Jorma Suhonen (1911–1987)

Year: 1939.

Originally commissioned by: The tourism promotion organisation Suomen-Matkat / Finlandsresor.

Measures: 60 x 99 cm

Background: The poster was created for the Olympic games that were supposed to be held in 1940 (due to the war the games were postponed until 1952). Jorma Suhonen is one of Finland's greatest poster masters and a legend in the Finnish advertisement industry. He was one of the men behind the influential ad agency SEK.

This poster also triggered the whole Come to Finland book project. When author Magnus Londen saw the poster in the year 2000 in an antiquarian book shop window he was spellbound. The stylish lady, the glamourous life, the champagne! The poster had everything Helsinki should have! Soon the Come to Finland poster hunters were digging deep into dusty archives and the rest is history. It is also the only copy that the poster hunters have located during their long search. We can also offer Swedish version ("Besök Helsingfors") of this poster.

Price: 19 euro.

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