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Norden on ice by Lotta-Li Alftberg

March 22, 2023 9:59 am Published by

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 […]

Kuopion talvikisat

December 7, 2018 2:56 pm Published by

Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like the city of Kuopio 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 […]

Talvilomalle

December 7, 2018 2:43 pm Published by

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.

Finland for wintersports – In Pink

December 7, 2018 2:40 pm Published by

Most of the regions, cities and travel companies in Finland created posters and images of their own, just like wild and exotic Lapland. 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 if you think […]

Finland for wintersports by Danning

December 7, 2018 2:11 pm Published by

Forget about the summer, it’s still the winter which is Finland’s trump card. Apart from ski competitions in for example Lahtis and Kuopio it was mainly the State Railways that promoted the Finnish winter, with new travel posters every season. The tourists were to make no mistake: if they were going to Lapland they were […]

Matkustakaa Lappiin

December 7, 2018 1:27 pm Published by

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 Aukusti Tuhka. In this poster he simply tells us to ”Travel to Lapland”. We do agree!

Winter holiday (Swedish)

December 7, 2018 12:19 pm Published by

This is, to our knowledge, the oldest graphic travel poster published by the Finnish State Railways. It was also published in Finnish. 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 […]

Winter Holiday (Finnish)

December 7, 2018 12:15 pm Published by

This is, to our knowledge (and we do know Finnish travel posters…), the oldest graphic travel poster published by the Finnish State Railways. It was also published in Swedish. 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 […]

The Anorak boy

December 7, 2018 11:47 am Published by

Inspired by the traditional clothing of the inuits the anorak (parka) also reached Finland. That’s when the skiing boy on the poster put it on – and soon the anorak became a favorite also for longtime Finnish president Urho Kekkonen. And now the anorak-boy can style up your home!

For winter sports

December 7, 2018 11:39 am Published by

For all we know this must be the first poster marketing the Finnish winter and Lapland after the war. 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. […]