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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Denmark is sooo much. Also in German! When the Danish artist Laus Lauesen wanted to create a poster for Denmark, he made a collage – in a quirky way. The figures look sure like they are thoroughly enjoying whatever they are doing in Denmark. The poster hunters at Come to Sweden have found a twin […]
In the words of the artist: This illustration was born out of my love for ice skating and is a tribute to nordic outdoors culture. There is something magical about being out on a frozen lake on a sunny winter day. I have spent much time in Dalarna and Hälsingland and love the mountainous landscape […]
In this French-language poster for Norway, the (unknown) artist with the signature ”Schenk” has used the sky to illustrate the smallness of the tourist and woman & man. Thru the poster we reverently admire the mighty mountain world. The slogan in the poster reinforces the message: Norway is a true natural wonder!
FINALIST in the My Norden Poster poster contest 2022! In the words of the artist: The main inspiration behind my poster were my journeys in the North. I had the privilege to travel to some Nordic countries and sometimes the most memorable moments are not the action packed adventures, but the small, quiet moments, like […]
Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the industrial city of Rauma 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 […]
Finalist in the MyFinlandPoster contest 2021! In the words of the artist: To find inspiration for the poster I was travelling virtually on the streets of Hanko. It didn’t take too much time until I was at the seashore. I loved the combination of soft sand, sun warmed rocks and chilly waves and could almost […]
Honorary award in the MyFinlandPoster contest 2021! In the words of the artist: In Hanko I found a balanced combination of artificial and natural. In the poster, I portrayed not the most popular but yet beautiful season in Hanko. Thin and gentle blocks of ice make way for the visitor to reach the inviting town […]
Finalist in the MyFinlandPoster contest 2021! In the words of the artist: Last summer we went for a daytrip to Hanko. It was the first time as an adult. I liked the city with the old, beautiful treehouses, but it was the nature that really caught my eye. There was so much sand and pines! […]
In 1938, the Danish daily Berlingske Tidende announced a poster competition. The artist Aage Rasmussen participated and won. The year before, he had made his breakthrough as a poster artist with an effective poster for the most modern thing imaginable: an express train. Rasmussen, like many Nordic poster artists, was inspired by the Ukrainian-French poster […]
Finalist in the My Finland Poster 2020 contest! In the words of the artist: My summer Helsinki is made up of several pieces. The poster shows the contrasts between nature and urban culture, which in Helsinki support each other instead of excluding each other. In my work I also wanted to give the viewer room […]
Finnish Travel Poster of the year 2020, 5th place! The artist presents her artwork: The poster is drawn digitally in Photoshop. I used the colors of Helsinki’s coat of arms; blue, yellow (gold), white (silver) and ruby red. Blue + yellow was used to color the birch leaf, red + yellow was used for the […]
Finnish Travel Poster of the year 2020, 4th place! I designed this poster with Photoshop. When I’ve visited Helsinki for a few times, an attractive building always grab my attention when I walk by. The days of Helsinki were always very fulfilling and delicious. In my poster I wanted to include some humour. So I […]
Finnish Travel Poster of the year, 2020, 3rd place! The artist presents her artwork: My poster was inspired by autumn walks on the seashores of the Töölö neighborhood where the amazing Sibelius monument is located. The poster combines vector illustrations with vintage paper textures. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? […]
Finalist in the travel poster contest My Finland Poster 2019 The artist presents her artwork: The core idea in my Come to Saimaa poster Uimarit (translated as “swimmers”) is the balance between the nature of Saimaa and the human being. In the illustration the Saimaa ringed seal swims with the person right under the surface, […]
Finalist in the travel poster contest My Finland Poster 2019 The artist presents his artwork: The poster is largely inspired by my experience on a lake behind a student dormitory during my student life in Stockholm. Winter in Scandinavian countries may be regarded as a cold and dark season which is not very appreciated generally, […]
