Floods in Huittinen; power plant in Harjavalta. Opening of the Ruusula bowling alley in Helsinki. Moscow prepares for the 1967 World Exhibition.
Parola Armour Museum. Renovated Lempäälä Canal. Exhibition of the Finnish Painters’ Union in Hämeenlinna. Nordic film and TV officials’ conference in Helsinki. Thirteenth international Baltic ...
UN General Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld is killed in an air crash on 17 September 1961; old material: Hammarskjöld at the airport in Seutula in 1958. Statue of author Juhani Aho revealed in Engelinauk...
ARS 1961 Helsinki exhibition organised at the Ateneum Art Museum. Polish naval visit to Helsinki. Jewellery by Kosti Brchisky in Tornio: smooth as dough. French perfumist André Porot in Finland. New ...
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.
President Brezhnev’s visit, part 2: Turku city views; dinner in Turku Castle; visits to Pansio dockyard, Huhtamäki works, and Turku University.
Maaseudun Kukkasrahasto Foundation’s sketches for standardised youth centre buildings. Art by Timo Sarpaneva. Minister for Foreign Affairs Ahti Karjalainen returns from the United States to settle t...
Professor Grzimek, creator of the film Serengeti Shall Not Die, visits Finland; press conference, premiere, Korkeasaari Zoo. A new continental-style grill restaurant opened in Helsinki. Fire fighting ...