National Inventory of Living Heritage
National Inventory of Living Heritage
The Ministry of Education and Culture has inscribed the following 108 elements to the National Inventory of Living Heritage. The next application rounds will be in 2029. You can find more information on the Finnish Heritage Agency's website.
Festivities and practices
- Celebrating “el Dieciocho” the Independence Day of Chile in Finland (2023)
- Conferment of Master’s Degrees (2017)
- Easter bonfires (2017)
- Indian Durga Puja in Finland
- Karelian Summer Festival
- Living Christmas Calendar of Käpylä (2020)
- Mexican Day of the Dead in Finland (2023)
- Opening of the Finnish summer (2017)
- Runeberg celebrations (2017)
- Santa Claus tradition in Finland (2017)
- Sauna bathing (2017)
- Talkoot work tradition (2023)
- The Declaration of Christmas Peace in Turku (2017)
- The Orthodox and Karelian tradition of virpominen (2017)
- Touring rally tradition
- Visiting cemeteries on Christmas Eve (2017)
- Whitsunday festivities in Ritvala village (2017)
- Workers’ Labour Day on May 1 (2017)
Music and dance
- Call Quadrille (2026)
- Folk partner dancing and dance music (2023)
- Kaustinen folk fiddling style (2017)
- Karelian folk dance (2026)
- Open air dancing (2017)
- Organ grinding (2017)
- Pelimanni-style harmonica playing (2023)
- Playing and building the Jouhikantele (2020)
- Playing and building the kantele (2020)
- Playing the musical saw (2020)
- Singing tradition of Finnish Roma people (2017)
- South Ostrobothnian two-row accordion playing (2023)
- Tango in Finland (2017)
- The minuet in Finland’s Swedish-speaking areas and Minuet in the village of Jeppo (2017)
- The ‘purpuri’ dance in the Kokkola area (2017)
Performing arts
- Circus culture (2017)
- Demoscene (2020)
- Funfair tradition in Finland (2017)
- Gymnastics tradition in Finland (2017)
- National Culture Days of the Deaf (2020)
- Puppet theatre (2020)
- summer theatre in Finland (2026)
Oral traditions
- Bedtime story (2020)
- Runosong (2017)
- Stinginess of the people in Laihia (2017)
- Use and teaching of braille (2026)
- Use of inherited place names (2026)
Crafts
- Chainsaw Carving (2023)
- Construction of a roundpole fence (2023)
- Dyeing with natural dyes (2023)
- Felting (2026)
- Glassmaking Tradition (2017)
- Goldsmith's work (2023)
- Kainuu's peilikäs (2023)
- Knitting (2023)
- Lace-making in Heinämaa village (2017)
- Making a Korsnäs sweater (2017)
- Making and wearing the Jussi sweater (2026)
- Making national costumes (2017)
- Making reconstructed Iron Age costumes (2026)
- Manufacture of pine splint basket from hand-split splints (2023)
- Relocation of log buildings (2026)
- Rag rug weaving (2017)
- Rauma lace-making (2023)
- Ryijy tradition (2020)
- Sarafan dress tradition and the making of sarafan costumes (2026)
- Shoe making tradition (2017)
- Spinning (2026)
- Restoration and use of steam yachts (2026)
- Tablet weaving (2026)
- The rya tradition in Vesilahti (2020)
- Making of Tommi knives (2020)
- Wooden boat repair (2023)
Food traditions
- Baking the traditional Eura twists (2017)
- Beer culture (2020)
- Kalakukko tradition (2017)
- Karelian pie tradition (2026)
- Särä tradition in Lemi (2023)
Games and playing
- Baseball in Finland (2017)
- Finnish skittles (2017)
- Jukola Relay (2017)
- Log driver competitions (2017)
- Miniatures game or figure hobby culture (2023)
- Playing in the snow (2017)
- Playing mölkky (2017)
- Playing skruuvi, a Finnish card game (2017)
- Role-playing culture (2026)
- Stafettkarnevalen (2023)
Nature and the universe
- Blood cupping (2023)
- Building clinker boats and Sailing on traditional clinker boats (2017)
- Everyman’s rights (2017)
- Finncattle and tradition of cattle husbandry (2023)
- Finnish spitz and safeguarding the hunting tradition (2017)
- Horsemanship of the Roma (2020)
- Horta hunting, foraging for wild greens and herbs (2017)
- Kalevala bone setting (2020)
- Know-how regarding the Finnhorse (2017)
- Orthodox Procession of the Cross Tradition (2023)
- Picking mushrooms (2017)
- Tar burning in pits (2017)
- The forest relationship in Finland (2017)
- Timber rafting tradition (2023)
- Tour skating (2026)
- Traditional cultivation, processing and spinning of flax (2026)
- Traditional fishing culture in the Torne River’s rapids (2017)
- Traditional healing (2017)
- Traditional sauna practices (2026)
- Winter seine fishing in Lake Puruvesi (2017)