President Brezhnev’s visit, part 1: arrival at Helsinki railway station, banquet in the Presidential Palace, and a visit to the Cable Factory and the Parliament, then to Turku and the countryside.
The Finnish wine industry celebrates its 90th anniversary (Turku factory). The Finnish Navy’s new patrol boats Vasama 1 and 2. Police officers set off to Western Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgiu...
Winter Olympics qualifications in Lahti. The Winter Olympics team have a cup of coffee and Ipnos biscuits at Hotel Helsinki before leaving for Oslo. Olympic suitcase stickers. Opening ceremony of the ...
The International Council of Nurses celebrates its 60th anniversary at the Helsinki School of Economics. 11th home region days at Kuortane. Helsinki experiences a heat wave, swimming helps locals cool...
Sunny May Day festivities (30 April and 1 May) in Helsinki. Daffodil fields harvested in Canada (foreign material). Allan Hagert, the son of the Finnish unofficial Roma king, and Tuula Saarto are wed ...
Statue of Saarijärven Paavo (the epitome of a hardworking Finnish farmer in a poem by J. L. Runeberg) revealed. Finnish national road 1, Tarvontie, opened for traffic. Hakaniemi (former Näkinsilta) ...
Murine typhus epidemic being analysed at the State Serum Institution. British drawings and water colour art at the Ateneum Art Museum. State film awards awarded for the first time (for films Kultainen...
Operation Forest Fertilisation. Artist Katariina Jokinen’s exhibition in Helsinki. Sergeant Major Väinö Korhonen’s record walk: 1,530 km. The ambassador of Spain presents his credentials. The am...