Finland Collection (page 6)

Finland - Transporting timber Date: circa 1909

Finland 1970s
Newly built block of flats, Helsinki, Finland, 1970s. Date: 1970s

Koli National Park, Finland
The Forests at Koli (now the Koli National Park), Finland. The most well-known vantage point (depicted in this card) in the park is Ukko-Koli, with a grand view to the East, over the lake Pielinen

1960s sweetshop in Finland
Shop selling sweets and white bread, Borga, Finland, 1960s. Date: 1960s

Rovaniemi church Finland

Finland - The Tahtitorni ( Observatory ) at Turku
Finland - The Old Tahtitorni ( Observatory ) at Turku (Abo) Date: circa 1906

Helsinki, Finland - The German Church
Helsinki, Finland - Saksalainen Kirkko (German church) Date: circa 1930s

A Finnish woman votes
A Finnish woman puts her vote in the ballot box at an election. Finnish women had had the vote since 1905. 1913

Finland - Hango
As this card nicely describes, Hango is: "...the great summer bathing resort of Finland. Very beautiful woods, lakes and bays in every direction." On the southern coast of Finland

The Anglo-Finnish Dinner, 1936
The annual Anglo-Finnish Society dinner held at Grosvenor House in London. Lt-General Sir George Macdonogh, President of the Society, proposed a toast to Finland

Entry of General Mannerheim into Helsinki, Finland
Entry of General Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867-1951) into Helsinki (Helsingfors), Finland, after the Finnish Civil War

Eugen Schaumann, assassin of General Bobrikov
The Finnish nationalist and nobleman, Eugen Schaumann assassinated the Governor-General Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov on 16th June 1904. Date: 1904

Helsinki, Finland - Father, son and reindeer
Helsinki, Finland - Father and son in traditional costume with their reindeer Date: circa 1940s

Holidays in Scandinavia, Iceland and Finland
Cover illustration for Holidays in Scandinavia, Iceland and Finland, with Cooks and Dean & Dawson. A female deer herder stands on a grassy hillside with two deer

A couple of Sami people. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Helsinki WWI
The Germans moving into Helsinki during the liberation of Finland in World War I

Helsinki fighting WWI
Soldiers battling the Red troops in Helsinki during World War I

German war fleet WWI
German fleet in the channel at Hango/Tammisaari in Finland during World War I

Armoured train WWI
Armoured train in Finland during World War I

Rail troop transport WWI
Troops are transported along the rail track between Hango and Helsinki during World War I in Finland

Germans in Helsinki WWI
Germans exchanging shots with the Reds in Helsinki, Finland, during World War I

German troops in Finland WWI
German troops battle with Red troops in Helsinki, Finland during World War I

Russian soldiers WWII
The last Russian train passes Helsinkis Frederiksber station where soldiers receive tulips from the Finns after the armistice with Finland during Word War II

Captured Russian bombs WWII
Captured Russian bombs for use in trench mortars, some of the heavier types are equipped with a revolving fan. Finland during World War II

Mannerheim line anti-tank defences WWII
Rapidly improvised anti-tank devices are constructed by sawing down trees at a height of 10 feet and banking them up with timber and rock during World War II

Soldier in Finland WWII
Soldier in Finland during World War II

Helsinki fortifications WWII
Soldiers constructing fortifications in Helsinki during World War II

Russian captives WWII
Captured Bolshevik soldiers in Finland are allowed regular and valued devotional hours that were regularly prohibited because of atheist policies within the Soviet regime

New Finnish-Soviet border WWII
Finnish sentries stand on a road leading to Viborg and which has now become Soviet. The sentry on the right is equipped with a modern sub-machine gun. Finland during World War II Date: 1939-1940

Russian bombing WWII
Russian plane drops incendiaries in Northern Finland during World War II

Converted first aid station WWII
Converted and barricaded sauna baths become a first aid post where a soldier keeps watch for enemy aircraft in Helsinki, Finland during World War II

Finnish soldiers WWII
A rapid response battalion of Finnish ski troops during World War II

Finnish soldiers equipment WWII
Equipment used by the individual Finnish soldiers during World War II

Bomb remnants WWII
Remnants of a Russian bomb which fell near the front line in Finland on the Mannerheim line during World War II

Finnish defences WWII
Soldiers standing in defences in Finland during World War II

Captured Russian explosive WWII
Captured Russian high explosive bomb during World War II

Tank WWII
Tank in Finland during World War II

Air raid damage WWII
Finnish tradesmans van has become a Russian air raid casualty in Helsinki, Finland, during World War II

Defensive positions WWII
Soldiers wearing camouflage rendering themselves invisible in the snow mount a vigilant guard during the Winter War in Finland during World War II

Machine gun WWII
Two soldiers moving a machine gun into position during World War II in Finland

Finland - Nykarleby
Nykarleby, Finland - Kuddnas (now a museum) - Otrobothnia Province. Finlands largest producer of Fox and Mink pelts. The building was removed from Sunby in Pedersore and re-erected in Kuddnas

Poster advertising circular tours in Finland. A holidaying couple stand on top of a hill, waving to a speeding train below

Advertisement for the Finnish Tourist Association -- to Finland with me -- showing an eager man dashing off with his suitcase

Finland / Turku
Turku, formerly known as Abo : the capital of Russian Finland

Swedes in Finland
The camp of Swedish king Gustaf III in Finland

HELSINKI
general view

Olympics / 1932 / Javelin
Javelin won by Jarvinen (Finland) 72.71m

Finns Repel Russians
The Finns repel invading Russians

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