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1. Finnish
   The Finnish program is part of the Scandinavian Studies Department at the University of Washington in Seattle. The core of the Finnish program is language instruction on three levels, which is offered every quarter. The Finnish program enrolls 50-70 students in Finnish-language instruction and cultural courses taught in English by the program faculty every year.
2. Finnish -- Finnish American
   Raised in Superior by idealistic Finnish-American parents, Mayme (Corgan) Sevander was 10 years old when her family left the United States bound for Soviet Karelia in 1934. The exhibit chronicles the many hardships Mayme survived. Sevander made a career in Russia as a teacher and, by the time of her death at age 79 in 2003, had established herself as an authority on Finnish-American idealists who emigrated to Soviet Karelia. Her research work and several books have been published in Russia, Finland, Sweden, Canada and the United States. After meeting a Duluth group visiting Petrozavodsk to establish a Sister City relationship, Sevander’s interest in Duluth renewed, and she returned to teach Russian at the College of St. Scholastica.
3. Finnish -- Finnish Americans
   Finnish immigrants dreamed of an institution that would provide religious education, perpetuate the Finnish language and preserve their experience in North America. Suomi College (now Finlandia University) built in 1896, is the realization of that dream, and the only institution of higher learning founded by Finnish Americans. The FAHC links the Finnish-American community — through history, tradition and mission — to Finland with its Finnish American Historical Archive, "The Finnish American Reporter," the Heritage Center Gallery and the FAHC Theater further strengthen that link.
4. Finnish -- Languages
   Finnish is a member of the Finno Ugric language family which is spoken by about 5.5 million people, mainly in Finland; there are small Finnish-speaking minorities in the Sweden, Norway and Russia. Finnish is an agglutinating language that like Hungarian always has stress on the first syllables. Finnish is ... an inflected language which modifies both noun and verb forms depending on their role in the sentence. There are quite a few Germanic loanwords in Finnish, for example kuningas from Germanic *kuningaz (cf. English king).
5. Finnish -- Efforts
   A Finnish American renaissance has ... blossomed. The movement began in the 1960s, when third and fourth generation Finnish Americans looked to their own past for models that could help solve the social crises in America. It expanded to include efforts to define and express themselves as members of a culture of difference. The renaissance, which includes cultural revival and maintenance as well as new culture creativity, has nurtured new networks between Finland and the United States.
6. Finnish -- Work
   Once in the United States, Finnish immigrants recreated Finnish institutions, including churches, temperance societies, workers' halls, benefit societies, and cooperatives. Within those institutions, they organized a broad spectrum of activities for themselves: weekly and festival programs, dances, worship services, theater productions, concerts, sports competitions, and summer festivals. They created lending libraries, bands, choirs, self-education study groups, and drama groups. Furthermore, they kept in touch with each other through the newspapers that they published—over 120 different papers since the first, Amerikan Suomalainen Lehti, which appeared for 14 issues in 1876.
7. Finnish -- Swedish American
   Not much Finnish culture has made it to the rest of the world. One example if Väinö Linna's novel "The Unknown Soldier". Finland's best know cultural exports - Sibelius and Tove Janssen (Muumins) - were/are Swedish speakers !
8. Finnish -- Native Americans
   At Salolampi, you can play Finnish sports such as kyykkä (Karelian skittles), pesäpallo (Finnish style baseball) and jalkapallo (soccer). Of course, you'll want to meet at the waterfront for swimming or canoeing.Villagers ... can be seen out hiking (sauvakävely) in the afternoon through all the trails by the lake and through the woods. Try your hand at tuohenpunonta (birchbark crafts) or kankaankudonta (loom weaving), or sing, act or dance at the ulkoilmalava (pavilion). Native and expert speakers will introduce you to modern Finland.
9. Finnish -- Finland Swedes
   Since 1990, Finnish Studies has been an important part of the University, preparing the next generation of leaders in business, science, education and culture with strong connections to Finland. Finnish studies faculty ... contribute to the Finnish community in Seattle.
10. Finnish -- United States
    Finnish is one of two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedish, spoken by 5.49% of the population as of 2006[3]) and an official language of the European Union. It enjoys the status of an official minority language in Sweden. It is ... one of the working languages of the Nordic Council. Under the Nordic Language Convention, citizens of the Nordic countries speaking Finnish have the opportunity to use their native language when interacting with official bodies in other Nordic countries without being liable to any interpretation or translation costs.[4][5]

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