In the words of the artist: Finland is still quite young as a country. A teenager when compared with other countries. This is the Maiden of Finland having a pause to think and ponder. The autumn has arrived and surrounded her. Her richness is: a tiny piece of land and great responsibility to carry. She […]
Runner-up, Come to Ostrobothnia poster contest, 2016! In the words of the artist: When designing the poster I wanted to visualize the Ostobothnian (and Finnish) summer night in a new way. Instead of focusing only on the pastel colored sky I worked with the contrast between darkness and light. I often work with the intergration […]
Finalist in the ”Come to Ostrobothnia” poster contest, 2016! Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in a completely visual world where the picture is stronger than ever. That’s why the following question hit us: How would contemporary artists depict Finland of today? We could not let […]
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 past, the natural northern sea route went between the cities Stockholm-Turku (Åbo)-St Petersburg. The Finland Steamship Company (FÅA) held a frontline position. In the poster the pride and joys of the steamers Oihonna and Tarmo can be seen. The poster is unique because it offers small, sweet caricatures that follow the European model. […]
We believe this little fellow is the most travelled boy in the world. In the shop we already have a winter version of the same poster, but here he is about to conquer the world with his umbrella (better safe than sorry, aye?). And of course he chooses to travel by train, the best way […]
Finalist in the ”Come to Satakunta” poster contest, 2016! In the words of the artist: I got the inspiration for this poster from a storm that surprised us at the beach of Yyteri in Pori on the west coast of Finland. We had ”ordered” sunny and hot weather for our day off, but ended up […]
Heikki Ahtiala’s funny fellow will always have a special place in our heart. While researching for the book we found the English version of this poster (”To Finland with me”) in Washington and we where taken by it straight away. A year later a French collector who had this version in French contacted us. Needless […]
Honorary mention in the poster contest ”Come to Satakunta” (2016)! Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in a completely visual world where the picture is stronger than ever. That’s why the following question hit us: How would contemporary artists depict Finland of today? We could not […]
Honorary mention in the poster contest ”Come to Satakunta” (2016)! In the words of the artist Ellen Portin: I chose some different elements that represented Satakunta and tried to create a picture out of them. Since sea buckthorns are the landscape flower and also really beautiful I wanted them to be the centre of the […]
Heikki Ahtiala’s funny fellow will always have a special place in our heart. While researching for the book we found the English version of this poster (”To Finland with me”) in Washington and we where taken by it straight away. A year later a French collector who had this version contacted us. Needless to say […]
This poster was long The Big Mystery to us. The little sensual mermaid wants us to travel from Stockholm to Helsinki (and vice versa, too). For many years we tried to figure out who the artist behind the ABBE signature was. We tried everything, we called up old-timers in the business, contacted museums, scanned the […]
The artist presents her poster: My father was originally from the Kainuu region and as a child I spent a large part of my vacations there, swimming and snowboarding and hanging out with my cousins. I’ve also done two bike trips in the area and thoroughly enjoyed cycling up and down the steep hills that […]
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 […]
The artist presents her poster: Working with posters was a new adventure to me! The inspiration for the two posters designed for Come to Finland came from daily walks in Helsinki and walking trips to nature. The special colours of Finland always amazes me. Let it be summer with the bright lights or winter with […]
Finnish travel poster of the year 2018! In the words of the artist: I created my Finland travel poster as an assignment for a class and wanted to recreate the feelings of majesty and awe that I found in the rich colors of the wintry landcape and northern lights. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain […]
This is the runner up in the 2018 “My Finland Poster” contest arranged by Come to Finland! The theme of the contest was to capture the region of Finnish Lapland in a travel poster in an appealing, stylish and why not humouristic manner. Here’s the artist Emma Chudoba’s description of her poster: ”When I started […]
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 […]
3rd place, Finnish travel poster of the year, 2018! Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in a completely visual world where the picture is stronger than ever. That’s why the following question hit us: How would contemporary artists depict Finland of today? We could not let […]
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. […]
