Confession, up until recently I’d never actually watched a Finnish movie, so keeping with the spirit of all things Finnish for FinnFest 2025, I decided to dive in. Let’s kick things off with something ...

At the beginning of 2023’s “Sisu,” the title is described as “a Finnish word that cannot be translated. It means a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination.” The same could be ...

Between 1865 and 1920, Finnish immigrants brought traditional arts to America, including woven and braided rag rugs. As a hallmark of Finnish ethnic culture, rag rugs and their makers hold special ...

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 ...