Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the famous resort town of Hanko (Hangö in Swedish) has done here with one of its landmarks – the water tower. Yes, there’s a lot of tennis being played here. The idea was naturally to lure […]
That’s the castle of Olavinlinna you can see through the window – the location where the famous Opera festival is arranged every summer. The artist for this artwork is unknown. But we continuously seek more information about all posters and images in our product range, so please write us if you think you know something […]
This poster was designed to market the first ferry between Finland and Sweden able to take cars onboard. Viking Line started this route going from Galtby in the Finnish archipelago passing via the Åland islands and then on to a small harbour in Sweden. Nowadays Viking Line runs from Turku, Naantali or Helsinki mainly to […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the great Lake Päijänne has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so please write us […]
One of the most active producers of poster art and graphic travel brochures in Finland was the Finland Steamship Company. The artist for this artwork is unknown. But we continuously seek more information about all posters and images in our product range, so please write us if you think you know something interesting about this […]
Finland today for many younger Danes feels like a peripheral Nordic country, but it was different before. With a direct boat connection between Copenhagen and Helsinki and long-standing traditions in commerce and tourism, Finland had many friends down in the Nordic south. In this brochure from the 1950s, Danes are encouraged to visit the country […]
In 1952 the Olympics were heading for Helsinki and it was time to market the wild nightlife of this Great Metropol. Problem was… no one, not even the locals in Helsinki, knew we had a night life to boast about. So they left it all to the poster artists…
This poster is one of the creations of Raimo Raimela and Osmo K. Oksasen. It was made for the Finnish State Railways in 1958, when these two advertising artists shared a studio in Helsinki.
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the harbour city of Kotka in the southeast has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, […]
When Helsinki turned 400 years in 1950 it had to be celebrated with a poster. Luckily artist Gunnar Forsström was around and this wonderful poster was chosen. He also made four other posters (never published) that the Poster Hunters from Come to Finland re-discovered in 2013.
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the city of Mikkeli in the region of Savo has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product […]
When Helsinki turned 400 years in 1950 it had to be celebrated with a poster. Luckily artist Gunnar Forsström was around and this wonderful poster was chosen. He also made four other posters (never published) that the Poster Hunters from Come to Finland re-discovered in 2013. We repeat: we found the original drawings from 1949. […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own. Here it’s the idea of spending a holiday driving around in Finland that’s promoted. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the city of Lappeenranta in eastern Finland has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so […]
During the 1930´s the local and national Tourist Associations worked hard to promote Rovaniemi and Finnish Lapland as an exotic destination for the adventureous traveller. Small hotels were built, among others the proud ”Fell-hotel” at Pallas. During the winter of 1944–1945, after the wars, everyone in Finland was already aware of the bitter truth when […]
Despite sterling contributions from the Finnish commercial graphic artists, there was still a force that grew ever stronger: the colour photograph. Suddenly one could show things ‘exactly’ as they looked in reality! No exaggerations! No room for interpretation! This is what it actually looks like in Finland! Many of the most talented contemporary photographers travelled […]
Numerous are the works which maybe were discarded by the artist, not flagged in competitions or turned down by the customer. That’s why we also want to offer never before printed, completely unique posters like this one by artist Rolf Christianson.
Poster competitions began to be popular in the 1950s and they obviously served their purpose, since many of the great works of the decade were the result precisely of a competition. In the mid-1950s the city of Tampere wished to find new visual ways of promoting the town. In other words, it was time to […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the classic and popular destination Koli in eastern Finland. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to Finland. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so please […]
We asked photographer Kai Nordberg to tell the story behind this poster in his own words: ”In the summer of 1958, I was 22 years old then, I worked as an assistant at the photo studio Aho & Soldan. When summer was up I told photgrapher Heikki Ahtola that I’m heading for Savonlinna for a […]
