German expressionist Emil Nolde’s exhibition at the Ateneum Art Museum. The indoor market at Kasarmintori Square closes. ‘New Tides in our Cafes’ exhibition at the Helsinki School of Economics. ...
The University of Helsinki Students’ Union celebrates its 90th anniversary: visit of honour to Hietaniemi cemetery, speech honouring war heroes at the Old Student House monument, the board’s anniv...
Funeral for the victims of a school fire in Chicago (foreign material). Statue of the poet Aaro Hellaakoski unveiled in the Old Cemetery in Helsinki. Art work that has been awarded prizes by the Arts ...
President Kekkonen sets off for Leningrad by train. Deputy Prime Minister Mikoyan of the Soviet Union in the United States (foreign material). ‘Journey across Poland’ photography exhibition at Sto...
British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan in Moscow (foreign material). The new ambassador of Japan, Minister Tsumura Shinjiro, presents his credentials to the president. Ambassador Kan Yeh-tao of China...
Finnish Boxing Championships at the Helsinki Exhibition Hall.
Japan’s Crown Prince Akihito’s wedding (foreign material). Professional boxing tournament at the Exhibition Hall on 17 April 1959.
Finnish Scouts hold their annual Saint George’s Day parade in Helsinki (passing the Uspenski Cathedral and the Presidential Palace). The Ateneum Art Museum presents its initial proposal for a new bu...