Around 87 per cent of patients survive breast cancer in Finland, which is Europe’s best result alongside France.
Finland also has Europe’s highest patient survival rates in ovarian and prostate cancers.
In November, the prestigious medical journal The Lancet published the most comprehensive comparison ever of the survival rates of patients five years after they had been diagnosed with cancer. The Concord-2 study looked at ten of the most common cancers and childhood leukaemia. The study involved close to 26 million patients from 67 countries and 279 cancer registries.
Three other countries performed better than Finland in breast cancer survival: Brazil, Cyprus and the United States. Among countries outside Europe, Israel is on a par with Finland and France.
According to the study, Finland’s ovarian cancer survival rate was 45 per cent and as high as 90 per cent for prostate cancer. The progress made in radiotherapy and surgery has improved the chances of surviving bowel cancer, for example. The survival rate now stood at 63 per cent compared with approximately 58 per cent at the end of the 90s.
The chances of survival remain very low in lung and liver cancers, which are usually detected late. In lung cancer, Finland represents the European average with a survival rate of 12 per cent. Only about eight per cent of patients survive liver cancer.
Aino Sibelius (née Järnefelt; 10 August 1871 – 8 June 1969) was the wife of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. They lived most of their 65 years of married life at their home Ainola near Lake Tuusula, Järvenpää, Finland. They had six daughters: Eva (1893–1978), Ruth (1894–1976), Kirsti (1898–1900), Katarina (1903–1984), Margareta (1908–1988) and Heidi (1911–1982).
Childhood
Aino Järnefelt was born in Helsinki, into the strict and disciplined family of General Alexander Järnefelt and his wife Elisabeth (née Clodt von Jürgensburg) in 1871. She had six older siblings, including the writer Arvid Järnefelt, the painter Eero Järnefelt and the composer and conductor Armas Järnefelt.
It was her brother Armas who brought his friend and fellow student, Jean Sibelius, to the family home in the winter of 1889. At the time, the writer Juhani Aho was expressing affection towards Aino, but he did not receive the response he sought. Within the next few years, Aino became engaged to Jean Sibelius, and they were married with her father's blessing at Maxmo on 10 June 1892.
1930: Early married life
From the time of their engagement they had talked of a house of their own in the country, and had looked for a house near Lake Tuusula as early as 1898. However, when her husband's wealthy bachelor uncle died in July 1903, they bought about 2.5 acres (10,000 m2) of land in Järvenpää near Lake Tuusula, and used his share of his uncle's estate to pay the architect Lars Sonck to design their house, which they called Ainola. They moved there in the autumn of 1904, having borrowed a substantial amount of money to buy the land and build the house.
Aino's early years in Järvenpää were stressful and difficult, caused partly by financial worries and partly by her husband's drinking and partying lifestyle. She sought to eke out the family budget by creating a vegetable garden from the stony ground near the house. And since they could not afford schooling for the children, Aino taught them at home, a task which she performed very successfully, since they all did well when they later went to school. She spent a period in 1907 convalescing in Hyvinkää Sanatorium.
In 1908 her husband had a throat operation and gave up alcohol for almost seven years, and this was the start of Aino's happiest years. Margareta was born in 1908, then Heidi in 1911 (when Aino was 40 years old), and the children all grew up in Ainola – the only time they lived elsewhere was during the Finnish Civil War in 1918 when they had to move to Helsinki for a couple of months.
1930–1957: Later life
By the 1930s the children had all left home, and Aino wanted to move to Helsinki, nearer to their children. During the next few years they spent some time in a rented apartment in Helsinki, but in 1941 they moved back to Ainola with their many grandchildren because of the risk of bombing by the Soviet Union. Jean and Aino Sibelius lived there for the rest of their days, where Aino continued to devote herself to her husband and family, and to her vegetable garden.
1957–1969: Life as a widow
Jean Sibelius died at Ainola, Järvenpää, on 20 September 1957 and is buried in a garden there. Aino continued to live in Ainola after his death; she sorted out family papers and helped Santeri Levas and Erik W. Tawaststjerna who were writing biographies of her late husband. She died at Ainola on 8 June 1969, aged nearly 98, and is buried there with Jean.
In 1972 Jean Sibelius's daughters, Eva, Ruth, Katarina, Margareta, and Heidi, sold Ainola to the Finnish State and it was opened to the public as a museum in 1974.
In her own words
She wrote about their life together:
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I am happy that I have been able to live by his side. I feel that I have not lived for nothing. I do not say that it has always been easy – one has had to repress and control one's own wishes – but I am very happy. I bless my destiny and see it as a gift from heaven. To me my husband's music is the word of God – its source is noble, and it is wonderful to live close to such a source.
Midsummer Party – Juhannusjuhlat with the Finnish Church Bermondsey, London Saturday 20th of June from 5pm.
Celebrate Scandinavian Midsummer in London
June 10, 2015 by Scandinavian mum
A complete guide to Scandinavian Midsummer Celebrations in London 2015. What, where and when. And a basic guide on how to celebrate the longest day of the year like a Scandinavian.
What to wear? Informal and summery, white if possible. Flower crown, preferably fresh wild flowers. What to eat? A light picnic, do a barbeque and lots of ice cream. What to do? Dance, sing, make flower crowns, dance around the bonfire.
Where to celebrate Midsummer in London? We have listed four major events below.
Scandinavian Midsummer Party Sankthans, with the Danish Church Regent’s Park, London Sankthans means the ‘Eve of St. John’ and the celebration includes lots of singing, a large bonfire and the tradition of burning a ‘witch’. A night filled with magic and myths! There will also be a cafe selling Danish hotdogs and Pimm’s on the night. Read more at danskekirke.org Celebrate Midsummer at the Danish Church by Regent’s Park on Saturday 20th of June from 7pm.
Midsummer Party – Juhannusjuhlat with the Finnish Church Bermondsey, London Saturday 20th of June from 5pm. The church is located in Bermondsey, in 33 Albion Street, SE16 7HZ London. The invitation (translated with Google translator, which makes it a bit funny!): Come and enjoy a traditional Finnish Midsummer cottage in the heart of the big city! There scent of Midsummer birches, Midsummer saunas, a wonderful barbecue food and drinks Finnish. Just a bonfire and mosquitoes missing! Responsible for stellar live music in the church’s own Sea Cucumbers choir and arriving in Finland juhannusorkesterimme And Kajaani Rosso, who call us the best Finnish music Laila Kinnunen Scooter. Celebrations is free of charge. Welcome to celebrate the nightless night and mid-summer feast with us! In other words: Don’t be a mosquito – go to the Finnish celebration! Sign up on Facebook.
Kimmo Timonen will retire a champion with Chicago Blackhawks
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Kimmo Timonen got the Stanley Cup from Jonathan Toews and raised it high above his head, unleashing a cathartic roar in concert with the raucous United Center crowd.
In the final game of a 16-year NHL career and a lifetime in hockey, the 40-year-old defenseman became a champion at last.
What a big finish for the smallish Finn who overcame every obstacle to the grandest of finales.
Timonen fought back tears and conflicting emotions in the final minutes leading to the best - and the last - moment of his playing days.
''It feels empty,'' Timonen said right after he raised the Cup for the first time Monday night.
''It's been a long journey,'' he added. ''There's been good moments, bad moments, tough moments, ups and downs. I was dreaming about this moment for a long time, and it's right here. This game has given me so much, and I'm relieved, happy, ready to leave this game, and I'm leaving this game as a Stanley Cup champion.''
Timonen affirmed his determination to retire this summer after squeezing one more magical season out of his career, bravely coming back to hockey after health problems due to blood clots that forced him to contemplate retirement.
Traded from Philadelphia to Chicago late in the season specifically for this chance, he never scored a point for the Blackhawks and played sparingly in the postseason - but his name will be etched on the Stanley Cup.
After Toews accepted the Cup from Commissioner Gary Bettman amid the celebration of Chicago's clinching 2-0 victory over Tampa Bay, the captain swiftly handed it to Timonen, who looked bewildered and overjoyed simultaneously.
''I didn't know what to do with it,'' Timonen said. ''I didn't know you could go around the rink with it. It was my first time. I played this game a long time and battled hard for years. I've been on the losing side of the story so many times that I know guys realize that.''
Indeed, Timonen has four Olympic medals with Finland, but no golds. He reached three World Championships finals, losing every time.
Chicago Blackhawks' Kimmo Timonen, of Finland, hoists the Stanley Cup trophy after defeating the …
He was the captain of the Nashville Predators during his first eight NHL seasons with the club, never making a lengthy playoff run. Timonen got close to a Cup in 2010 with the Philadelphia Flyers, but the Blackhawks rallied past them in the Stanley Cup Final to claim the first of their three titles in six years.
Timonen easily could have walked away from hockey last summer when he was diagnosed with blood clots in his lungs and leg. After seven seasons with the Flyers and with his 40th birthday on the horizon, everything was in place for Timonen to transition into post-hockey life, and he didn't put on skates for eight months.
But Timonen also kept talking to doctors about a way to safely play one more season. He felt unsettled and uncertain that he should walk away without taking one more shot at the Stanley Cup.
''Doctors have their own opinion, and they were probably right,'' Timonen said. ''But my desire was so deep. If there was any chance I could make a comeback, I'd like to do it.''
When Timonen felt confident he could play without risking his health, Philadelphia general manager Ron Hextall managed to trade him to Chicago for two draft picks. He went scoreless in 16 regular-season games for the Blackhawks, and he has struggled at times during 15 scoreless postseason games, dropping in and out of Chicago's lineup.
Timonen's wife, Johanna, even attended Game 6 after staying away earlier in the postseason, too nervous and worried about her husband's health and fortunes.
''She might take those blindfolds off,'' Timonen said with a laugh.
He played just 3:39 in Game 6, taking only seven shifts.
According to a recent study, Finland’s breast, prostate and ovarian cancer survival rates are among the highest in Europe. 
Finnish healthcare technology has global appeal 
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