From embracing simplicity to spending time in nature year-round, Finland offers valuable life lessons—no matter what you think of the World Happiness Report. For the eighth year in a row, Finland has ...

IDEALLY, MARIANNE KORKALAINEN’S high school in Rautavaara, a tiny town in eastern Finland, would enrol at least 20 new pupils each year. This autumn, her shrinking municipality will send her only ...

In Finland, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered memories of the Winter War, when Finnish forces fought off a similar assault in 1939-40 with the assistance of thousands of Swedish volunteers. These ...

Review of Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland, by Pasi Sahlberg (NY: Teachers College Press, 2011) About four decades ago, Finland introduced major reforms to ...