Value proposition

Uteliaasti ajassa – menneessä, nykyisessä, tulevassa

The Finnish Literature Society (SKS) promotes the advancement of a diverse Finnish culture. The work of SKS is based on an up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the roots of the culture and the contemporary profile of a multicultural and multilingual Finland.

SKS
– is a learned society and non-governmental organization founded in 1831
– documents, preserves and studies Finnish culture
– is Finland's largest scholarly and non-fiction publisher in the field of the humanities
– provides grants for the export of Finnish literature
– conveys information about the oral and written Finnish cultures and their study
– also provides services on the Web.

At SKS Finnish oral culture is modified by literary means and Finnish is developed as a language of the civilized world.

The Finnish word kirjallisuus (literature) was devised for the name of the Finnish Literature Society in 1831.

The blog Vähäisiä lisiä: www.finlit.fi/blogi/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/suomalaisenkirjallisuudenseura
Twitter: @SKS_finlit
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/SKSfinlit
Instagram: @suomalaisenkirjallisuudenseura
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/suomalaisenkirjallisuudenseura/

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