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Entertainment briefs - May 9

...p.m. June 7. Nisswa-stämman Scandinavian Folk Music Festival brings top level folk musicians from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark to Nisswa who share their talents with students the day before the festival. There will be workshops in fiddling...

http://brainerddispatch.com/entertainment/2013-05-08/entertainment-briefs-may-9
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Entertainment briefs - May 2

...Norway's top prize winning fiddler in the national 2012 competition teams up with an accordion player; Polka Chicks, Finland, top flight duo on fiddle and accordion that were favorites at Nisswa-stämman 2010; Bjärv duo, "fiddler of the realm...

http://brainerddispatch.com/entertainment/2013-05-01/entertainment-briefs-may-2
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Instructor in Finland skypes German to students - at CLC

...Tuesday in Brainerd - 1 a.m. Wednesday in Finland - and it's time for class.Frau Ann...aglow in the laptop light from Joensuu, Finland.Young and old alike in this Skype-based...until 8:50 p.m. (4:50 a.m. in Finland) as they learn conversational German...

http://brainerddispatch.com/lifestyle/2010-12-14/instructor-finland-skypes-germa
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Vesa Tahkola to preach Thursday

Tahkola to preach ThursdayVesa Tahkola of Raahe, Finland, is on a winter preaching tour in North America, after just completing a mission trip to Ecuador, South America. His trip will...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-02-12/vesa-tahkola-preach-thursday
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Upcoming events in Crosslake and Hackensack

...your skill" events at each location. St. Urho, Finlanders' answer to St. Patrick, helped drive the grasshoppers out of Finland. Participating businesses include Moonlite Bay Family Restaurant & Bar, Maucieri's, Cedar Chest, Manhattan's at Manhattan...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-03-05/upcoming-events-crosslake-and-hacken
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Chilly Scandinavian reads for hot summer day

...and bitterly cold countries of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. These novels focus on the dark, frightening underbelly...languages before his untimely death last year. He was awarded Finland's State Literature Prize in 1982, and several other awards...

http://brainerddispatch.com/lifestyle/2012-07-11/chilly-scandinavian-reads-hot-s
Lifestyle
For Finland, euro means more than change in currency

HELSINKI, Finland -- For Finland, a country smaller than Montana on the northeastern fringe of...Mediterranean. "Joining the euro is a continuation of the idea that Finland should be in the core of the EU where political decisions are made...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/122701/wne_1227010016.shtml
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MnDOT partnership with Finland may lead to crack-free roads in Minnesota

BAXTER -- In Finland, the highways are virtually crack-free. And if Don...Baxter, left May 15 for a three-week business trip to Finland. He'll give presentations to Finland Road Administration officials. In turn, he'll learn...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/052499/new_0524990001.shtml
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Family ties to Finland

BAXTER -- Don Raisanen's three-week trip to Finland is not only for business, it's personal. Photos...Transportation District 3 office in Baxter, traveled to Finland to speak to Finland Road Administration officials four years ago, he...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/052499/new_0524990002.shtml
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Couple from Finland puts off marriage to play hockey at UMD

...wedding date has been set. The custom in Finland is to proceed slowly. They expect to...Puputti said. The couple from Jyvaskyla, Finland, came to Duluth as a package deal just...director Ira Kemell, a former player from Finland, helped make a phone call home in November...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/030100/upn_0301000017.shtml
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