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‘Jack Finn’s Carols

Posted on 22 December 2015 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — Leave a comment

Finnish Christmas carols are often seen as extraordinarily depressing. That isn’t quite fair. In fact, we have a Finn (Jaakko Suomalainen, Jacobus Finno) to thank for some of the best loved carols worldwide. He was a priest and head of the…

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