Current affairs

Finland’s national epic, the Kalevala, will be 175 years old this year. This major work compiled by Elias Lönnrot has had a strong influence on Finnish culture and national identity. Kalevala Day will be celebrated in Finland on the 28th of February.

Caj Bremer’s photos from the early 1950s to the present day are attracting viewers to the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki. If you’re not in the Finnish capital, check out our slideshow for a taste of the exhibition.

February’s Ja Ja Ja club night at The Lexington features another carefully selected sample of rising Nordic artists: Ungdomskulen (Norway), The Good The Bad (Denmark), and last but not least, avant-garde Finnish-American songwriter Vuk.

The garments making their way down the catwalk may not carry her name, but many of the pieces in the Jasper Conran show at London Fashion Week have passed through the hands of Andrea Thurlow (née Östman), a Finn striving to make a name for herself on the London fashion scene.

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An unprecedented summit to save the Baltic Sea convened in Helsinki on February 10, 2010, led by President Tarja Halonen, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and the Baltic Sea Action Group, a private foundation headed by industrialist Ilkka Herlin.

Finns follow their Winter Olympic athletes with keen interest, both on and off the competition circuit. We introduce you to a few of our favourites.

Are you interested in the work of a correspondent in a foreign country? Would you like to spend the month of August in Finland learning more about the country, its society and the Finnish way of life?

This year’s Resolution! festival of new contemporary dance is certain to offer something to tempt fans of Finnish culture in London: amongst some one hundred works performed during the festival is SOLmU-Cell – an exploration of dependence, separation and togetherness, by Solu Helsinki.

Pekka Huhtaniemi to be appointed Ambassador to London.