Finnish Collection (#38)

Paper mill, France C017 / 7900
Paper mill. Worker stamping a completed paper bale at the Chapelle Darblay paper mill, Grand Couronne, France. This paper mill is operated by the Finnish pulp

Paper mill, France C017 / 7899
Paper mill. Worker operating machinery for packaging paper bales at the Chapelle Darblay paper mill, Grand Couronne, France

Paper mill, France C017 / 7898
Paper mill. Machine 6 at the Chapelle Darblay paper mill, Grand Couronne, France. This paper mill is operated by the Finnish pulp, paper and timber manufacturer UPM-Kymmene

Paper mill, France C017 / 7897
Paper mill. Chapelle Darblay paper mill, Grand Couronne, France. This paper mill is operated by the Finnish pulp, paper and timber manufacturer UPM-Kymmene

Auroral display over trees C016 / 5815
Auroral display over trees. Aurora borealis (northern lights) over pine trees. This coloured light display is visible in the night sky, usually only at high latitudes

Huts in forest after heavy snowfall C013 / 9495
Huts in forest after heavy snowfall. Both the huts and the pine trees are heavily loaded with snow and frosted rime deposits of frozen snow. Photographed near Luosto, northern Finland

Pine forest after heavy snowfall C013 / 9493
Pine forest after heavy snowfall. Pine trees heavily loaded with snow and frosted rime deposits of frozen snow. Animal tracks run from centre left to lower right

Pine forest in snow C013 / 9489
Pine forest in snow. Dense forest of pine trees and bushes with recent heavy snowfall. Photographed in Finland

Pine forest after heavy snowfall C013 / 9492
Pine forest after heavy snowfall. Pine trees heavily loaded with snow and frosted rime deposits of frozen snow. Photographed near Luosto, northern Finland

Aurora borealis C013 / 9488
Aurora borealis (purple and green) over a frozen river, with the constellation of Ursa Major at top right. The aurora borealis is a coloured light display (the northern lights)

Pine forest after heavy snowfall C013 / 9491
Pine forest after heavy snowfall. Pine trees heavily loaded with snow and frosted rime deposits of frozen snow. Photographed near Luosto, northern Finland

Pine forest after heavy snowfall C013 / 9490
Pine forest after heavy snowfall. Pine trees heavily loaded with snow and frosted rime deposits of frozen snow. Photographed near Luosto, northern Finland

Aurora borealis C013 / 9486
Aurora borealis (green) over pine trees, with Mars (red) visible just above the trees at centre. The aurora borealis is a coloured light display (the northern lights)

Fall / Finnish Spitz / 1934
SARUMCOTE JELI Owned by Miss Pink. Head study. Date: 1934

Fall / Finnish Spitz / 1936
CHAMPION SIRO OF BOYDON Owned by Miss G. Price. Date: 1936

Fall / Finnish Spitz / 1935
ASSI OF TULCHAN Owned by Beresford. Date: 1935

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) adult with chicks, at nest in habitat, Finland, July

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) adult with chick, sitting at nest, Finland, July

FINLAND. Rauma. Church of the Holy Cross. Paintings of the walls of the choir with scenes of the life of Christ (1510-1522). Fresco

FINLAND. Rauma. Church of the Holy Cross. Choir (16th c.) and pulpit (right)

FINLAND. Pet䪤vesi. Church. Pulpit with wood
FINLAND. Pet䪤 vesi. Church. Pulpit with wood figures of angels and saints (18th c.)

Finland, Helsinki, art nouveau building statues, Etela Notknokatu Street

Finland, Helsinki, Tuomiokirko, Lutheran Cathedral

Finland, Helsinki, Katajanokka Island, Art Nouveau building detail

Finland, Helsinki, Rautatieasema, Helsinki Railroad Station, National Romantic-style figures by Emil Wikstrom, b.1914, daytime

Finland, Helsinki, elevated city view to Helsinki Harbor from the Hotel Torni

Scandinavia, Finland, Porvoo. Wooden storehouses line the Porvoonjoki river in scenic Porvoo

Finnish long-distance runner. Winning the 4 mile event at the British games at Stamford Bridge, 1931
PaVO NURMI (1897-1973). Finnish long-distance runner. Winning the 4 mile event at the British games at Stamford Bridge, 1931

(1889-1966). Finnish long-distance runner. Winning the Amateur Athletic Associations four-mile championship at Stamford
HANNES KOLEHMAINEN (1889-1966). Finnish long-distance runner. Winning the Amateur Athletic Associations four-mile championship at Stamford Bridge, London: photograph, n.d

Finnish long-distance runner
PaVO NURMI (1897-1973). Finnish long-distance runner

NORDENSKJ├ûLD: VEGA, 1880. The steamship Vega on which Baron Niels (Adolf Erik) Nordenskj├Âld navigated the Northeast Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, 1879-1880. Wood engraving, 1880

Fox farming, Arctic Foxes (Alopex lagopus) caged in rearing shed on fox fur farm, Finland, november

Arctic Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni) adult male, spring plumage, perched on lichen covered branch in snow, Kaamanen, Inari, Lapland, Finland, march

Finlanders singing, c. 1800
A domestic interior in Finland c. 1800. Two men look as though they are about to start dancing, whilst a man seated at the table plays for them. Date: c. 1800

Finland 1960s

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

Fifty Finnish Penni
Front of a finnish banknote on 50 penni edited 1918. Date: 1918

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

Twenty five Finnish Penni

One Finnish Mark
Front of a finnish banknote on 1 Mark edited 1915 Date: 1915

Five Finnish Marks

Rovaniemi church Finland

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

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

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