New Nordic Network

In our previous issue we reported that the Nordic Council of Ministers (Education and Research Ministers) had decided that after the closing of NIF, The Nordic Institute of Folklore, “the Council of Ministers will support, during the period 1998-2002, with an...

The Kalevala Prize 1998

The Kalevala Prize was founded in 1935 by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the national epic. The fund was established through a donation by the State of Finland. According to the statutes, the aim is “to support...

Matti Kuusi 1914-1998

The grand old man of Finnish folkloristics, academician Matti Kuusi, professor emeritus of Finnish and comparative folklore research at Helsinki University, passed away on 16 January 1998 at the age of 83. Despite his age, the word “old” feels slightly odd...

Pin It on Pinterest