The United Kingdom Sibelius Society (“UKSS”) is holding a concert at Burgh House, Hampstead, London at 2 p.m. on Sunday, 19th May 2024. The programme will feature four duos by Sibelius, a sonata by Nielsen and a sonata by Delius. The full programme is: Sibelius Four Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op.78 Impromptu Romance Religioso Nielsen Sonata […]

Four Nordic Societies’ Midsummer Lunch on Monday, 24 June 2024 at Lincoln’s Inn, London WC2A 3TL from 11.45 a.m. for 12.30 Together all four Nordic Societies in England – The Anglo-Danish Society, The Anglo-Finnish Society, The Anglo-Norse Society and The Anglo-Swedish Society – are organising a Midsummer Lunch on Monday, 24 June 2024 at 11.45 […]

Emmi Maaria Ensemble performing at the Finnish Church in London, 33 Albion Street London SE16 7HZ, from 6.30 p.m. on Saturday, 20 April 2024 (The venue is a 10 min walk from Canada Water and a 3 min walk from Rotherhithe overground station.) Join us for a musical evening through Finnish landscapes and poetry! Emmi […]

Guided Walk in the Inns of Court on Thursday, 13 June 2024 from 11 a.m. (meeting point at Temple Station) Barrister Peter Hofford will take a group of up to 15 for a guided walk in the Inns of Court, including the Temple and Chancery Lane and possibly other places nearby. The walk will last […]

Pre-War Rolls-Royce Motor Cars with a Finnish Connection – A Talk by Sir John Stuttard, KStJ, JP, FCA, Lord Mayor of the City of London from 2006 to 2007. 3 p.m. at the Allen Room at St Anne’s Church, Soho, 55 Dean Street, London, W1D 6AF. Sir John has written a book Pre-War Rolls-Royce Motor […]

  Kaija Saariaho Memorial Concert with The Carice Singers at Kings Place Sunday 2 June 2024 6 p.m. (doors open 5.30 p.m.) Address: Hall One, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG (next to King’s Cross Station) Supported by the Anglo-Finnish Society 2 June 2024 marks the first anniversary of the death of Kaija Saariaho, the […]

Tour of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH, Friday 29 November 2024 at 2 p.m.  Following our popular FCDO tour earlier this year, we are organising another opportunity to enjoy this tour.  The current premises of the FCDO in King Charles Street, designed by the architect George Gilbert […]

The Finnish Defence Attaché will be giving a talk about Finland’s NATO Membership on Friday, 9 February 2024 at 3 p.m. at the Allen Room at St Anne’s Church, Soho, 55 Dean Street, London, W1D 6AF. Captain (Navy) Mika Raunu will be addressing issues such as the reasons why the Finnish public mood switched so […]

Annual General Meeting at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 13 March 2024 followed by a light buffet dinner. Notice sent to current subscribing Members of the Society who are requested to notify the Hon. Secretary no later than 5th March 2024 of their intention to attend the AGM or tender their apologies to him, preferably by […]

Tuesday, 23 January 2024 at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 14 Queen Anne’s Gate, London, SW1H 9AA. Art Expert Christina Cadogan will give a talk on Nordic art to the Anglo-Swedish and Anglo-Finnish Societies about the advent of a more modern style of painting in Sweden and Finland in the late nineteenth and early […]