Minna Canth Day and Day of Equality

Another glorious sunny day! Emma drove me to banks of Pyhäjärvi lake to take some sunny shots. We saw an ice surfer on ice. The snowman looks quite mysterious.

For the fourth year in a row Finland ranked as the happiest country in the world, according to this year's World Happiness Report, which was published today!
https://worldhappiness.report/blog/in-a-lamentable-year-finland-again-is-the-happiest-country-in-the-world/

We have celebrated the Day of Equality today, which is also the birthday of author and social influencer Minna Canth. She was born in Tampere in 1844 and studied to be a teacher, but the author, playwright and journalist spent much of her life living in Jyväskylä and Kuopio. Canth started running a small business when her husband died, and this supported her and her seven children, enabling her to indulge in a love of literature. Writing in Finnish and Swedish, she championed women’s rights, feminism and other important social topics of the day.


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