Kalevala’s Call Workshop – Saturday 28 February 2026 at 1 pm

Join us in celebrating Kalevala Day with traditional runosong singing! If you wish, you can take part in the singing. The workshop will be led by folk music specialist Amanda Kauranne.

Duration: 1–1.5 hours

Language: Finnish

The Kalevala’s Call singing workshop is open to everyone and free of charge. Please inform the ticket desk that you are attending the workshop. No advance registration is required. Programme subject to change.

Background information:

The Kalevala’s Call singing workshops are coordinated by the Kalevala Women’s Association and supported by the Alfred Kordelin Foundation. The Kalevala Women’s Association (Kalevalaisten Naisten Liitto) is a women’s cultural and traditional organisation that has been promoting the status of women and the Finnish cultural heritage since the 1930s.

This event is part of activities related to the European Heritage Label awarded to the Kalevala as an epic living heritage. The Gallen-Kallela Museum is one of the subsites for the label, and the Kalevala Women’s Association is part of the wider collaboration network.

• Kalevala: https://kalevalaseura.fi/sv/om-kalevala/  
• European Heritage Label and Kalevala: https://kalevalaseura.fi/en/the-kalevala-and-the-european-heritage-label/
• Runosong: https://wiki.aineetonkulttuuriperinto.fi/wiki/Runosong