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 ...
General of Infantry K. A. Heiskanen in Moscow (foreign material). Finnish Valmet tractors leaving for Brazil. Finnish Americans arrive on the S/S Stockholm. Floora’s Day celebrations. University stu...
The Finnish University of Turku’s new buildings are inaugurated. Representatives of Moscow City visit Helsinki. East German industrial exhibition opens at the Helsinki Exhibition Hall. Representativ...
Opening ceremony of the 8th International Theatre Congress in the Great Hall of the University of Helsinki. Opening ceremony of a theatre exhibition at the Helsinki School of Economics. Funeral of for...
Nordic Surgeons’ Congress and a surgical equipment exhibition in Helsinki (at the Helsinki School of Economics and a specialist shop). Launching a ship built by Valmet Shipyard in Hietalahti, Helsin...
Third Tampere Fair opens, Minister of Trade and Industry Ahti Karjalainen speaks at the event. The UN’s World Refugee Year 1959/60. Finnish Workers’ Sports Federation TUL marks its 5th anniversary...
Vice President Richard Nixon in Warsaw (foreign material). Finnish parliamentary delegation in Moscow (foreign material). Military procession in Warsaw on Poland’s National Day (foreign material). F...
‘Every teen’s idol Paul Anka arrives to charm a Finnish crowd, known for its reserve.’ Anka drew an audience of 25,000 to Linnanmäki amusement park on 19 August 1959. The new ambassador for the...