Chapters/Affiliates
Â鶹´«Ã½AV is now affiliated with nearly 60 organizations in 25 states and Washington, D.C. To join an already established chapter, please contact that chapter directly. If there is no available contact information, we will forward your message for you.
Alaska
Anchorage Suomi Finland Club
Founded: 1920
Affiliated with FFN: 2015
Pinja Larme
Arizona
The Finnish-American Club of Tucson
Founded: 1966
Affiliated with FFN: 2007
Tommi Koskinen
Finns & Friends of Phoenix
Founded: 1973
Affiliated with FFN: 2010
Kati Huhtala
California
Finlandia Foundation Berkeley
Founded: 2016
Affiliated with FFN: 2016
Finlandia Foundation San Francisco Bay Area
Founded: 1956
Affiliated with FFN: 1956
Hanna Tikkanen-Merk
House of Finland San Diego
Founded: 1940
Affiliated with FFN: 2015
Timo Luostarinen
Los Angeles Finlandia Foundation
Affiliated with FFN: 1974
Jeff Neff
Finnish-American Home Association
Sonoma
Affiliated with FFN: 2005
Salla Vaerma-Jadlos
Colorado
Finlandia Foundation of Colorado
Denver
Founded: 1965
Affiliated with FFN: 1993
Kirsi St. Marie
Connecticut
Finnish American Heritage Society
Canterbury
Founded: 1987
Affiliated with FFN: 2011
Steven Bousquet
Delaware
Delaware Valley Finnish Americans
Newark
Founded: 1976
Affiliated with FFN: 2017
Roy Palo
New Sweden Alliance
Yorklyn
Affiliated with FFN: 2017
Sheila Romine
District of Columbia
Â鶹´«Ã½AV Capital
Founded: 1959
Affiliated with FFN: 1959
Andrea Pakonen Rasmussen
Florida
Finlandia Foundation Florida Chapter
Lantana
Founded: 1954
Affiliated with FFN: 1954
Reija Kilpinen
FinnsConnect South Florida
Broward/Miami/Dade
Founded: 2017
Affiliated with FFN: 2017
Päivi Kaufman
Georgia
Atlanta Finland Society, Inc.
Founded: 1970
Affiliated with FFN: 1975
Verna Bush
Illinois
Finnish-American Society
of the Midwest
Chicago
Founded: 1995
Affiliated with FFN: 1997
Dan Maki
Maine
Finnish-American Heritage Society of Maine
West Paris
Founded: 1982
Affiliated with FFN: 2012
Karen Bennett
Facebook
Finnish Farmers Club
Monson
Founded: 1935
Affiliated with FFN: 2012
Inez Goodine
Finnish Heritage House
South Thomaston
Founded: 2003
Affiliated with FFN: 2007
Jacqueline Harjula
Maryland
Finlandia Foundation Baltimore Area
Founded: 1974
Affiliated with FFN: 1974
Ruut DeMeo
Massachusetts
Cape Ann Finns
Founded: 2017
Affiliated with FFN: 2017
Rob Ranta
Finlandia Foundation Boston, Inc.
Founded: 1955
Affiliated with FFN: 1955
Henne Capone
Finnish-American Society of Cape Cod
Founded: 1997
Affiliated with FFN: 2012
Stephen Trimble
Finnish Center at Saima Park, Inc.
Fitchburg
Founded: 1898
Affiliated with FFN: 2005
Linda Byrne
The Finnish Heritage Society-Sovittaja
Rutland
Founded: 1890
Affiliated with FFN: 2006
Barry Heiniluoma
Michigan
Finlandia Foundation of Michigan
Royal Oak (Detroit area)
Founded: 2012
Affiliated with FFN: 2012
Frank Gottberg
Â鶹´«Ã½AV, Lake Superior Chapter
Marquette
Founded: 1994
Affiliated with FFN: 2006
Ron J. Hill
Finnish-American Society of West Central Michigan
Coopersville
Founded: 1987
Affiliated with FFN: 2007
Finnish Center Association
Farmington Hills (Detroit area)
Founded: 1966
Affiliated with FFN: 2004
Christine Manninen
Roger Wanttaja
Copper Country Finns & Friends
Finlandia Foundation Copper Country Chapter
Founded: 1980s
Affiliated with FFN: 2006
James Kurtti
Minnesota
Finlandia Foundation Northland
Duluth
Founded: 2010
Affiliated with FFN: 2010
Steve Leppälä
Finlandia Foundation Twin Cities/FinnSource
Founded: 1994
Affiliated with FFN: 1994
Betsey Norgard
Finnish-Americans and Friends
(Hibbing Chapter)
Founded: 1998
Marcella Schwecke
Kaleva Building Corporation
Virginia
Founded: 1968
Affiliated with FFN: 2017
Art Maki
Red River Finns
Moorhead
Founded: 1983
Affiliated with FFN: 2011
Ellen Liddle
Montana
Finlandia Foundation of Montana
Missoula
Founded: 2017
Affiliated with FFN: 2017
Jenni Rohrbach
Finn Club of Helena
Affiliated with FFN: 2007
Marjorie Peura Reilly
Finnish Family of Kaleva
Roberts
Affiliated with FFN: 2011
Carrie Hoist
Claudia Morley
New York
Finger Lakes Finns
Spencer
Founded: 1968
Affiliated with FFN: 2006
Michael Ludgate
Finlandia Foundation New York Metropolitan
New York City
Founded: 1954
Affiliated with FFN: 1954
Eero Kilpi
North Carolina
Triangle Finnish Association
Founded: 1991
Affiliated with FFN: 2023
Sini Nurmi
Ohio
Finnish-American Heritage Association of Ashtabula County
Founded: 1995
Affiliated with FFN: 2003
Linda Sippola Riddell
Finnish Heritage Museum
Fairport Harbor
Affiliated with FFN: 2015
David Leifer
Oregon
Astoria Chapter of Â鶹´«Ã½AV
Astoria
Founded: 1886
Affiliated with FFN: 2022
Karen Van Cleave
Finlandia Foundation Columbia-Pacific
Portland
Founded: 2001
Affiliated with FFN: 2001
Heli Hatanpaa-Wetzel
Pennsylvania
Finlandia Foundation Pittsburgh
Year Affiliated with FFN: 1990
Karen Fix
Finnish-American Society of Delaware Valley
Philadelphia
Founded: 1978
Affiliated with FFN: 2006
Marja Kaisla
South Dakota
Sons and Daughters of Suomi
Black Hills
Affiliated with FFN: 2015
Larry Rantapaa
Texas
Finnish-American Society of Dallas/Fort Worth
Affiliated with FFN: 1991
Jeremy Martin
Finnish Language School of North Texas
Dallas
Affiliated with FFN: 2018
Leila Jaamuru
Utah
Finlandia Foundation Utah
Provo
Founded: 2016
Tiina Watts
Virginia
Finlandia Foundation Tidewater Virginia
Founded: 1979
Affiliated with FFN: 1979
Randy Wantaja
Washington
Finlandia Foundation Inland Northwest
1970
Tuula Ezzell
Finlandia Foundation Seattle
Founded: 1965
Affiliated with FFN: 1968
Mikko Männistö
Finlandia Foundation Suomi Chapter
Founded: 2010
Affiliated with FFN: 2010
Bellingham
Hanna Winter
Finnish-American Folk Festival of Naselle
Naselle
Founded: 1982
Affiliated with FFN: 2011
Jennifer Ullakko-Boggs
Swedish Finn Historical Society
Seattle
Founded: 1991
Affiliated with FFN: 1991
Bill Carlson