Strictly speaking, no – Sisu is not based on a true story, but is rather a fictionalised account of the real Lapland War that took place between Finland and Nazi Germany towards the end of the Second ...

particularly as we battle the very real impact of life after lockdown. Therefore, there seems no time more apt than the present to discover the Finnish concept of sisu. Though the word is ...

Everyone knows Nazis are always the villains in real life and in fiction ... While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word “sisu”, this legendary ex-commando will embody what ...