Sarjakuva 2026, the Year of Finnish Comics in France is officially launched! Throughout the year, contemporary Finnish comics will be highlighted through a national programme, in collaboration with several festivals and major cultural institutions.
Over the past few years, Finnish comics have established themselves as one of the most inventive scenes in Europe. With almost 130 titles published in French since the early 2000s, written by some sixty authors and supported by around forty French publishers, Finland is a major actor in today’s French publishing industry.
Sarjakuva 2026 has the ambition to showcase this rich creative landscape, to promote exchanges between artists, professionals and the public, as well as to reinforce cultural connections between France and Finland.
PROGRAMME
Five exhibitions will present the richness and diversity of Finnish contemporary comics around France:
March 2026: BD à Bastia Festival, Bastia, Corsica.
April 2026: Rencontres du 9e Art – BD Aix, Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
September 2026: Formula Bula Festival, Paris, Île-de-France.
November 2026: BD Colomiers, Colomiers, Occitanie.
November – December 2026: Institut finlandais, Paris, Île-de-France.
A magazine will bring together original comic creations, translated to French, by 13 Finnish authors. It will be published for the occasion and distributed for free at all partner events throughout the year.
Sarjakuva 2026 logo by © Ville Tietäväinen