Sophia Jansson will give a talk about her aunt, the legendary Tove Jansson. This event is organised in cooperation with the Embassy of Finland in London, the Finnish Institute and the Anglo-Swedish Society. We are already operating a waiting list for this unsurprisingly popular event.
Christmas Comes To Moominvalley – evening performance on Friday, 3 January 2025 at Jacksons Lane, 269a Archway Road, London N6 5AA We have made arrangements for a group booking of tickets for Friday, 3 January 2025. There will be an opportunity before the show for a short introduction to Jacksons Lane and after the show […]
Tuesday, 14 January 2025 at 6 p.m. at the Community Hall of St Anne’s Church, Soho, 55 Dean Street, London, W1D 6AF. Film Projection and talk by Kirsten Adkins, a filmmaker based in Glasgow, of her film Singing the Wooden House (30 minutes): A journey to a border zone, in search of a wooden house […]
Traditional Finnish Christmas Lunch on Tuesday, 17 December 2024 from 2 p.m. at the Finnish Church in London, 33 Albion Street, London, SE16 7HZ. This day happens to be the 113th anniversary of the foundation of the Anglo-Finnish Society in 1911. The Anglo-Finnish Society’s Christmas lunch will again be at the Finnish Church in London, […]
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 […]