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August 2018
November 2018
Olavi Virta movie – November 13
Canadian Friends of Finland (CFF) & Finnish Studies at U of T proudly present a new Finnish film OLAVI VIRTA Olavi Virta (by Timo Koivusalo, 2018) tells a story of one of the most loved singers of Finland and “The King of Finnish Tango” – Olavi Virta (1915–1972). During his career between 1930s and 1950s, Virta recorded more than 600 songs, such as Finnish classics Hopeinen kuu and Kultainen nuoruus. He was a member of the…
Find out more »Songs from the North: The Metallic Country Brand of Finland
Finnish Studies Program at the University of Toronto & Canadian Friends of Finland warmly welcome you to the 10th public lecture in the series An Evening with Finnish Studies. SONGS FROM THE NORTH: THE METALLIC COUNTRY BRAND OF FINLAND delivered by Dr. Toni-Matti Karjalainen (Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland) "I do want to point out, that Finland has perhaps the most heavy metal bands in the world”, stated US President Barack Obama in his address to…
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AGM 2017
The 36th Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Friends of Finland Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 7:00 PM Charbonnel Lounge, St Michael’s College, University of Toronto 81 St Mary’s Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1J4 Agenda Call to Order Quorum Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes of Previous CFF AGM on June 21, 2016 President’s Report - Börje Vähämäki Membership Secretary’s Report – Gail Patterson Treasurer’s Report – Paul Lindala Appointment of Reviewer – Paul Lindala Election of the Board of…
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Finnish Film Festival – 100 Years of Finnish Cinema
5 Films 1 Film left! SEL8NNE Nov 29 The record breaking documentary film about Teemu “The Finnish Flash” Selänne and his unlimited skating speed, will give the Finnish Film Festival a powerful ending. The leading star in the movie, no other than Selänne himself, doesn’t need an introduction. The Variety Magazine called him “possibly the best-known export Finland has produced outside of Nokia”. The film is a biography which will tell you the story behind the most famous Finnish hockey…
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