Events

SFHS Annual Meeting was held In Seattle on March 21, 2026

On May 13, 1848 university students gathered in a meadow near Helsingfors to celebrate a spring festival. A choir, conducted by Fredrik Pacius,  gave the first…

Join us on February 5, 2024, 7:00 PM at Elliot Bay Books in Seattle. Author Linnea Axelsson will be joined by Amy Swanson King of Pacific Sami Searvi and Sasha LaPointe from the Upper Skagit and Nooksack Indian Tribe. There will be a panel discussion. SFHS is a co-presenter of this event. If you live outside of the Seattle area, see the tour listing below.

When the International Order of Runeberg made the decision to close, the records of each chapter were sent to the Swedish Finn Historical Society. SFHS already had…

Normally held the first Tuesday of December, the purpose of this special campaign is to ease financial concerns of non-profits during the Covid-19 pandemic. We are standing with…

Finland, always a leader in social distancing, has been named the happiest country in the world for three years running. Our natural inclination to steal away…

A little over a year ago Skogsägarna Österbotten contacted SFHS about providing assistance with a tour that they were planning. They wanted a tour that would…

SFHS was fortunate to host another group of high school students from Finland this past October. The first time we hosted the students was October of…