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...
Khrushchev and Bulganin in Finland, part II: visit of honour to President Paasikivi’s grave in Hietaniemi, visits to the garden city of Tapiola (e.g. residential housing company Mäntyviita), Lasten...
Pori celebrates its 400th anniversary as a town. Nasser voted President of the United Arab Republic (foreign material). The Finnish Air Force marks its 40th anniversary with a visit to Hietaniemi ceme...
‘The week of Finnish labour’ opens at the Helsinki Exhibition Hall. Helsinki’s first tram track is demolished. Memorial service at the Old Church Park in Helsinki to mark the 40th anniversary of...
Boy Scouts camp at Hoperanta in Hanko. Alaska is proclaimed a state. Jyväskylä Day Festival in Lounaispuisto Park. Princess Margaret visits Canada (foreign material). Tomlinson is crowned ‘King of...
Finnish parliamentarians visit Khrushchev (foreign material). Tourist sites in Keuruu (old wooden church, local museum, the Herpman Brothers’ monument). Kotka-based coach company Vilkas celebrates i...
UN Day in Finland: flags fly high in front of the Parliament Building, festivities at the Helsinki School of Economics. Finnish Red Cross representative Anneli Korvenkari arrives at Seutula Airport. A...
General Nenonen’s (1883-1960) funeral. Red Cross night at the cinema. Upper secondary school students celebrating their final day of school prior to the start of the matriculation examination. Housi...