Author Series: Anu Partanen – The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

Finlandia Foundation and the SCC are excited to welcome author Anu Partanen to talk about her book “The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life”. Come hear Anu Partanen talk in your town about what America can learn from the experiences of Nordic societies. Anu will be on hand to sign books after the talk. This event is FREE. Please register here. A Best Book of Summer 2016 —O, The Oprah Magazine A Best Nonfiction Book of Summer 2016 —Bustle A Book You Desperately Need to Add to Your ‘To-Read’ Pile This Summer —Gizmodo “This is a wonderful, hopeful book about what American society could be—not by adopting Nordic ‘socialism,’ but by embracing the values that have allowed Nordic citizens to enjoy more freedom and equality than in present-day America. The American Dream was once an inspiration to the world. Anu Partanen shows us how to rediscover it.” —Robert B. Reich Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at University of California, Berkeley, and former U.S. Secretary of Labor ABOUT ANU: Anu Partanen is a journalist originally from Finland, now based in New York City. She has lived in the United States since 2008, and her work has appeared in the New York Times and The Atlantic. She also worked at Fortune Magazine as a visiting reporter through the Innovation Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University. In Finland she has held many positions ranging from managing editor to columnist, features writer to news reporter, lecturer to on-air commentator. Her book “The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life” compares everyday life in the United States with life in the Nordic region.