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Finlandia nonfiction nominees to be announced today

Tuesday 3rd November 2026 on 03:45 in Finland

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Nominees for the Finlandia Prize for Nonfiction will be announced today, Yle reports. The rules require at least three and no more than six nominees.

Ilkka Paananen, founder and chief executive of mobile game company Supercell, will choose the winner. The prize is worth 30,000 euros.

The winner will be announced on November 26 in a live Yle broadcast. The nominee announcement can be followed on the Kirjasäätiö foundation’s website from 11 a.m. today.

Last year’s award went to journalist Paavo Teittinen for Pitkä vuoro, a book about modern slavery in Finland.

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(via Yle)