2009 Events
Selected Events 2009
The Embassy sponsors and supports many special programs and events throughout the year. Please follow the links below to find out more.
- Ambassador Oreck Visits Tampere (December 9, 2009)
- NREL Presents US Car Battery Research to Finnish Audiences (December 2, 2009)
- Ambassador Oreck encourages people to find America (Nov. 21, 2009)
- NREL’s Dr. Felker Present US Wind Turbine Technology (November 18, 2009)
- Celebrating 90 Years of U.S.-Finnish Diplomatic Relations (November 12, 2009)
- Embracing Green Energy (November 12, 2009)
- U.S. and Finland to Cooperate in Prevention of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (October 30, 2009)
- The Art and Science of Vanishing Glaciers (October 26-30, 2009)
- Berklee Hip Hop Quartet 2009 (October 25-30, 2009)
- USS Cole Visiting Helsinki (October 21, 2009)
- American Voices Seminar in Turku (October 16-17, 2009)
- President Halonen's Congratulations to President Obama (October 9, 2009)
- Smithsonian Photographer Carolyn Russo Visits Finland (September 28 - October 5, 2009)
- President Obama and President Halonen in New York (September 23, 2009)
- Dr. Ann Carlson Weeks Discusses with Finnish Library Professionals (September 22-24, 2009)
- Mr. Greg Garramone, USEU Brussels, Briefs Finns on the Challenges of the EU’s New Chemical Regulatory Regime for U.S. Companies (September 21-22, 2009)
- Helsinki Art School Students Learn About the Civil War at the American Resource Center (September 21, 2009)
- Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor visited Finland (September 3-7, 2009)
- U.S. Embassy Celebrates 60th Anniversary of ASLA Fulbright Program with Alumni and New American Fulbright Grantees (August 26, 2009)
- American Poet Ron Padgett in Finland (August 24-25, 2009)
- America Days in Hämeenlinna (August 14-16, 2009)
- The Independence Day Celebration (June 17, 2009)
- Great Grandson of Sitting Bull Drew Record Audiences in Finland (June 4-12, 2009)
- The Great Grandson of Sitting Bull, Ernie LaPointe, visits Finland in June (June 5-11, 2009)
- PAS Helsinki Hosts Viewing of President Obama’s Cairo Speech (June 4, 2009)
- Book Donation to the North American Studies Program at the Renvall Institute (May 11, 2009)
- Finnish High School Students Learn About the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (May 8, 2009)
- American Resource Center Announces the ARC Scholarship Recipients (May 2009)
- 90 Years of U.S.- Finnish Diplomatic Relations (May 6-7, 2009)
- Intellectual Property Rights Workshop for Police and Prosecutors in Helsinki (April 28, 2009)
- Consul Eric Meyer visits Joensuu (April 22, 2009)
- Apollo 17 Astronaut, Sen. Harrison ”Jack” Schmitt Visits Finland (April 16-18, 2009)
- Women’s World Ice Hockey Championship – Gold Medal! (April 12, 2009)
- American Hot Rods Roar at American Car Show in Helsinki (April 10, 2009)
- Energy Security Expert Ed Chow Visits Finland (April 6-7, 2009)
- USA Women’s Hockey – Hämeenlinna (April 4, 2009)
- Afghanistan Expert Marco Vicenzino Visits Finland (March 24-27, 2009)
- American Resource Center Honors Women’s History Month (March 19, 2009)
- ASLA-Fulbright Reception held at the Finnish Museum of Photography (March 12, 2009)
- Finns join Secretary Clinton’s Brussels "Town Hall" Meeting with Young Europeans (March 6, 2009)
- AEI research fellow John Fortier visits Finland (March 1-5, 2009)
- Hip Hop Lecture Brings in Youth (February 25, 2009)
- Musée d’Orsay Exhibition of Disney Animation Art and its European Roots Opens in Helsinki (February 24, 2009)
- Chargé d’Affaires Michael Butler Opens the Alex Katz Exhibition “The American Way of Seeing” (February 20, 2009)
- American Resource Center Celebrates Black History Month (February 11, 2009)
- Juhana Herttua High School Wins the Recycled Art Competition (February 2009)
- U.S. Embassy Shows “In the Heat of the Night” to Honor Black History Month (February 9, 2009)
- First American Studies Seminar in Oulu, Finland (January 24, 2009)
- Counselor for Public Affairs Nicole Conn Visited the Oulu University (January 23, 2008)
- The Inauguration of President Barack Obama Was Celebrated at the American Resource Center (January 21, 2009)
- APAO Hargan Brings U.S. Embassy Greetings to Carrie Schneider’s Photo Exhibition (January 21, 2009)
- Hyvinkää Sveitsi High School Students Visit the American Resource Center (January 20, 2009)
- U.S. Embassy Management Counselor Ted Plosser Joined the U.S. Inauguration Celebration Event (January 20, 2009)
- Ambassador Barrett Participated in the Annual Reindeer Herding Near Sevetti (January, 2009)