Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura – Finnish Literature Society

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/