Finding Finland
Episodes
Bryant Tolles: Finding ski trails and adventure in rural Imatra, Finland
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bryant Tolles is an American expatriate who currently calls Imatra, Finland home when he is not back in the United States. He has spent the last two d...
Gail Bilto: New Yorker, Finnish-American, Michigan native, and family member
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gail Bilto was born in Detroit, Michigan, in the first half of the 1940s. She is also a descendant of Finnish-American families who settled in Michiga...
Ronan Beckman: Author, Michigan native, and keen family genealogist with deep roots in Sweden
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ronan Beckman is historical fiction author with a focus on the “long Regency” and Late Georgian era. He was born in Michigan and for more than thr...
Antti Palosaari: Animator, illustrator, historic storyteller, and creator of Trolled.
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Antti Palosaari is a non-award winning animator known to some for his YouTube channel Anttimation, which brings Finnish mythology, notably the Kale...
Laura Aho: Bringing a People’s Stories to Life at the Genealogical Society of Finland
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Aho is the publicist for the Genealogical Society of Finland, Suomen Sukututkimusseura (www.genealogia.fi/en/). The organization, founded ...
Jack Steinmann: How A Community Sauna Could Build Place in Hancock
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Steinmann is a Twin Cities based marketing professional, with more than 25 years of production experience for commercials as well as digital and ...
Two cousins, Finnish and American, talk about finding they're related
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jere lives near the city of Kurikka, Finland, and is an avid outdoorsman and hunter. He is also my “cousin,” whose great grandmother was the cousi...