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Past Meetings / Videos
** New videos will be posted as they are available.**

FACA December 2020 – “Virtual Joulu” Magical Finnish Christmas together with Finnsource/Finlandia Foundation.
FACA November 2020 – “The Kvens of Norway”. Daniel (Karvonen) Haataja is senior lecturer in Finnish and linguistics at the University of Minnesota, and spent the last two years teaching Finnish at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø.
FACA October 2020 – Andrew Nestingen of the UW Seattle presents a thoughtful and in-depth look at the films and style of famed Finnish film director Aki Kaurismäki.
FACA September 2020 – “U.S. Immigration — Challenges of the Past and Present”.
Elaine Kumpula currently serves as Finland’s Honorary Consul in Minneapolis where she assists Finnish citizens living in the southern half of Minnesota and South Dakota.
FACA Summer 2020 – “Juhannus in Toivola, Michigan: 130+ Years in the Life of a Festival”. Hilary-Joy Virtanen, Ph.D., Finnish & Nordic Studies Program, Finlandia University: “Juhannus in Toivola,MI Video”
FACA Spring 2020 – Elizabeth “Helvi” Brauer from Luumu shows us how to make delicious Finnish Korvapuusti — Finnish Cardamom-Cinnamon Rolls.