Terve/Welcome to the “Finding Finland,” the place that explores "all things Finland." As a Finnish-American by birth, with one quarter of my ancestry rooted in the Nordic nation of Finland, I am personally and biologically attached to this country. Today, this is cause for celebration, as suddenly all things Finnish, in the eyes of the world and social media, are wildly cool—or as the Finns say, “Siistia!” In March 2024, Finland was named for the seventh year in a row as the world’s “happiest country,” according to a United Nations report examining major areas of individual and societal wellbeing. On the “Finding Finland” well explore the Nordic Nation and all things Finnish from the perspective of a Finnish-American who has reconnected with his Finnish kin and Finnish and Finnish-American roots.
