Finnish Literature Society

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Finnish. (July 2017) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Finnish article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Finnish Wikipedia article at [[:fi:Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|fi|Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

The Finnish Literature Society (Finnish: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura ry or Finnish: SKS) was founded in 1831^[1] to promote literature written in Finnish. Among its first publications was the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic.^[2]

The society is the oldest Finnish publisher still in operation and publishes general non-fiction books including folklore, literature and history.^[3]

In 2024, the SKS has just over 2,000 members; membership fees range from 20-35 euros per year.^[4]

The SKS research library is open to the public.^[5][6]