Alma Pöysti agreed to star in Fallen Leaves, Finland’s Oscar entry, before there was a script. It was enough to know that local directing legend Aki Kaurismäki (The Man Without a Past) wanted ...

Finnish people use slang words and phrases which, when translated, might confuse Americans. You might describe someone with a sweet tooth as a "pullahiiri," which translates to a "bun mouse." ...

Thirty-four years ago, self-publishing a book was a challenge. Undeterred, John Louis Anderson forged ahead with "Scandinavian Humor & Other Myths" in June 1986. In the book's first three months ...

Up Next Finnish Artist Iiu Susiraja Tempers Humor With Honesty in Her Raw Self-Portraits, Now on View in a Star-Making Debut Show at MoMA PS1 "Iiu Susiraja: A style called a dead fish" is the ...

But Finnish creators are also embracing black humor, present throughout adult animation “Poridise,” based on the naughty works of Instagram phenomenon Pieruperse and diving right into ...

One: Finland is in the Northern Baltic/West Ural Mountains region, which creates a perfect weather inversion system that plunges the country into long, bitter, and very cold winters. Two: lots of ...

As proven by a slew of new shows in development, series creators from Finland keep on experimenting. “People are exploring some bold, risky topics. Ones that make you go: ‘Wow, they are really ...

His latest creation, the V.B. 77, is encased in a Finland-cast-and-forged hardcore Outokumpu stainless steel. The DLC protective layer on the case is a unique feature of the V.B. 77 among all S.U ...

It is impossible to encounter Finnish artist Iiu Susiraja's photographs neutrally. Despite their air of mundanity, the strange, often humorous collec ...

As proven by a slew of new shows in development, series creators from Finland keep on experimenting. “People are exploring some bold, risky topics. Ones that make you go: ‘Wow, they are really ...