Image: Esko Tikkala/Lahti Museums A Finnish metal detectorist has uncovered what is believed to be the country’s largest known Viking Age silver coin hoard after finding thousands of ancient coi...
A Finnish couple spent five years searching Google Maps and government property records for an island they could call their own before discovering a 5-acre patch of land in the country’s vast archipel...
Maggie Walz Photo credit: National Park Service Born Margareeta Johanna Konttra Niiranen in Tornio, Finland, in 1861, Maggie Walz came to the United States at the age of 20 with almost nothing, just $...
A sun-dappled forest clearing with a stream, mossy rocks, and ancient trees. A young woman offers a wooden bird to an appreciative elderly man. Among the many proverbs that have emerged from Finland&#...