Finnladies of Chicagoland

Finnladies of Chicagoland Finnladies of Chicagoland is a non-political social club based in the Chicago metropolitan area, whose purpose is to maintain Finnish language and culture.

Finnladies of Chicagoland is a non-political social club based in the Chicago metropolitan area. The purpose of the club is to maintain Finnish language among the members and promote Finnish culture. The Finnladies of Chicagoland club was actively involved with the Finnish Expatriate Parliament driving the dual/multi citizenship initiative in Finland . The club started following the publishing of

a book, authored by Maire Hillman, a Finnish woman living in Chicago . This became the seed for a group of Finnish women to get together as a book club in the 1970s. Later, in 1980, the book club evolved into the Finnladies of Chicagoland. Club activities are managed by an elected Board. Club members gather once a month at members’ homes to exchange news from Finland and to spread Finnish know-how. There are, however, no meetings in June, July, August and December. Meetings and communications are conducted in Finnish. Finnladies on Chicagon alueella toimiva epäpoliittinen sosiaalinen yhdistys. Kerhon tarkoituksena on ylläpitää jäsentensä suomen kielen taitoa ja tukea suomalaiseen kulttuuriin liittyvää toimintaa alueellamme. Finnladies osallistui aktiivisesti Ulkosuomalaisparlamentin toimintaan kaksois- tai monikansalaisuuden hyväksymiseksi Suomessa. Finnladies sai alkunsa, kun ryhmä suomalaisia naisia kokoontui Chicagossa asuneen Maire Hillmanin julkaistua kirjan. Tämä johti kirjakerhon perustamiseen 1970-luvulla. Kerhosta muodostui Finnladies vuonna 1980. Kerholla on säännot ja jäsenten valitsema johtokunta. Finnladies-kerho kokoontuu kuukausittain jäsenten kotona. Kokouksia ei kuitenkaan pidetä kesä-, heinä-, elo-, ja joulukuussa. Finnladies-yhdistyksen kokoukset ja kirjeenvaihto käydään suomeksi.

It was time to back up the Christmas decorations again !
01/13/2025

It was time to back up the Christmas decorations again !

Wonderful visit with our founding member Toni 💙🤍💙
11/16/2024

Wonderful visit with our founding member Toni 💙🤍💙

Christmas season starts at the Museum of Science and Industry! Yesterday we decorated our Finnish tree 🎄 Little handmad...
11/04/2024

Christmas season starts at the Museum of Science and Industry! Yesterday we decorated our Finnish tree 🎄 Little handmade “tontut“ ( elves, Santa’s helpers) are our treasures … made by our now 104 year young founding member Toni ❤️🧑🏻‍🎄
Always a fun day! This year we had three new Finnladies to join the fun !

This was the Marimekko exhibit!
11/04/2024

This was the Marimekko exhibit!

It has been fun and busy couple of weeks! First a wonderful visit to Swedish American Museum in Andersonville. There we ...
11/04/2024

It has been fun and busy couple of weeks! First a wonderful visit to Swedish American Museum in Andersonville. There we had a tour of the interesting history of Swedish heritage and emigration to America by wonderful executive director Karin Moen Abercrombie. She had also organized delicious sandwiches and sweets with coffee for us in the Marimekko exhibit area . Few photos from there

10/18/2024

🌍 😲 Finnic languages and dialects in the early 20th century:
suomi = Finnish
inkeroinen = Ingrian
karjala = Karelian
livvi = Livvi
lyydi = Ludic
vepsä = Veps
vatja = Votic
viro = Estonian
võro-seto = South Estonian
liivi = Livonia
Finnish and Karelian are very close.
Look at Saint Petersburg was surrounded by Finnish.

In remembrance of our dear friend Ulla her family invited us to their home yesterday. Ulla was very active in Finnladies...
09/22/2024

In remembrance of our dear friend Ulla her family invited us to their home yesterday. Ulla was very active in Finnladies from the beginning and we are going to miss her dearly ❤️🇫🇮

09/08/2024
08/12/2024
06/19/2024

Our dear friend Ulla Marzolf passed away suddenly last week! She was very active in the Finnladies of the Chicagoland since the second meeting 50 years ago ! She will be missed by all of us ❤️ Condolences to her beautiful family 🙏🌹

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Beautiful day for seeing old and new friends! Some made it to the garden walk at the Chicago Botanic Garden and all of u...
05/19/2024

Beautiful day for seeing old and new friends! Some made it to the garden walk at the Chicago Botanic Garden and all of us had a wonderful lunch and coffee at our newest member’s home ! Thank you Minna !

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Chicagoland, IL
60048

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