Luckan
Luckan (Swedish for "ticket window" or "box office") is a network of Finland-Swedish cultural centres in Finland. Currently, there are located in 11 cities and towns in Finland: Helsinki, Kirkkonummi, Kokkola, Kristinestad, Närpes, Porvoo, Karis in Raseborg, Tampere, Turku and Oulu.[1]
Luckan offers its visitors the cultural events, theme days and press conferences, free usage of Internet, information on the Finland-Swedish society.[2][3] Luckan also offers to read the Swedish-language newspapers and over sixty branch magazines.
Luckan gives information on various events, education, Finland-Swedish organisations and societies, social welfare and integration in Finnish society aimed at immigrants.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Luckan was founded in 1992 in Helsinki by Nylands svenska landskapsförbund and Mellannylandsprojektet. The name Luckan refers to the organization's first location in Helsinki, a window near the ticket windows of the Swedish Theatre.
In November 1998 Luckan moved into Lasipalatsi/Glaspalatset. By March 2004 Luckan obtained new premises in the building of Forum shopping centre.[11] In early 2019, Luckan moved within the Forum block to the building previously used by the Amos Anderson Art Museum.[12][13] Both organizations have financial and other ties to Konstsamfundet,[11][14] a wealthy patron of culture and the arts in Finland.
References
[edit]- ^ "Föreningen Luckan". Luckan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-02-04.
- ^ Andersson, Dan (2017-05-12). "Meet new people and help each other". www.helsinkitimes.fi. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ Carlsten, Marcus (2017-02-11). "Med Luckan öppen för alla". Smocka (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "Welcome". Luckan Integration. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "Sluta panta blir Ärligt talat-chatten". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). 28 August 2013. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ Gustafsson, Mathias (2018-04-17). "Nu ska arbetsgivarna få möta invandrare på svenska – Luckan inleder nytt projekt". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ Sjövall, Mikael (2018-03-14). "Luckan vill köra i gång ny verksamhet i Stockholm". www.hbl.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ Gröhn, Christoffer (2016-02-18). "Helsingfors ska för första gången konkurrensutsätta Luckans tjänster". svenska.yle.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ Sandström, Erik (2018-09-03). "Luckan får nya medlemmar – vill stärka sin riksomfattande verksamhet". www.hbl.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ Hakala, Heidi (2012-11-21). "Produforum i Nyland avslutar sin verksamhet". hbl.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ a b "Welcome to Luckan!". Luckan. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "Luckan vill vara mer än en biljettlucka – öppnar på nytt ställe i Helsingfors". www.hbl.fi. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "Luckan i Helsingfors flyttar till större utrymmen". Helsingin kaupunki (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "Amos Anderson". Amos Rex. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
External links
[edit]- Luckan (in English, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese)
- Svenskfinland.fi