The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, commonly known as SFWA is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. While SFWA is based in the United States, its membership is open to writers worldwide. The organization was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight under the name Science Fiction Writers of America. The president of SFWA as of July 1, 2021 is Jeffe Kennedy.
The University of Oulu is one of the largest universities in Finland, located in the city of Oulu. It was founded on July 8, 1958. The university has around 13,000 students and 2,900 staff. 21 International Master's Programmes are offered at the university. The university is often ranked as one of the better universities in Finland and in the top-400 worldwide.
The University of Vaasa is a multidisciplinary, business-oriented university in Vaasa, Finland. The campus of the university is situated by the Gulf of Bothnia adjacent to downtown Vaasa. The university has evolved from a school of economics founded in 1968 to a university consisting of four different schools: The School of Accounting and Finance, The School of Management, The School of Marketing and Communications and the School of Technology and Innovations. University of Vaasa is one of the largest business universities in Finland. The university has personnel of around 500 which includes a teaching staff of 180 and 54 professors. Around 5000 students are currently studying in various degree programs at the university.
Minna Canth was a Finnish writer and social activist. Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children. Her work addresses issues of women's rights, particularly in the context of a prevailing culture she considered antithetical to permitting expression and realization of women's aspirations. The Worker's Wife and The Pastor's Family are her best known plays, but the play Anna Liisa is the most adapted to the films and operas. In her time, she became a controversial figure, due to the asynchrony between her ideas and those of her time, and in part due to her strong advocacy for her point of view.
Karjalan Liitto is a Finnish organisation that promotes Karelian culture and history. It also functions as an interest group for Karelian evacuees. As of 2023, the organization consists of 14 districts in Finland, cooperating with other Karelian movements and organisations.
Suomen Sisu is a nonpartisan Finnish association that defines itself as nationalist and patriotic, criticizing unlimited immigration and multiculturalism. Suomen Sisu proclaims to support the idea of independent nation states, that govern themselves sovereignly, and opposes supranational co-operation, especially the European Union. Suomen Sisu was established as the Youth Organisation of the Association of Finnish Culture and Identity in 1998, but this affiliation was broken in 2000. The organization is not affiliated with any political party, but its members have operated in several parties as individuals, particularly within the Finns Party.
The Thanks for the Book Award,, is a Finnish literary prize that has been presented since 1966 by the Organization of the Booksellers’ Association of Finland, Libro ry and the Finnish Library Association.
Eero Heikki Lehti is a Finnish businessman, the chairman of the city council of Kerava, and was a member of the Finnish parliament since 2007 until 2019. He is the founder of Taloustutkimus Oy and also the chairman of the company's board of directors as well as the chairman of the Federation of Finnish Enterprises since 2002. Lehti is a member of the National Coalition Party.
Gummerus Oy is a Finnish media group that was founded in Jyväskylä in 1872 by Kaarle Jaakko Gummerus. In 1985, it moved its headquarters from Jyväskylä to Helsinki. In 2008, it had an annual turnover of EUR 26,9 million. Annually, it publishes approximately 200 new titles, which are sold in bookstores, department stores and book clubs.
The Runeberg prize is a Finnish literature prize founded in 1987.
Jukka Lemmetty is a Finnish author and illustrator of children's books, textbooks, and reference books.
Pietari (Petter) Mikonpoika Hannikainen, surname changed to Hanén during his early years of studying until 1852, was a Finnish writer, journalist and surveyor, and a member of the Hannikainen family of writers and musicians.
In Finland, the far right was strongest in 1920–1940 when the Academic Karelia Society, Lapua Movement, Patriotic People's Movement (IKL) and Export Peace operated in the country and had hundreds of thousands of members. In addition to these dominant far-right and fascist organizations, smaller Nazi parties operated as well.
Aki Cederberg is a Finnish writer, musician and filmmaker. He has written books about Indian religions and European modern Paganism, including Journeys in the Kali Yuga (2017) and Pyhä Eurooppa.
The Patriotic People's Party was a Finnish Nazi party in the early 1930s, led by mason Ernest Hedborg.
Vietti Brynolf Nykänen was a Finnish architect, writer and politician.
Sofia Theodolinda Hahnsson was a Finnish writer and translator. She is the first known female author to write in Finnish. She was a significant figure in the literary society of Hämeenlinna. She had published several popular short stories, novels, and social plays, some of which appeared in newspapers.
Anu Kaipainen was a prolific Finnish writer and literary critic.
Events in the year 2022 in Finland.
Jaakko Syrjä was a Finnish writer. He served as the president of the Union of Finnish Writers from 1975 to 1980.
