How Finland found a road to reconciliation after the Civil War of 1918
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How Finland found a road to reconciliation after the Civil War of 1918

A little more than a century ago, the newly independent nation of Finland experienced a short but brutal civil war. Though the conflict left deep scars, a culture of working together helped former enemies reconcile and allowed the country to progress relatively quickly in its nation-building process.

Finland’s inventory of the intangible: music, circus, cuisine and everything in between
Arts & cultureFinnishness

Finland’s inventory of the intangible: music, circus, cuisine and everything in between

Finland’s original approach to cataloguing intangible cultural heritage is collaborative and ongoing. The inventory includes many of the country’s singular strengths and inimitable quirks, some of which might become part of Unesco’s lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage.