The president’s wife, Mrs Paasikivi, in Kuopio: arrival at the railway station, visit to the cathedral, opening ceremony of a children’s hospital and inauguration of a ‘Christmas Seal Home’ of...
24-hour sailing competition. Working dog competition organised by the Finnish Boxer Club. Parachute jumping at Midsummer in Kauhava. Americans in an athletic competition in Helsinki. Tampere trade sho...
A Parliament sports club competition. Fashion show at Restaurant Fennia in Helsinki. Scramble race in Laakso, Helsinki. Nobel laureate Ralph J. Bunche (1904-1971) with family. The Golden Gate Swim in ...
Unusual zoo near Gothenburg, Sweden. Fiskars agricultural machinery show. 300th anniversary celebration of the town of Lappeenranta. Tailors’ union meeting in Kuopio. War orphan is given the worldâ€...
Farming in Lapland: Muddusjärvi, Inari. Reconstructing Lapland. Football match: Finland v. Ireland. Mr Paulig, Finnish coffee tycoon, returns to his home country. Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) in Helsi...
President Paasikivi is sworn in; congratulations in the Presidential Palace. Floating postal van on the Vaasa–Raippaluoto–Björkö route. Puijo ski competition. Aura harness races. Ice-racing at t...
Long-distance runner Emil Zatopek (1922-2000) on the Eläintarha track in Helsinki. The Friends of Finland in Switzerland Association tours Finnish industrial sites. Visit of American journalist Mr Wi...
Laying of the foundation stone of the Finnish Engineering Society Building, designed by [Alvar Aalto (1898-1976)(Ratakatu 9, Helsinki)]. Tarvo Bridge in Helsinki. Driving skills race organised by the ...