tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39757525939742904462024-03-13T09:27:50.970-07:00Canadian Friends of Finland, VancouverDiscover the world of Finnish films, books, music and art through special events, film afternoons and lectures. Enjoy films and books from the library at the Scandinavian Community Centre in Burnaby, BC. Please become a member.CFF Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00728046021109246101noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-66113218956598326972024-01-15T14:07:00.000-08:002024-01-15T14:07:28.362-08:00 CFF Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00728046021109246101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-64728500019675268332023-06-20T10:15:00.002-07:002023-06-20T10:15:56.062-07:00June 2023: Join us for the annual Scandinavian Midsummer Festival in Burnaby BC - easy to access by bus or vehicle. The two days of activities include crafts people selling everything from wooden bowls to knitted washcloths, a beer tent, a salmon bbq, a food tent, food vendors, cultural information from the Nordic countries and much more. The full day activities on Saturday costs $15 and on CFF Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00728046021109246101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-25358138270997087382023-01-12T17:51:00.002-08:002023-01-12T17:51:35.632-08:00Join us Sunday Feb 5th to celebrate Runeberg Day! Canadian Friends of Finlandinvites you to join us for aRuneberg CELEBRATION An afternoon of Runeberg’s songs featuring the Runeberg Chorus with soloists Austin Doyle and Kaoru Henry. Piano duet: Janet Mowatt & Austin Doyle performing Tapiola by Sibelius. Enjoy coffee, tea and the Runeberg torte or Runebergintorttu. Everyone in the lower mainland of Vancouver is invited! &CFF Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00728046021109246101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-91227994683186467952022-05-30T11:29:00.000-07:002022-05-30T11:29:42.386-07:00Searching for Finnish-Canadian publications, films and musicDr. Veli Niinimaa, Ph.D., was born in
Revonlahti, Finland and immigrated to Toronto with his family at the age of 14
in 1964. After completing his high school education, he graduated from the
University of Toronto with a BPHE (‘73), M.Sc. ('76) and Ph.D. ('79) in
exercise physiology. He taught at the Universities of New Brunswick and Calgary
for four years. Veli's sport career began in 1973 when CFF Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00728046021109246101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-72424376661421405072021-11-17T17:15:00.005-08:002021-11-17T17:15:46.192-08:00Notice of Annual General Meeting - Friday, Dec 17, 2021 <!--[if gte mso 9]>
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my hands to do some research on the history of Finnish Immigrants to British
Columbia. Searching the internet, I
discovered the website for the Maple Ridge Museum. I was happy to learn the museum had the
history of Websters Corners in their archives.
Websters Corners was settled by Finnish people who left Sointula in the
early CFF Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00728046021109246101noreply@blogger.com0Websters Corners, BC V4R 1X8, Canada49.220456 -122.512558920.910222163821153 -157.6688089 77.530689836178851 -87.3563089tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-85311528044933921002020-03-17T19:15:00.017-07:002021-11-17T19:25:52.550-08:00Operation Ankka - This is a story about a duck. By Geoff Ballance
This first appeared in print in the Canadian Friends of Finland Spring
2020 Newsletter As is often the case with duck stories, it begins
on a cool, misty summer morning by a lake in Finland. My partner Christina and I had been staying
at her cousin Tapani's kesämöki, exploring the lake and surrounding
countryside. Perched at the end of a
small peninsula, theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0Vancouver, BC, Canada49.2827291 -123.120737520.972495263821152 -158.27698750000002 77.59296293617885 -87.9644875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-41079054771522633302020-03-17T19:06:00.040-07:002021-11-17T19:38:12.387-08:00Biography: Hulda Wilhelmina Gröhn (Lindgren)By
Dianne Kilback &CFF Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00728046021109246101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-52103102379383440672020-03-17T17:07:00.007-07:002021-11-17T19:26:23.116-08:00Back from the dead: World's oldest Saimaa ringed seal sighted after 28 yearsCanadian Friends of Finland Spring
2020 Newsletter
News from Finland Source: Yle-Uutiset &CFF Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00728046021109246101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-87123232534904131002016-01-18T14:04:00.000-08:002016-01-18T14:04:15.577-08:00
CANADIAN FRIENDS OF FINLAND
Welcomes you to
A Celebration of the Art and Life of
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Sunday,
February 7, 2016 at 2 pm
The
Scandinavian Centre
6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby
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Join us in a presentation of a celebration of the art and life of the great
FinnishAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-28618132016491021582015-02-27T09:57:00.000-08:002015-02-27T09:59:29.157-08:00
CANADIAN FRIENDS OF FINLAND
Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 2 pm
at the Scandinavian Centre,
6540 Thomas St, Burnaby
An Introduction to Family History
for Canadian-Finns
If you already know about your Finnish ancestors, how do you trace their forbears even further back?
If you are a second or third generation Canadian, how do you find out where in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-59596185266541519582015-02-09T12:39:00.002-08:002015-02-09T12:39:48.252-08:00Scandinavian Film and Television Course being offered via Coursera This info is taken directly from the coursera site on Feb 9, 2015. The second week is just starting so if you are interested sign up now for this one line course. 5 weeks of study; 3 to 5 hours per week; taught in English<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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CANADIAN FRIENDS OF FINLAND
Upcoming Events
Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 2 pm
at the Scandinavian Centre, 6540 Thomas St, Burnaby
Helsinki, Ikuisesti (2008)
(Helsinki, Forever)
Helsinki, Forever is a portrait and city symphony
of the White City of the North. It is a
montage film on the City of Helsinki by the award-winning Finnish film Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-84502102558432042552014-11-23T05:58:00.003-08:002014-11-23T05:58:33.275-08:00Sunday Nov 23 - Scandinavian Craft Fair
Scandinavian Craft Fair
23 Nov
Arts and Crafts — Baked Goods — Christmas Goodies Refreshments and much much more! Presented by Purpurit Folk Dancers
Date: Sunday November 23, 2014 Time: 11 am to 4 pm Cost: Free Admission
Scroll down for directions by car and public transit.
Scandinavian Community Centre 6540 Thomas St Burnaby, BC V5B 4P9
Ph: (604) 294‑2777 CFF Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00728046021109246101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-87510068397978818212014-10-15T14:41:00.000-07:002014-10-15T14:41:37.424-07:00
CANADIAN FRIENDS OF FINLAND
Sunday Afternoon Films
Sunday,
October 19, 2014 at 2 pm
Pohjalaisia (1925)
(The Ostrobothnians)
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a silent movie
restored and reissued with a new music track in 2012, is based on the play by Artturi Järviluoma who was also the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-28951493370761027482014-09-09T11:24:00.000-07:002014-09-09T11:24:14.046-07:00
Canadian Friends of Finland
25th Annual General Meeting
Sunday, September 28, 2014 at 1 pm
The Scandinavian Centre
6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby
Please attend and provide your input and suggestions.
Following the meeting, stay for coffee and two films by
Pirkko & Albert Karvonen:
Welcome to everyone!
&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-8235442877777704422014-05-04T12:00:00.002-07:002014-05-04T12:00:16.419-07:00Film: Sunday May 4 - 2 PM - Scandinavian Community Centre
Colorado Avenue is a 2007 film, directed by
Claes Olsson, and based on two Ostrobothnia novels by Lars Sund (Colorado Avenue and
Puodinpitäjän poika (Shopkeeper’s Son). The film tells
the story of Dollar-Hanna, dealing with humiliation, shame and respect.
When Hanna is little, she and her mother are forced to
leave their home island in the Bothnia archipelago after Hanna´s father drownsCFF Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00728046021109246101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-47179424673149921332014-02-20T14:50:00.000-08:002014-02-20T14:50:08.028-08:00
CANADIAN FRIENDS OF FINLAND
Sunday Afternoon Films
Pirkko and Albert Karvonen will
introduce and present two of their films:
Strings Across the Sky
(2011)
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A documentary about
Andrea Hansen, a child prodigy violinist born in Kenora to Finnish
parents. After a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-9443195495041525872014-01-28T08:03:00.002-08:002014-01-28T08:05:21.328-08:00Sun Feb 9, 2014: Annual Runeberg Day Celebration - Please join us!
The 12th Annual Runeberg Day Celebration
History from the Perspective of Women
A presentation about Fredrika Runeberg’s
1862
historical novel
Sigrid Liljeholm
Also The
Runeberg Chorus
performing
songs in Swedish, Finnish and English
Sunday, February 9, 2013 at 2 pm
Admission
by donation – Coffee with Runeberg Tarts - All WelcomeCFF Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00728046021109246101noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-67207708841723393312014-01-13T20:16:00.000-08:002014-01-28T08:01:53.133-08:00
Canadian Friends of Finland,
Vancouver
Upcoming Events at the Scandinavian Centre
6540 Thomas Street, Burnaby
Sunday, 19 January, 2014, 2 pm Sunday Afternoon Film: kaikella rakkaudella (things we do for love)
Sunday, 9 February 2 pm
12th Annual Runeberg Day Celebration:
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Typing the letters ä, ö and å
It is not
difficult to enter these letters on a computer keyboard, but the best method
depends on how often you need to do so and whether you want to write in Finnish
or to use English with just a few Finnish words or names. The method you choose
also depends on the kind of computer you have and the programs you use.
This is a long article, so please Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-10816260734624452092013-10-03T01:16:00.000-07:002013-10-07T17:19:12.116-07:00Remembrance Celebration - Oct 20th - Ulf Fagerlund
Ulf (Uffe) Fagerlund - 1925 - 2013
It is with
great sadness that we announce the passing of Ulf Fagerlund on September 17,
2013. The family
is inviting those who wish to remember and celebrate Uffe to join them at the
Scandinavian Centre on October 20, 2013 from 2 pm to 5 pm.
Born in
Loviisa, Finland, March 16, 1925, Uffe immigrated to Canada in 1951 with his
wife Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-32365055161649838132013-08-17T13:37:00.001-07:002013-08-17T13:37:56.782-07:00
Canadian Friends of Finland
24th Annual General Meeting
Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 1:00 pm
Welcome to everyone!
Please attend and provide your fresh input and suggestions.
Afterwards, stay for coffee and a Kaurismäki film
Le Havre (2011)
Aki Kaurismäki’s second French language
film
In this warmhearted
comedy-drama, Marcel, a former bohemian and struggling author Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-44285840341567464182013-05-14T13:02:00.003-07:002021-11-17T16:41:12.822-08:00Timeless Suomenlinna - A historic travel pieceThe Spring (May 2013) CFF newsletter is out. There are 16 pages featuring historic pieces, personal opinions, poems, recipes, travel pieces and much more. It is released 4x a year and is part of your membership.
Here is a travel historic piece by Jori Ballance:
The Helsinki skyline slowly receded as we sailed away from
the Kauppatori Square. We were aboard the commuter ferry Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975752593974290446.post-21520414665285227602013-03-18T11:52:00.000-07:002013-05-14T13:03:29.489-07:00
Canadian Friends of Finland
welcomes you to
Jean Sibelius and Finland’s Awakening
Lecture by Glenda Goss, Sibelius
Academy, Helsinki
Glenda Goss is professor of music history at the Sibelius Academy and
the author of, Sibelius: A Composer's Life and the Awakening of Finland.
At the end of the
nineteenth century Finland experienced a Golden Age of music Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0