“Forging Kalevala in Music: Inside a Composer’s Creative Process” Monday, 9 March 2026 at 18:00 for 18:30 (drinks and snacks from 18:00, talk begins at 18:30 – Duration: Until approximately 19:30/19:45) Venue: Church of St Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, Lower Thames Street, EC3R 6DN (nearest Tube: Monument, London Bridge, Bank) Description: This event offers […]
Churchill’s Baltic vision, talk by Prof. Patrick Salmon OBE Allen Room (First Floor), St Anne’s Church, 55 Dean Street, Soho, London W1D 6AF at 3 p.m. on 17 February 2026 Winston Churchill never visited the Baltic, but it held an important place in his strategic imagination. In both world wars he dreamed of inflicting a […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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.
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, […]
The United Kingdom Sibelius Society (‘UKSS’) is holding a concert at Burgh House, Hampstead, London at 2 p.m. on Sunday, 8 June 2025. Jenny Stern, piano, and Emmanuel Bach, violin, will perform a wide selection of Sibelius’s music for piano and for violin and piano. Here is the full music programme: Sonatine for Violin and […]
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 […]
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 […]