Finnish Cultural Foundation () is a private

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dedicated to the promotion of

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and

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Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. The foundation's assets are about 1.8 billion

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s, which makes it one of the largest private foundations in Europe. Annual

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were more than 50 million euros in 2023. The Finnish Cultural Foundation consists of the main fund and 17

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funds. It was founded in 1939 to counterbalance Finnish cultural life as the

Swedish-speaking Finns The Swedish-speaking population of Finland (whose members are called by many names—see below; ; ) is a linguistic minority in Finland. They maintain a strong identity and are seen either as a separate cultural, ethnic or linguistic group or ...

received significantly more funding because of their own foundation '' Svenska kulturfonden''.

External links

Finnish Cultural Foundation Official Homepage
(English and Finnish) Foundations based in Finland Culture of Finland Science and technology in Finland {{charity-stub