Finnish society in the 1960s

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• NEW BORDERLINES WITH USSR• 400 000 HOMELESS FINNISH

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Northern Europe in November 1939

Areas ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union following the Moscow Armistice 1944

Constructing new residental areas to the evacuated families

Finnish war reparations to the Soviet Union

worth US$ 300,000,000 in gold at 1938 prices

In the beginning of the ’60s living standard was quite modest

from countryside to urban industrial

society

Harvesting potatoes in the’60s

Finns living in towns1960 38%1970 51%

Mass migration to Sweden

Recovery of the Economy• Revolved around shipwrighting.

Cargo ships Cruise liners

Export to the Soviet Union

Ice breakers

Import from Germany

Currency changes

• 1963: 0’s get erased from Marks (mark)=> Pence (pennit) are introduced

• 2001: Currency changes to Euro

Large age-class at school -> Schools are full.

The school system was developed and now we have the best school system in the world (PISA).

Student protests started in France and they spread to Finland.

Finnish foreign policy in the '60s

Urho Kekkonen was the president from1956 to 1982. Main principles: good relationships with the Soviet Union, Nordic co-operation and political neutrality.

Crisis in Czechoslovakia 1968

Harro Koskinen, Evil case, 1968

The War in Vietnam

Peace march in Helsinki, Finland in 1969 against the war in Vietnam.

Solidarity

Finns love dancing indoors and outdoors

Chain SchottischeLetkis Jenka

In the middle of the 60’s: Chain Schottische and Katri HelenaChain Schottische spread to the world.

In the middle of the 60’sParticularly young students preferred: Beatles, Rolling Stones

And own finnish rock and pop bandsTopmost, Sounds, Sharks, Danny, Kirka, Johnny

… In the middle of the ’60sFolk- music: Hootenanny Trio, Four Cats etc.

Political songs: Agit Prop, Hector

Fashion in the ’60s

Bell-bottomed trousers 60’s Marimekko skirt

’’Be yourself’’ ’’Everything fits’’