Finlandia book prize shortlist: Climate change, fiction from the North and a political memoir
Finland’s biggest book prizes, the Fiction, Non-Fiction and Juvenile Finlandia awards, will be handed out on 29 November, just as
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Culture (Finland)
Finns scoop up Nordic prizes for film, music, books and environment
Finnish entries scored four out of five awards at the annual Nordic Council Prizes award ceremony, held this time in
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Finland’s foreign policy includes adorable Arctic emojis
FAIRBANKS — Searching for a cute, wry or funny way to text about the Arctic? The Finnish government is on
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Finnish National Museum returns thousands of artefacts to indigenous Sámi people
A collection of about 2,600 items will be transferred from the National Museum in Helsinki to the Siida Museum in
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Sámi classes breathe new life into Finland’s rarest languages
By Maura Forrest and Lily Haines | Barents Observer In Inari, Finland, the Sámi Education Institute is teaching young people to
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London gallery offers multimedia Sámi art
Outi Pieski’s work evokes the bleak snowscapes of the polar north and indigenous Sámi culture stretching back thousands of years.
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Finland: English language dominance worries language teachers
Traditional grammar-focused language teaching is no longer effective in adult education, as older generations shy away from it. Today’s adult
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Half a Million Letters Sent to Finland’s Santa
Santa – and his elves – have their work cut out for them at Christmas. The scarlet-clad seasonal do-gooder receives
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