Finnish heritage-related writings will be on this page.  All four of my grandparents emigrated from Finland in the early 1900s. They came from four separate towns. They met as young immigrants when they arrived in the Upper Peninsula. I was raised with a keen sense of heritage. This led to several poems, stories, and essays about being Finnish-American. I even attended a college called Suomi College (now Finlandia University) for my freshman year.

The Suomi College choir was the official choir of the Lutheran World Federation convention in Helsinki in 1963, and I was honored to sing alto in the alumni choir and tour Europe and Finland with them. We sang several times in this national cathedral in Helsinki. I have read my work at several Finnfests throughout the years. Finnfest is the annual convention celebrating Finnish-American and Finnish-Canadian heritage. I follow posts on Facebook of a group called American Finnish people, which has over 10,000 members. I’m not alone in having a strong identification with my heritage. Below are three books which have featured Finnish-American and Finnish-Canadian writers.