Kalevala Mythology is a welcome aid to anyone studying the Kalevala, offering important background information and diverse perspectives on the Finnish national epic. The book covers a wide variety of topics, from the biography and folkloristic approach of Elias Lönnrot,..
Suomi ajautui toisen maailmansodan loputtua asemansa takia mukaan suurvaltojen väliseen taisteluun, jossa kaksi aatesuuntaa ja talousjärjestelmää asettuivat vastakkain. Idän ja lännen puristuksissa Suomi joutui väistämättä Neuvostoliiton tiukkaan otteeseen.
Oliko Suomi ku..
Lars Levi Laestadiuksen kuolemasta tulee 2011 kuluneeksi 150 vuotta. Moni meistä tietää, että Laestadius oli Lapin pappi. Mutta moniko on kuullut, mitä kaikkea muuta hän oli: saamelainen, kielentutkija, kirjailija, lehtimies, ekologi, botanisti, Linnén etevä oppilas ja Lapin..
This Finnish-language book presents stories of children's festivities in Finland in the 19th and 20th centuries. In the countryside, Finns traditionally celebrated only the beginning and end of childhood - birth and baptism, and confirmation. Children of the urban upper clas..
Author Varpu Lindström has had a successful career in Canada as a professor and prominent immigration scholar, but her arrival in the country in 1963, as a teenager who spoke no English, was difficult. Letters from an Immigrant Teenager: Letters from Varpu in Canada to Kaisa..
Sauli Niinistöä houkuteltiin presidenttiehdokkaaksi jo vuoden 2000 vaaleihin. Puolivallaton leskimies antoi kuitenkin kosijoilleen rukkaset. Vuonna 2006 hän hävisi täpärästi presidentti Tarja Haloselle, mutta siitä alkoi hänen suosionsa huikea nousu.
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Explore the spirit of Finnish culture, carved in the stone of Helsinki's magnificent buildings! Author Cory Douglas Oreck, wife of the American ambassador to Finland, will take you on a stunning tour of the stories wrapped up in Helsinki's architecture. Together with photogr..
This incredibly informative, illustrated book is the "first comprehensive work on the history of Finnish Lapland" intended for general readers and students. The author considers the cultural, geographical, military and political history of the region, discussing such topics ..
Lakes and shores are a familiar and beloved part of Finland's landscape, but under the water's surface is an astonishing world, full of life, beautiful patterns and colors, and exciting shipwrecks. Prize-winning underwater photographer Pekka Tuuri takes you into this world t..
Illustrator Kristiina Elo's first Turku coloring book was such a smashing success, that a sequel has been published! Like this first, this lovely collection of images to be colored depicts beautiful and interesting sites from the streets of Turku, with a brief text describin..
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