’s coming-of-age novel At the Edge of Light, The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy edited by Johanna Sinisalo, Sinisalo’s eco-thriller Birdbrain, two crime novels by Matti Joensuu, and Kati Hiekkapelto’s Anna Fekete series.
https://www.nationalbook.org/books/crossing
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‘Finland’s Munch’: the unnerving art of Helene Schjerfbeck | Art and design
One of her country’s most celebrated artists, Schjerfbeck is little known in the UK, but now her singular paintings will be seen in a major exhibition.. More at:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jul/06/helene-schjerfbeck-finnish-painter-royal-academy
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Purl jam: Finland hosts heavy metal knitting championship
JOENSUU, Finland (AP) — Armed with needles and a yarn of wool, teams of avid knitters danced Thursday to the deafening sounds of drums beating and guitars slashing at the first-ever Heavy Metal Knitting World Championship in eastern Finland.
With stage names such as Woolfumes, Bunny Bandit and 9″ Needles, the participants shared a simple goal: to showcase their knitting skills while dancing to heavy metal music in the most outlandish way possible.
“It’s ridiculous but it’s so much fun,” said Heather McLaren,
More at https://www.apnews.com/fe852ee8bb5f4fbe90142146eb4cdf17
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Girl Scouts around the World
Natalie Robb, great granddaughter of Sirkka and Olavi Tastula of Fitchburg, represented Finland at a Westminster Girl Scout Juniors, Troop 64651, event held at the Westminster Senior Center on June 8, 2019. The Scouts were working for their “Bronze Award project to promote cultural diversity and knowledge”. In addition to Finland, France, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico and Scotland were represented. Natalie wore the costume of Etela-Pohjanma, the region of Finland from where many in this area emigrated. She created a display accompanied by Finnish music playing. She talked about and answered questions concerning all the wonderful things she discovered about the land of her great grandparents. Natalie also baked and served pannukakku (oven pancake) for visitors to her display: https://raivaaja.org/imageNrobb1.jpeg Contributed by Joyce Hannula
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‘A miracle’: Helsinki’s radical solution to homelessness
Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is falling. Its secret? Giving people homes as soon as they need them – https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/03/its-a-miracle-helsinkis-radical-solution-to-homelessness
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Suomi on jääkiekon maailmanmestari (Finland Wins Hockey Championship)
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TWA Hotel Opens at JFK, Giving New Life to Saarinen’s Flight Center
“We need those to pay for this,” says developer Tyler Morse, standing in the middle of Eero Saarinen’s iconic TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy Airport. “Those” are the two seven-story, black-glass buildings containing 512 hotel rooms, built at a cost of about $200 million, and opening to the public today. “This” is the Flight Center, which Morse has spent about $65 million restoring to its former glory, and which now serves as a spectacular lobby for his TWA Hotel.
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