Celebrating Finland’s Independence Day

Welcome to celebrate Finland’s Independence Day with music and coffee at UKK!

Kategori & scen	Längd	Pris	Åldersgräns
Other UKK - Hall D/Restaurant	1 hour and 30 minutes	Free admission	No age limit

About the Event

On Sunday 7 December, Finland’s Independence Day will be celebrated with a program at Uppsala Konsert & Kongress. We offer afternoon coffee and Finnish songs with the Ursula choir from the Finnish congregation of the Church of Sweden and wind music by the Linnaeus Quintet from Music in Uppland, which performs parts of Sibelius’ symphonic poem Finlandia.

The event is free of charge and open to all. A warm welcome to you!

About Finland’s Independence Day

Finland’s National Day is also known as Independence Day, as it was on December 6, 1917 that Finland declared its independence from Russia. The celebration honors the memory of those who lost their lives in the fight for independence.

In Sweden, the day is celebrated by and for the large group of Finnish speakers who have moved to Sweden for a long time. Finnish is one of the national minority languages in Sweden and Uppsala municipality is a Finnish administrative area.

Presented by Uppsala Municipality in collaboration with Rusukki, the Swedish Finns Language and Culture Association in Uppsala, the Church of Sweden and Uppsala Konsert & Kongress