3 Jul 2026, 11:49 UTC57 views7 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Photo
Kettunen strengthened the Estonian language & national identity by guiding language planning, supporting surname Estonianization, and promoting Estonian as the state language. He researched dialects & other Finnic-speaking communities and produced an influential dialect atlas.
He helped found the Estonian Mother Tongue Society, received major recognition, and also wrote fiction, poetry, and plays. After returning to…
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3 Jul 2026, 11:48 UTC51 views7 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Photo
Today at #FinnoUgricFriday we discuss Lauri Einari Kettunen (10 September 1885 – 26 February 1963), a prominent linguist. He studied Finnish and Estonian dialects & the Finnic languages. He also served as professor at the Universities of Tartu & Helsinki. 🇫🇮🤝🇪🇪
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23 Jun 2026, 14:59 UTC60 views9 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Photo
Besides the various units of Kaitseliit (Estonian Defence League), contingents from our NATO allies were also present. We honour those who fought & sacrificed so future generations could live in a free Estonia.
Head võidupüha! 🇪🇪
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23 Jun 2026, 14:59 UTC53 views8 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Photo
Today, June 23, Estonians celebrate Võidupüha (Victory Day), commemorating our Victory over the Baltic Landeswehr in 1919. A pivotal moment in the War of Independence, it helped secure our freedom. It is celebrated every year with a parade, this time in the town of Rapla. 🇪🇪
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14 Jun 2026, 16:52 UTC64 views12 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Photo
Today, 85 years ago, Soviet authorities violently carried out a mass deportation operation. Tens of thousands of innocents from the Baltics, present-day Belarus, Moldova & western Ukraine were forcibly taken from their homes and transported to remote regions of the Soviet Union.
More than 10000 people were deported from Estonia alone with over 7000 of those being women, children, and the elderly. The June Deportatio…
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4 Jun 2026, 20:18 UTC787 views10 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Photo
Today, on the 4th of June, we proudly celebrate not one, but two important flag days: The Estonian Flag Day and the Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces. 🇪🇪🇫🇮
The Estonian Flag Day marks the blessing of the Estonian flag as the flag of the Estonian Students' Society on May 23, 1884 (June 4 according to the new calendar). This tricolour was later (1918) accepted as the National Flag of Estonia. The original flag st…
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14 May 2026, 16:20 UTC85 views3 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Forwarded from @suomensisu_infoPhoto
Järjestimme Espoossa paneelikeskustelun suomen kielen asemasta osana suomalaisuuden päivän ohjelmaamme. Suomen Sisun vuoden 2026 teemana on kansalliskielen suojelu. Panelistit lähestyivät suomen kieltä eri näkökulmista, mutta heitä yhdistää arvostus ja rakkaus suomea kohtaan. Videotallenne on katsottavissa osoitteessa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vhAaLk2hFg
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12 May 2026, 15:08 UTC826 views9 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Photo
Hyvää J. V. Snellmanin ja suomalaisuuden päivää! Muistamme, ylläpidämme ja juhlistamme tänään suomalaisuutta, ja sen eteen tehtyä työtä. Siinä yksi monista ansioituneista oli J. V. Snellman, joka sai aikaan suomen kielestä virallisen valtiokielen.
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10 May 2026, 20:13 UTC84 views12 reactionsread 9 August 2026 In Finland and Estonia, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May — a day to honor the strength, care, and love of mothers everywhere.
During the Soviet occupation of Estonia, the holiday was not officially celebrated, but survived through family traditions & regained prominence starting in 1988.
Today, we continue that tradition with gratitude towards motherhood.
Hyvää äitienpäivää! 🇫🇮❤️
Head emadepä…
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3 May 2026, 10:44 UTC100 views15 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Photo
In Hungary, Mother's Day is on the first Sunday of May—a week before it is celebrated In Finland and Estonia.
Pictured is a Hungarian stamp from 1974 celebrating motherhood. It is designed by the Hungarian graphic artist János Kass.
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21 Apr 2026, 20:12 UTC111 views8 reactionsread 9 August 2026 Photo
Estonia's oldest Stone Age settlement in Pulli is not just an interesting place, but a research source that constantly provides new knowledge. One of the most intriguing finds is a small figurine made of birch tar, indicating early creativity & symbolic thinking.
The settlement of Pulli arose ~9,500 years ago by the Pärnu River & was a permanent settlement where complex tools were made. The production of birch tar r…
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