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Queen’s stroll in a Finnish forest astonishes Brits
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Punk lands in Finland Despite Fear and Prejudice
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Randolph Churchill Fishing in Finland
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Finland in the Nineteenth Century by Renowned Finnish Authors
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British Prime Minister visits President Kekkonen – Out of the shadow of insecurity
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Finnish President Paasikivi speaking English
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Pages from the Diary of Jean Sibelius
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How the fearless Finns won the Kremlin’s respect
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Letters to Santa
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British policemen teaching English to Finns
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Finland in 1909 by M. Pearson Thomson
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An English journal devoted to the cause of the Finnish people
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Winter Sketches in Lapland
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Sibelius Festival in London
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The Kalevala, the epic poem of Finland
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The Crisis in Finland
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Letters from Composer Jean Sibelius to Harriet Cohen
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Queen Elizabeth takes a tour around Helsinki in 1976
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The royal couple explores Finnish paper industry
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Queen Elizabeth pays tribute to soldier’s grave in Finland
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Glamour and diplomacy – Queen Elizabeth visits The Presidential Palace
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Queen Elizabeth visits Finland for the first time
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The President of Finland Urho Kekkonen visits England in 1961
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First Lady Sylvi Kekkonen on a State Visit to the UK
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President Kekkonen meets the British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
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The Finnish President Kekkonen’s State Visit to the UK in 1961
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The Renegades – Rockstars in Finland
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Great Britain’s Public Healthcare – an example for Finnish Politicians
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President Urho Kekkonen’s Speech for Queen Elizabeth II
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The Speech of Elizabeth II for Finns
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Elizabeth II Explores Helsinki
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President Kekkonen Hosts a Dinner on Queen Elizabeth’s Visit
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Elizabeth on the Balcony of the Presidential Palace
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Hello, Elizabeth! Documentary about Queen Elisabeth II’s visit to Helsinki
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Mr Mauno Koivisto sweeps as Finns’ President
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Mr Koivisto steps into the footsteps of President Kekkonen – Finland discovers a new leader
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Song of a Finlandian Country-Girl
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An account of a recent visit to Norway, Sweden, Finland And Russia
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Enough to Finnish You Off: Norman Moss Encounters the Sauna
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Scandinavia; its hopes and fears
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Finland’s Political Tightrope – President Kekkonen’s visit to Britain in 1969
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Songs in the new pantomime called Lord Mayor’s Day; or a flight from Lapland
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The Finnish puzzle: The Finnish-Russian relations
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Urho Kekkonen: President of Finland – an article about “the well-preserved man of sixty”
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Sudden Death of Sibelius: A Great Composer
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Finnish Composer Sibelius According to The Observer
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Precidency of Finland: Dr. Ryti may be re-elected
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Letters to the Editor: Finland’s Heroic Struggle – Bertrand Russell’s Tribute
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Sibelius at Seventy: A Birthday Tribute
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Finland’s Relations to Sweden and Russia – a detailed description from 1856
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A Winter in Lapland and Sweden
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A Northern Summer – travels in 1805
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How to visit Northern Europe
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Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa
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Through Finland in Carts
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Finnish-British Society in the first decades of Finland’s independence
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The Finnish London Correspondents in Pictures
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Sir Winston Churchill’s memoirs published in Finland
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The Memory of Sir Winston Churchill in Finland
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The 60th Anniversary of Finland’s Independence in The Times
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“London is simply too big” – Difficulties of a Finnish Correspondent
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Censorship and propaganda during Winter War – London Correspondent Arvo Ääri’s Letter
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The British expedition to Mount Everest reported in Finland
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The Coronation of King George VI in 1937
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London correspondent of the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat writes about his impressions of London
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Letters from a Finnish reporter: The 25th anniversary of King George V’s rule
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Correspondence Between The Times and Helsingin Sanomat Before WWII
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Anglo-Finnish Society’s banquet celebrating Finnish independence day in 1926 at Hyde Park Hotel
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Britain’s Prime Minister’s statement for the Finnish Parliament on acknowledging Finland’s independence
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Foreign Correspondence of the Finnish Newspaper Helsingin Sanomat
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Christmas greetings from the Finnish community in London: Correspondent of newspaper Helsingin Sanomat describes the celebration in 1939
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Opening celebrations of The Finnish Church in London
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“First a servant, Now the Queen of Revues” – Helvi Rintala’s story of becoming a Casino Star in London
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“A Finn in London” writes about his / her ideas: The new building of the Finnish Seamen’s Church in London raises thoughts
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Finnish Independence Day Festivities in London in 1920
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The Finnish Embassy in London purchases an elegant building in South Kensington to function as its office
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British trademarks registered in Finland
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Finland for the summer holidays
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Tampere and its environs
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Finland as a Tourist Country
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County and town of Turku-Åbo
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Viipuri – a centre of tourist travel in Finland
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Mikkeli a beautiful Finnish inland town
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The most beautiful district of Finland
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Travel on the Saimaa
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Maikki Friberg writes Letters from London: Upper Class Life, Raising Children and the London Tube
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The Congress in London of the International Women’s Suffrage Alliance in 1909: journalist and suffragette Maikki Friberg’s description
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Wintering in Suomi: a humorous travel brochure from the 1930s
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From London to Turku in 60 hours!
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Finnish athletes at the London Olympics
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The Duke of Edinburgh visits Imatra in 1889
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Motoring in Finland
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Composer Jean Sibelius in London
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Finnish Opera Singer Aino Ackté a Success in London
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Finnish Opera Singer Aino Ackté to Covent Garden
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Finnish Industry in the 1910s
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Butter Markets in London
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Journalist and suffragette Maikki Friberg describes The Congress of the International Women’s Suffrage Alliance in London
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Telegram to Jean Sibelius
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Trip to the Finnish Lapland
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Finnish hunting presented to English audience
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Living Among the Lapps
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W.D. Jefferson & Finland Movie
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Letter to Finnish State Railway
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“Countless Charms of Finland Fairyland”
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S. Jackson Coleman: “Lore and Legend of the Finns”
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Review of T.W. Atchley’s book on Finland
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Souvenir from the Finnish Feminist Association Unioni’s visit to The House of Commons
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British suffragette Rosalind Travers’ article on the status of Finnish women in 1911
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The Times’ review of “Letters from Finland”, a book written by British suffragette Rosalind Travers
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Examples of the British School System in pictures
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Photograph of the “unofficial diplomat” Aino Malmberg
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Suffragette Club’s invitation: Votes for Women Victory’s anniversary
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Postcard from Oxford to Finnish author and politician Aino Malmberg
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Invitation to politician Aino Malmberg to speak at International Suffrage Conference
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Letter to Maikki Friberg: Questions about Finland’s political situation
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Letter to Maikki Friberg: Suffragettes on Hunger Strike
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Rosalind Travers telling about Finns in London in her letter
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Letter to Maikki Friberg: visit to Women’s Suffrage Association
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Postcard to Maikki Friberg: the progress of the women’s rights movement
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Card from suffragette Millicent Fawcett to Maikki Friberg
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Letter from suffragette Helen Blackburn to Maikki Friberg
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Letters to Jean Sibelius
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Fighting in the Finnish Winter War 1939–1940
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