Firstly, it aims to explore the different social resources of individual actors, informal networks and ‘expat’ associations in constructing and maintaining a Finnish diaspora community. Secondly, it aims to analyse the ways in which Finnishness is articulated amongst this diaspora community and the ways in which various political and cultural claims are made by different actors. Moreover, by analysing the symbolic importance of a Finnish identity to emigrants and their associations, this case study aims to provide new understandings of the mobilisation of political and cultural capital in a transnational arena.