First visit of a short/medium-range Caravelle jet to Finland. Runeberg’s Day celebrations in Helsinki in honour of Finland’s national poet. The Ambassador of Indonesia presents his credentials to ...
Finnish Textile Merchants’ Association holds its summer conference at the Helsinki School of Economics. The 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia (foreign material). Sa...
An explosion on the tanker Tupavuori in Naantali. Murtaja II is launched at the Wärtsilä Shipyard in Hietalahti, Helsinki. The new ambassador of Norway presents his credentials to the president. The...
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...
Sunny May Day festivities (30 April and 1 May) in Helsinki. Daffodil fields harvested in Canada (foreign material). Allan Hagert, the son of the Finnish unofficial Roma king, and Tuula Saarto are wed ...
Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson in Helsinki: the boxer arrives at Seutula Airport, the fighters are weighed. Risto Luukkonen wins the European Boxing Championship at Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
Representatives of Japanese human rights associations arrive in Finland for the MRA World Congress. Swimming school graduation at the Helsinki Swimming Stadium. Finnish Americans lay a wreath at the w...