Category Archives: Our events

  • 17th December 2025

    Higher Education in Finland: A strategic look

    Higher Education in Finland: A strategic look at its role in the Education system and what can be learned from higher education policies in the UK: A talk by Birgitta Vuorinen – Counsellor, Education and Science, Embassy of Finland, London Community Hall, St Anne’s Church, 55 Dean Street, London, W1D 6AF at 18.00 -19.30 on 13 January 2026 The Talk: Context and Content Finland […]

  • 26th November 2025

    Visit and Tour at Christie’s

    We are grateful to our member Christina Cadogan for organising this visit to Christie’s in collaboration with the Anglo-Swedish Society.  The visit will start at 10.30 on 11th December 2025.  There will be coffee and a guided visit of the exhibition ’Nordic Lights’ by Anna Touzin, Senior Specialist, Director, Post-War and Contemporary Art, and Alastair Plumb, […]

  • 26th October 2025

    Christmas Lunch at the Finnish Church in London

    Tuesday, 16 December 2025 (1 p.m. to 4 p.m.) We are once again holding our Christmas lunch at the Finnish Church in Rotherhithe, with a range of delicious Finnish Christmas dishes. Pre-lunch drinks and the Christmas buffet will be held in the Church Hall. To make this year’s occasion even more festive, we are delighted that John […]

  • 14th June 2025

    The Finnish Defence Attaché’s Talk

    The Finnish Defence Attaché Captain (Navy) Juha Ravanti will give a talk on Developing Finnish Defence. He will share current situational information and estimations about it. Details circulated to members.

  • 6th May 2025

    Victoria and Albert Museum Tour

    We have organised a tour for a group of up to 20 of our members at the Victoria and Albert Museum.  The time will be between 14:00 – 16:00 on the 20th May 2025 for a guided museum and conservation studio tour.  There will be a general tour of the museum given by one of the Museum’s expert guides, […]

  • 29th January 2025

    Midsummer Lunch

    24th June 2025 (11:45 – 14:30) Lincoln’s Inn, Lincoln’s Inn Fields WC2A 3TL All four Nordic Societies in England – the Anglo-Danish Society, the Anglo-Finnish Society, the Anglo-Norse Society and the Anglo-Swedish Society – are renewing last year’s successful Nordic Midsummer lunch and invite you to Lincoln’s Inn on Tuesday, 24 June 2025 at 11.45 […]

  • 23rd December 2024

    ‘Scandinavian Modern’: Nordic Design Behind the Scenes

    Finnish designers played a huge part in the ‘Scandinavian Modern’ movement of the 1950s. It was a style that took America and Europe by storm with its cool functionality, natural materials and organic curves. But, lurking behind the scenes, were hidden hands and powerful political projects. It wasn’t just the social democratic urge to change […]

  • Friedrich Karl of Hesse – the first, last, and never King of Finland.

    We know the richly storied accounts of Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian royalty and nobility dating back over 1000 years to Viking times. But, what about Finland – did the Finns and Finland ever have their own King, or were they fated to ‘make do’ by sharing other people’s sovereigns? Prince Friedrich Karl, Landgraf of Hesse, […]