Borgå-Porvoo by Segerstråle
December 7, 2018 3:06 pmWhen a city turns 600 years it’s really worth a celebration. And how do you celebrate properly? With a poster, of course.
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The Archipelago Route
December 7, 2018 3:02 pmThis 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 […]
Res i Finland
December 7, 2018 2:58 pmIt was at the end of the 1930s that the Finland Travel organisation decided to raise their profile in Sweden and call upon a bard, the great Finno-Swedish poet Elmer Diktonius to be exact. He was set to formulate the new siren calls from the east in the new brochure, while top graphic artist Aarne […]
Res till Finland
December 7, 2018 2:51 pmDuring the 1930s, the Swede was by far the most common tourist in Finland (this poster is in Swedish). Our nation was visited by as many Swedes as Estonians, Germans and Englishmen put together. But the 1930s were also a time of language strife in Finland, and the tourism officials were worried that the conflict […]
Sjövägen till Finland
December 7, 2018 2:50 pmOne 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 […]
Jeg rejser til Finland
December 7, 2018 2:48 pmFinland 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 […]
Finland-Estonia
December 7, 2018 2:46 pmMost of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the popular route Helsinki-Tallinn. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to travel by boat, not by airplane, between these cities. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product […]
Helsinki by night
December 7, 2018 2:45 pmIn 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…
Turku Castle
December 7, 2018 2:42 pmThis poster advertises the medieval castle of Turku (Åbo in Swedish), one of the oldest buildings still in use in Finland.
Viipuri by Hauhio
December 7, 2018 2:37 pmMost of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the city of Viipuri has done here. The idea was naturally to lure travels from near and afar to this quite international city. We continuously seek more information about all images in our product range, so […]
Lahti by Mykkänen
December 7, 2018 2:36 pmRecently our favourite poster hunter called us: he had found a unique original print of this Lahti poster. What do you reckon, did we buy it or not…?
Kotka by Raimela
December 7, 2018 2:34 pmMost 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, […]
Helsinki – Capital of Finland
December 7, 2018 2:33 pmWhen 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.
Mikkeli
December 7, 2018 2:32 pmMost 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 […]
Helsingfors – 400 år
December 7, 2018 2:30 pmWhen 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. […]
Helsinki – The sailing ship
December 7, 2018 2:26 pmThis poster belong to the series of four original art works that the poster hunters from Come to Finland found in 2013. They were made by Gunnar Forsström for the Helsinki 450-year celebration in 1950, but were never published. So this is true unique poster art. We are therefore proud to bring you these high […]
Helsingfors – The sailing ship
December 7, 2018 2:23 pmThis poster belong to the series of four original art works that the poster hunters from Come to Finland found in 2013. They were made by Gunnar Forsström for the Helsinki 450-year celebration in 1950, but were never published. So this is true unique poster art. We are therefore proud to bring you these high […]
Helsinki – Havis Amanda
December 7, 2018 2:19 pmThis poster belong to the series of four original art works that the poster hunters from Come to Finland found in 2013. They were made by Gunnar Forsström for the Helsinki 450-year celebration in 1950, but were never published. So this is true unique poster art. We are therefore proud to bring you these high […]
Helsingfors – Havis Amanda
December 7, 2018 2:16 pmThis poster belong to the series of four original art works that the poster hunters from Come to Finland found in 2013. They were made by Gunnar Forsström for the Helsinki 450-year celebration in 1950, but were never published. So this is true unique poster art. We are therefore proud to bring you these high […]
The Railway Station
December 7, 2018 2:14 pmThe central railway station is still the heart of Helsinki. It took fifteen years to build and was completed in 1919. The architect is the mighty Eliel Saarinen. It was used in several travel posters and publications mainly during the 1930’s. The artist for this artwork is unknown. But we continuously seek more information about […]