What is a finnish equivalent of "Bravo" ?  I want to congratulate a
performer on an excellent performance in finnish and would like to use
an appropriate phrase.  A literal translation of "congratulations" or
"well done" isn't quite good enough (and something I could easily look
those up) - I would prefer the culturally equivalent phrase.  An
example of what I'm looking for: instead of saying "Cheers", I'd say
"Skool".

I would say 'Vot a Finish!'

Strongly under the influence of the Winter Olympics in Turin, you
could probably praise the person with a hearty "Bravo!", or "Brava!"
if the person is female.

Look at this site:

http://www.tranexp.com:2000/InterTran?url=http%3A%2F%2F&type=text&text=bravo&from=eng&to=fin

It is an english-to-finnish translator with the word Bravo translated.
Apparently, it could be hyvä, hyvä-huuto or palkattu murhaaja, but
you'd better ask a finnish person just in case they're not as good as
we think :)

It is said hyvä which can be pronounced "hoover". That is how most
finnish people say it. Hope this helped