The Finnish writer Tove Jansson returned from a U.S. trip with a new perspective on home—and an enduring novel.

Tom of Finland, a moniker of Touko Laaksonen, was a Finnish illustrator best known for his distinctively stylized homoerotic drawings. An influential aesthetic force in late 20th-century gay culture, ...

The end of the 20th century was a particularly grim period ... We know that suicide risk is higher among poorer people, and Finland, with its more extensive Nordic welfare state, may be better ...

In the second half of the 20th century, the Finnish side became modernized, while people on the Soviet side maintained a traditional lifestyle. And by the 21st century, according to a study carried ...