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Vintage poster with a glass of Finnish beer and a selection of Finnish fish

Finland – Country with Good Beer

April 25, 2024 2:35 pm Published by

Beer and fish, that’s the obvious gourmet combo, isn’t it? At least according to this Finnish vintage poster. The poster highlights the rich variety of different types of fish in the Finnish lakes and in the sea. And then, to everybody’s surprise, it’s promoting Finnish beer (the label on the beer glass translates as “Finnish, […]

Sauna island by Jeanice Brander

October 5, 2023 11:04 am Published by

Finalist in the contest My Finland Poster 2023. The theme was SAUNA. The artist presents her artwork: When I was little my family and I used to go to this place we called “bastuön”. It was a cozy, beautiful island close to Helsinki with a small sauna on it. I have a vivid memory of […]

Finnish Air Lines 25 yrs

September 27, 2023 4:15 pm Published by

When Aero (here called “Finnish Air Lines”) turned 25 years in 1948 the company contacted the advertising company SEK. Why? Because they needed a poster to celebrate the anniversary, naturally enough. The poster master Jorma Suhonen was one of the founding members of SEK and this important assignment was given to him. Looking at the […]

Sauna in Summer by Christina Hägerfors

September 20, 2023 3:24 pm Published by

Finalist in the contest My Finland Poster 2023. The theme was SAUNA. The artist presents her art work: I wanted the poster to be joyful, fresh, positive and with loads of detail. I have, amongst other colors, used white and blue, representing Finland. My inspiration comes from Finland in the summer, and all the water […]

Lakeside Sauna by Nadia Tolstoy

September 13, 2023 10:00 am Published by

Finalist in the contest My Finland Poster 2023. The theme was SAUNA. The artist presents her artwork: Coming from Sweden, I´m both familiar with and passionate about the sauna experience. My favourite kind of sauna is when it has access to an icy cold lake. And my favourite time of the day for a sauna […]

Sauna view by Jenni Saukkonen

September 13, 2023 10:00 am Published by

Finalist in the contest My Finland Poster 2023. The theme was SAUNA. The artist presents his artwork: Well, this is for me all the feeling and the mood when I´m in sauna. Finnish summer from window in the silence. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in […]

The Dip by Pekka Kurki

September 13, 2023 10:00 am Published by

Finalist in the contest My Finland Poster 2023. The theme was SAUNA. The artist presents his artwork: I came up with several ideas because sauna is such an inspiring topic. However this one idea of a sauna bucket – ”kiulu” – being a small pond kept showing up in my imagination again and again. Kiulu […]

Winter Lake by Katinka Reinke

September 13, 2023 10:00 am Published by

Finalist in the contest My Finland Poster 2023. The theme was SAUNA. The artist presents his artwork: I associate Finland with tranquillity, beauty, closeness to nature and a longing for seclusion. All this inspired me to create my motif. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in […]

Rolling in the snow by Greta Cappellini

September 13, 2023 10:00 am Published by

Finalist in the contest My Finland Poster 2023. The theme was SAUNA. The artist presents his artwork: Sometimes we think that the sauna is just being in a hyper-heated wooden room. But for me the most exciting part is rolling around in the snow laughing out loud with your friends until you run back inside […]

Scenery from Koli

June 20, 2023 4:59 pm Published by

Koli on Lake Pielinen is one of Finland’s absolute gems that never goes out of travel fashion. For over a hundred years, tourists have flocked to this national romantic landscape. It’s not surprising. It was here that greats like writer Juhani Aho, artist Eero Järnefelt and composer Jean Sibelius found their inspiration. In the 1950s, […]