FinnFest, founded in 1982 by a group of Finnish-Americans in Minneapolis, is a national festival held each year in a different city with a strong Finnish heritage. The festivals are organized by local ...

In 2023, the World Happiness Report named Finland the happiest country in the world. Finns are known for their love of nature, saunas, and coffee. But some of their customs might surprise Americans.

Hancock’s annual Heikinpäivä season began with the start of a six-session Finnish language class. It is being offered by the ...

As the leader of her nation, President Tarja Halonen comes to the United States more than the average Finn, but she usually only gets to spend time in Washington or New York. In Duluth on Friday to ...

NASELLE, Wash. — The Finnish American Folk Festival will host “A Taste of Festival” on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., there is a community dance at Naselle School. Music will be ...

On July 2, 1776, a Finnish American man held the destiny of the United States in his hands. The scene was the hall in Philadelphia that hosted the Second Continental Congress of the 13 American ...

— It was an overflow crowd for the keynote panel on Finland, the United States and European and American Security at last week's 40th annual FinnFest. , a retired four-star general with the U.S. Air ...

Every living American knows our nation as a great power on the world stage. Being the big dog gives the U.S. a wealth of options to handle foreign affairs. Rest assured, we’ve tried nearly all of them ...

The deep northern forests of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are home to small villages of Finnish Americans—communities carved out from the forest where Finnish language, cultural worldview, and ...