Yle’s foreign editor Antti Kuronen selects the Finlandia winner for non-fiction

The winners of the Finlandia Awards have been selected. They include a foreign journalist, a musician and an athlete.

The Finnish Book Foundation has appointed the selectors and juries for the 2025 Finlandia Awards.

For each category, the Book Foundation also appointed its own panels to select six nominees, from which the winner will be chosen by people known as the Finlandia dictators.

The Finlandia prizes are worth €30 000 each.

Nominees for non-fiction, children’s and youth literature and fiction will be found in consecutive days from 4 November.

The winners will be announced on November 27, 2025.