Albert Andersson

Year: 1952

Measures: 66 x 99 cm

Background: This poster is The Big Mystery to us. The little sensual mermaid wants us to travel from Stockholm to Helsinki (and vice versa too).

But the problems begin.

Dear friends! During two years we have tried to figure out who the artist behind the ABBE signature is.

We have tried everything, we have called up old-timers in the business, contacted museums, scanned the Internet. We have only figured out the name of the ad agency in Stockholm where the poster was produced. The agency is long gone and nobody can remember how the poster came to be and who ABBE was (or is, he might still be alive, even if we doubt it).

Early on we were told the poster was created in 1965. But thanks to poster gurus in Finland and around the world we learned it was created for the Finnish Olympic year, 1952. Then, in November 2008, there was a breakthrough. Or at least a step forward. From the Swedish National Library we received word that the artist's name must be Albert Andersson.

But there the trace stops. For now, because the poster hunters never give up!

And please, if you have information on this poster, do drop us a line at posters(at)cometofinland.fi. And as soon as we unravel this mystery, we will post more information.

The poster is an advertisement by the three shipping companies Bore, Svea and FÅA before they merged into Silja Line. Thanks to the Olympic year 1952 the travelling to Finland went through the roof.

Price: 19 €

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