Easter in Finland

Many thanks to Mrs. Arja Suikkanen, Mrs. Taina Mikkola and their pupils (from Kymijoen School, Kymentaka, Finland) who have sent us photos and information about Easter in Finland.

Click here and read about Easter in Finland. Then do this interactive exercise and check your knowledge.
Enter your answers in the gaps. When you have entered all the answers, click on the "Check" button. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on the letter below the text instead of "a" (for mämmi) Good luck!

church daffodils Easter menu mämmi Pasha Virpominen willow

Easter is one of the most important festivals of the year in Finland. Both the Lutheran and Orthodox Finns go to during the Easter time. Many Finns also go to their cottages and enjoy the beginning of spring. The traditional Finnish Easter dish is (brown porridge made of rye malt and water). , the traditional Easter dessert is made of sour milk (kvark), cream, butter, sugar, vanilla and orange marmalade. The consists of: roast mutton, mint sauce, boiled eggs, sweet bread, mammi, pasha and coffee.
is an old Karelian custom on Palm Sunday. Children dress up as Easter witches and go from door to door. They tap their relatives and neighbours with sprigs of and wish them good luck and health for the next year. As a reward they are given sweets or money. Here are some of the Easter decorations in Finland: Easter wreaths, painted eggs, bunnies, hens and roosters, witches with cats, "Virpo" twigs, , tulips etc.