Argentina may have invented it, but it's Finland that's become the tango capital of the world. Not only does it chime with the country's temperament, it helps keep the men sober. Peter Culshaw ...

A less peculiar—but still surprising—phenomenon is the Finnish affection for tango, a dance associated with passion and fire rather than with Nordic cold and calm. How did the tango come to ...

"Finnish tango" sounds like code. Forlorn Tarquins? Financial Times? Footloose Turtles? Fudge This? More: Get out of your way, and tell the story that only you can truly tell | MARK HUGHES COBB ...

That heartfelt song became Finland's secret national anthem. Olavi Virta (1915-1972) is still considered the uncrowned tango king in the country; he's the equivalent of the Argentinians' favorite ...

Tango originated in the working class districts of Buenos Aires in the late 19th Century, but it has also conquered what is usually a rather sleepy town in the Arctic north of Finland. As far as ...

And yet they come, in recent years as many as 100,000, starting to dance in the early afternoon, listening to Finnish stars belt out tango tunes, taking part in lessons and contests, and striding ...

but when you come down to cases the tango is as Finnish as the sauna. Or so today`s Finns think. Give them a warm summer night, the moon drawing a golden bridge among the silver birches on a dark ...

And listened to Finnish tango singer Arja Koriseva. A couple dancing to Finnish tango or Fintango at the 2023 Midnight Sun Festival in Lake Worth Beach. Fintango is a distinct, ballroom style ...

Tango originated in the working class districts of Buenos Aires in the late 19th Century, but it has also conquered what is usually a rather sleepy town in the Arctic north of Finland. As far as ...