The runners-up in the vote were: 2. rakkaus (love), 3. rakas (dear) and 4. kiitos (thank you). Agricola, the clergy man who translated the New Testament into Finnish and became […]
90 Years of Finnish independence
Special film screenings of new war film {sidebar id=33}On the Eve of Independence Day (5.12.2007), war veterans and invited high school students in 40 places all around Finland attended special […]
Finlandia Prize 2007 to Hannu Väisänen
Hannu Väisänen, who was born in Oulu, currently lives in France. Besides as an author, he works as a graphic artist and colourist painter. In November Väisänen was also awarded […]
Near-record price for Finnish masterpiece at auction
Only two works by artist Helene Schjerfbeck (1862 – 1946) have fetched higher bids at auctions in Finland. Järnefelt, one of Finland’s most prominent painters, painted Pyykkiranta in 1889 in […]
The Boss IS coming to Helsinki
Bruce Springsteen has only been in Finland once before. In 2003 he played two sold out gigs at the same stadium in the capital in front of a record combined […]
There goes the family
{mosimage}Last summer the directors of programming at the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) needed a soap opera to fill the hours of the summer afternoons. They chose a Spanish series featuring […]
Happy Birthday, Suomi!
{mosimage}It's Finland's birthday! Today the country celebrates its declaration of independence from the Russian empire. It has not been an easy way down the road since 1917. One civil war, […]
More money to film production than producers demanded
The rest of the extra funds for the film industry will go to, among other things, the digitalization of small countryside cinemas and films for children. In the previous proposal […]
Finnish festivals more popular in 2007
The festival drawing the largest amount of visitors this year was the Maritime Festival in Kotka. An estimated 300,000 people visited the Tall Ship Races and other events in the […]
Turku officially European Capital of Culture 2011
Finnish Minister of Culture Stefan Wallin finds the decision a great honour for the City of Turku, for Finland and for Europe. “Turku is Finland’s oldest city, and a place […]
Bringing theatre people together
{mosimage}Theatre lovers do not often have many opportunities to enjoy good plays in other languages than Finnish. The 4th International Baltic Circle Theatre Festival will bring temporarily a solution to the problem. […]
Shortlist for this year’s Finlandia Prize announced
Nominated for the Finlandia prize 2007 are: Kohti [‘Towards’] by Juha Itkonen Det har varit kallt i Madrid [‘It’s been cold in Madrid’] by Agneta Ara Romeo ja Julia [‘Romeo […]