This year’s Sauna Seminar dives into variety of hot topics and features sauna experts from the US and Finland. Tickets are now available – lunch is included.

The 2025 FinnFest Sauna Seminar will be a full-day seminar which will celebrate, educate, explore, question, and share a number of topics regarding the Finnish sauna. Some of the topics will include sauna construction and design; the physical and mental health benefits of sauna use; and both historic and contemporary sauna culture. 

The 2025 FinnFest Sauna Seminar will not be just another slide show. The presenters, even with slides, are very experienced with their subject matters including authors, award winners and people with years of experience who have lived and breathed the Finnish sauna theme. Finnish sauna culture, both historic and contemporary, is also given a fair share of this seminar. From those born in a sauna to those who are “sauna-curious” the 2025 FinnFest Sauna Seminar is a must!

The Opposite of Cold: The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition
Michael Nordskog, Editor, Author, Attorney

Sauna Construction Panel 
Glenn Auerbach, Sauna Construction materials, Sauna Times
Lasse Liikkanen, Sauna Ventilation, Aalto University
Shane Lintunen, Facebook Moderator, Sauna Design, Construction, Use, and Enjoyment, Thunder Bay, ON, CA

How to Form a Sauna Cooperative 
John Pederson, and Ben Hecker, 612 Sauna Society

Old Sauna Culture
Sauna Runo Singing, Karen Ba and Lynette Reini-Grandell

Lunch provided

The Ideal Finnish Sauna Experience
Eero Kilpi, Finlandia Foundation 2025 Lecturer of the Year
Larry Anderson, Copper Country Sauna
Kimmo Raitio, Sauna Sherpa, Finland

Documenting Finnish Saunas in North America – Jim Kurtti, moderator
Daena and Amanda Mäkelä
Haley Goodreau

Old and New Savusauna Designs and Architecture 
Marko Huttunen, Principal of Livady Architects

Sweat Bathing Culture + Sauna Aid
Mikkel Aaland, Author and Photojournalist; Sauna Aid Foundation

**This information is subject to change