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Finnish author explores limits and truth
Finnish literature, Frankfurt Book Fair 2014, Finland Guest of Honour, Riikka Pulkkinen, True, The Limit
Arts & cultureLiterature

Finnish author explores limits and truth

We meet Riikka Pulkkinen, whose novels earn her a place in the upper ranks of young Finnish authors.

Tagged in LanguageLiterature
Expat experts explore Finnish forestry
Joensuu, eastern Finland, forestry, forest management industry, foreign students, employees
Business & innovationEconomy

Expat experts explore Finnish forestry

Students and workers come to Joensuu for first-hand experience in the forest industry. Some end up staying in Finland.

Tagged in BusinessEconomyForestry
Asia and Europe meet creatively in Finland
EARS, music, design, media, performing arts, Helsinki, Finland, Europe-Asia Roundtable Sessions, VICE China, Modern Sky Entertainment, Niubi Festival, Erik Söderblom, Helsinki Festival, China
Business & innovationEconomy

Asia and Europe meet creatively in Finland

Connecting with the right people: Creative-industry pros from Europe and Asia meet at the EARS event in Helsinki.

Tagged in BusinessEconomyMulticulturalism
Finnish writer’s youth fiction wins fans
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014, Finland Guest of Honour, Salla Simukka, Snow White, Lumikki, As Red as Blood, As White as Snow, As Black as Ebony, Finnish literature, Tampere
Arts & cultureLiterature

Finnish writer’s youth fiction wins fans

Young Finnish author Salla Simukka is winning over youth-fiction fans worldwide with her Snow White trilogy.

Tagged in Literature
Finnish literature surges to the front
Finnish literature, Frankfurt Book Fair 2014 Guest of Honour, Finland Cool, Finnish Weird, Sofi Oksanen, Katja Tukiainen, Johanna Holmström, Katja Kettu, Johanna Sinisalo, comics, graphic novels, Tove Jansson, Ilkka Remes
Arts & cultureLiterature

Finnish literature surges to the front

Finland’s cool, unique, multifaceted literature becomes the focus of the world’s biggest book fair in Frankfurt.

Tagged in Literature
Celebrating Moomin-maker Tove Jansson of Finland
Tove Jansson 100 years, centenary birthday, Moomins, Moomintroll, painter, artist, author, illustrator, Ateneum
Arts & cultureVisual arts

Celebrating Moomin-maker Tove Jansson of Finland

Tove Jansson centenary: The immensely popular Moomins form just one facet of her versatile career in art and literature.

Tagged in ArtMoominTove JanssonVisual arts
Balancing studies and fun in Finland
Finnish student culture, traditions, gala, dancing, banquet, Vappu, Valborg, Walpurgis, May Day, Shrove Tuesday, overalls, Helsinki, Otaniemi, Turku, Åbo, Tampere, Vaasa, Oulu, Rovaniemi, Joensuu, Finland
Life & societyEducation

Balancing studies and fun in Finland

You may have heard rumours about Finland’s unconventional student culture, but you have no idea what you’re getting into.

Tagged in EducationFestivals
Don’t mess with Finnish jazz
Finland jazz festivals, Viapori, Pori, Flow, Tampere, Turku, Espa, Helsinki
Arts & cultureMusic

Don’t mess with Finnish jazz

With thriving festivals and clubs across the country, jazz fans in Finland have never had it as good as they do now.

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