Literature Archives

What Westerners weren’t supposed to see

Finnish Estonian author Sofi Oksanen causes a stir with the subject matter and success of her novel “Purge,” which has won just about every prize it possibly can.

Life & society Society

Finnish libraries offer new adventures

Finnish libraries act as multimedia-equipped public living rooms and offer imaginative new services.

Life & society Language

Starry-eyed study of Finnish

We look at three books that will help take your Finnish to the next level – and it will be practically painless.

Arts & culture Literature

US wise guy makes fun of life in Finland

The book How to Marry a Finnish Girl shows why kids can speak Finnish but you can’t, how to avoid summer cabins, and more.

Arts & culture Literature

Readers flock to New Finnish Grammar

Imagine our surprise when a novel called New Finnish Grammar appeared at the top of the Guardian bestseller list.

Arts & culture Literature

Finnish contemporary literature: A wealth of voices

Finnish literature is going further than ever. Join our tour of prose, poetry and publishing (and Finland-Swedish books).

Life & society Travel

Roughing it in exotic Finland

The co-author of a new guide to Finland tells how the book was made, drops travel tips and reveals what’s best about the Finns.

Arts & culture Literature

Between memory and forgetting

Elina Hirvonen talks about her critically acclaimed novel When I Forgot, which offers a mix of Finnish and American perspectives on September 11, Iraq, Vietnam and the Second World War – and on love.

Literature

What Westerners weren’t supposed to see

Finnish libraries offer new adventures

Starry-eyed study of Finnish

US wise guy makes fun of life in Finland

Readers flock to New Finnish Grammar

Finnish contemporary literature: A wealth of voices

Roughing it in exotic Finland

Between memory and forgetting

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