• May the Sisu Be With You t-shirt in burnt orange, worn by Elina in a Helsinki park in autumn, Very Finnish Problems
  • May the Sisu Be With You t-shirt in burnt orange, worn by Elina with a coffee in a Helsinki park, Very Finnish Problems
  • May the Sisu Be With You t-shirt in black, worn by Eetu in an ice hall changing room after a game, Very Finnish Problems
  • Man on a Finnish deck wearing the navy May the Sisu Be With You t-shirt, Very Finnish Problems
  • May the Sisu Be With You t-shirt in white, worn by Raija picking blueberries at the mökki, Very Finnish Problems
  • May the Sisu Be With You t-shirt in army green, worn by Joonas stacking firewood at the mökki, Very Finnish Problems
  • Close-up of the yellow May the Sisu Be With You screen print on a black t-shirt, Very Finnish Problems
  • Woman on a Helsinki street wearing the burnt orange May the Sisu Be With You t-shirt, Very Finnish Problems
  • Bella + Canvas 3001 t-shirt size guide, S to 3XL, inches and centimetres
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May the sisu... Finnish Culture T-Shirt

May the sisu... Finnish Culture T-Shirt

€27,95 EUR
€27,95 EUR
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Colour: Burnt Orange
SizeSize guide
In stock, created to order
Expected delivery
  • EU (Finland)23 to 26 September
  • UK23 to 26 September
  • North America23 to 26 September
  • Free worldwide shipping, no minimum
  • 30 day returns
  • Created to order on OEKO-TEX certified fabric
  • Machine wash cold, inside out

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Sisu is the Finnish word for a quality that doesn't translate cleanly into anything else. It sits somewhere between grit and determination, but without the performative edge those words sometimes carry. May the sisu be with you shirt borrows from cultural vocabulary most people already know, but means it without irony. In Finland, sisu is the thing that gets you through the winter, the setback and the situation that was worse than expected. It is not loudly celebrated. It is just what you call on when you need it.

A fitting gift for anyone facing something difficult, or anyone Finnish.

The front print plays on a line everyone already knows and quietly means it.

Size guide
Bella + Canvas 3001 t-shirt size guide, S to 3XL, inches and centimetres
LENGTH (inches) WIDTH (inches) CHEST (inches)
S 28 18 34-37
M 29 20 38-41
L 30 22 42-45
XL 31 24 46-49
2XL 32 26 50-53
3XL 33 28 54-57
LENGTH (cm) WIDTH (cm) CHEST (cm)
S 71.1 45.7 86.4-94
M 73.7 50.8 96.5-104.1
L 76.2 55.9 106.7-114.3
XL 78.7 61 116.8-124.5
2XL 81.3 66 127-134.6
3XL 83.8 71.1 137.2-144.8

Shipping and returns

We ship to over 50 countries including the US, Canada, UK, Australia and across Europe, and shipping is always free worldwide.

Most orders arrive within 5 to 10 business days, and you will receive a tracking link as soon as your order ships.

We offer a 30 day returns policy, so if the fit is not right you can get in touch and we will sort it out.

Care and materials

Machine wash it cold and inside out, then tumble dry low or hang it to dry, which keeps the print sharp for longer.

The design is printed straight into the fabric using DTG, so it stays soft and will not crack, peel or fade the way a pressed on transfer does. The blanks are OEKO-TEX certified, which means they are tested free from harmful substances and safe against your skin. Every item is printed to order in small numbers rather than mass produced and left in a warehouse.

About Very Finnish Problems

VFP was started by British author Joel Willans, who met his Finnish wife in London and moved with her to Helsinki in 2002. Over the next two decades his observations of Finnish life grew into a community of 1.3 million people worldwide. Every design is inspired by real Finnish life and created by Joel and his team in Helsinki. Joel is also the author of the Very Finnish Problems books, written after many years of living in Finland and still not fully understanding it.

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What people buy alongside this one.
  • 5 stars: 6 (86%)
  • 4 stars: 1 (14%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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Simon

High quality shirt, great text 👍

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Torstein Seim

Fantastic

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Kim S

What a brilliant insight and so true. All Finns fall in love with this sentence :)

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ST

Ok this is probably the most Finnish thing I own now

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Chris N

Got this for my Finnish brother inlaw. He laughed then put it on so yeah good choice

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Aino

My son stole it after one day. I guess that is a review.

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Laura K

Nice one. Print is good, maybe bit more fitted than I expected

Joel Willans, founder of Very Finnish Problems

Designed in Helsinki by someone who actually lives here

Very Finnish Problems is run by Joel Willans, a British writer who moved to Finland over twenty years ago and never quite got around to leaving. Every design comes out of real Finnish life he's had with his Finnish wife, Anna and their kids, and a community of more than 1.3 million people who know exactly what no niin means.

Read Joel's story