In 1930 the artist duo Gunnar Forsström and Göran Hongell captured the maritime Helsinki with the Cathedral in the background. Both posters were published in several different languages, at least German, Finnish, Swedish, English and French. Who said Finland wasn’t international already back then? This thing about the Helsinki Cathedral is by the way quite […]
In 1930 the artist duo Göran Hongell and Gunnar Forsström captured the maritime Helsinki with the Cathedral in the background. The poster was published in several different languages, at least in German, Finnish, Swedish, English and French. Who said Finland wasn’t international already back then? This thing about the Helsinki Cathedral is by the way […]
The route to/from Estonia was already popular in the 1930s, and the competition was just as tough as it is today. Aegna (at that stage without a proper name) was launched in Kiel in 1904. She served, as Adler, the Hamburg-Amerika line for many years, except during WW I. Later she was sold to a […]
The routes south to Tallinn, Stettin and Copenhagen and westwards to Stockholm had a double purpose. They sent Finns out into the world but also brought back a breath of fresh air from other countries. Traffic to Estonia was already popular in the 1930s, and the competition was just as tough as it is today. […]
This is a true poster classic by the master Jorma Suhonen: A Junkers Ju 52/3m flies past the Helsinki Cathedral. And it’s not as absurd as it may look. At the time (in 1933) Helsinki actually didn’t have a “regular” airfield. Instead, the planes landed at the terminal on nearby Katajanokka – with pontoons on […]
In the 1930s Finland started to realize what the tourists really wanted. They wanted something truly exotic: They wanted peace and nature. One of the people who actively contributed to spreading the message about Finland being a nature paradise was the Swedish graphic designer and artist Ingrid Högström-Bade (1908–1989). This poster were originally commissioned by […]
This poster was created for the Olympic games that were supposed to be held in 1940 (due to the war the games were postponed until 1952). This is the Swedish language version of the poster. Jorma Suhonen is one of Finland’s greatest poster masters and a legend in the Finnish advertisement industry. He was one […]
This poster was created for the Olympic games that were supposed to be held in 1940 (due to the war the games were postponed until 1952). Jorma Suhonen is one of Finland’s greatest poster masters and a legend in the Finnish advertising industry. He was one of the men behind the influential ad agency SEK. […]
Oh, the glamor! This is exactly what Finland and Hanko (Hangö in Swedish) is all about – every day! Unfortunately the artist remains unknown. We only know it was created by the advertising agency Ilmo (no longer in business). But the poster deserves r-e-s-p-e-c-t! It communicates such a trendy image of Hanko that the French […]
