Editing Kalevala (section)

===Finnish daily life===
[[File:Le hall du musée national de Finlande (Helsinki).jpg|thumb|150px|Entrance hall of the [[National Museum of Finland]] with Kalevala frescoes by Gallen-Kallela]]

The influence of the ''Kalevala'' in daily life and business in Finland is tangible. Names and places associated with the ''Kalevala'' have been adopted as company and brand names and as place names.

There are several places within Finland with ''Kalevala''-related names, for example: the district of [[Tapiola]] in the city of [[Espoo]]; the district of [[Pohjola, Turku|Pohjola]] in the city of [[Turku]], the district of [[Metsola, Vantaa|Metsola]] in the city of [[Vantaa]], and the districts of [[Kaleva (Tampere)|Kaleva]] and [[Sampo (district)|Sampo]] in the city of [[Tampere]].{{Cn|date=March 2025|reason=Not all of these are necessarily derived from Kalevala. "Pohjola" has other meanings, and "Kaleva" occurs in old place names.}} In addition, the Russian town of Ukhta was in 1963 renamed [[Kalevala, Russia|Kalevala]]. In the United States a small community founded in 1900 by Finnish immigrants is named [[Kaleva, Michigan]]; many of the street names are taken from the ''Kalevala''.

The banking sector of Finland has had at least three ''Kalevala''-related brands: [[Sampo Bank]] (name changed to Danske Bank in late 2012), [[OP-Pohjola Group]]{{Cn|date=March 2025|reason="Pohjola" can refer to the north, and is not necessarily related to the Kalevala}} and Tapiola Bank.

The jewellery company [[Kalevala (brand)|Kalevala Koru]] was founded in 1935 on the 100th anniversary of the publication of the ''Old Kalevala''. It specialises in the production of unique and culturally important items of jewellery. It is co-owned by the [[Kalevala Women's League]] and offers artistic scholarships to a certain number of organisations and individuals every year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kalevalakoru.fi/yritys|title=Kalevala Koru Oy – Company information.|access-date=22 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729175942/http://www.kalevalakoru.fi/yritys|archive-date=29 July 2010}}</ref>

The Finnish dairy company [[Valio]] has a brand of [[ice-cream]] named Aino, specialising in more exotic flavours than their normal brand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pingviini.fi/aino|title=Aino Jäätelö – product page|access-date=22 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810042226/http://www.pingviini.fi/aino|archive-date=10 August 2010}}</ref>

The construction group [[Lemminkäinen Group|Lemminkäinen]] was formed in 1910 as a [[Roofing material|roofing]] and [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] company. The name was chosen specifically to emphasise that they were a wholly Finnish company. They now operate internationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemminkainen.com/Company|title=Lemminkäinen Oyj – Company information|access-date=22 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901211833/http://www.lemminkainen.com/Company|archive-date=1 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemminkainen.fi/WebRoot/10008509/page.aspx?id=10010119|title=Early 1950s informational video (Finnish)|access-date=22 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720190554/http://www.lemminkainen.fi/WebRoot/10008509/page.aspx?id=10010119|archive-date=20 July 2011}}</ref>

====Finnish calendar====
[[Kalevala Day]] is celebrated in Finland on 28 February, to celebrate the publication date of Elias Lönnrot's first version of the ''Kalevala'' in 1835.<ref name="Society">{{cite web|url=http://www.kalevalaseura.fi/index_e.php |author=Kalevala Society |title=Kalevala Society Homepage |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202031751/http://www.kalevalaseura.fi/index_e.php |archive-date= 2 February 2012 }}</ref> By its other official name, the day is known as the Finnish Culture Day.<ref name="FinnishCulture">{{cite web|url=http://finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?contentid=160083&nodeid=37598&culture=en-US|author=thisisFINLAND|title=The Finnish flag|access-date=28 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124140209/http://finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?contentid=160083&nodeid=37598&culture=en-US|archive-date=24 January 2013}}</ref>

Several of the names in the ''Kalevala'' are celebrated as Finnish [[name day]]s. The name days themselves and the dates they fall upon have no direct relationship with the ''Kalevala'' itself; however, the adoption of the names became commonplace after the release of the ''Kalevala''.<ref name="University Almanac Office">{{cite web|first=Minna|last=Saarelma|url=http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/nimipaivat/NimAll2010.pdf|title=Kalevalan nimet suomalaisessa nimipäiväkalenterissa – pp31-36(58–68)|access-date=18 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010211555/http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/nimipaivat/NimAll2010.pdf|archive-date=10 October 2010}}</ref>