Urho Kekkonen
Date of birth: 1900-09-03
Place of birth: Pielavesi, Finland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: UKK, Urkki, Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
Biography
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986) was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving President of Finland from 1956 until 1982. He was the third and most recent president from the Agrarian League/Center Party. As head of state for nearly 26 years, he dominated Finnish politics, held a large amount of power, won his later elections with little opposition and has often been classified as an autocrat. Nevertheless, he remains a respected figure. Description above from the Wikipedia article Urho Kekkonen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Parempaan asumiseen
1968-01-02
Risto Jarva's short documentary on housing in Helsinki in the late 1960's.
December 6, 1960
1960-12-31
Independence Day celebrations at the Finnish presidential palace December 6, 1960.
Moonshine Village
2005-12-31
Moonshine Village is a story about producing moonshine in Kitee, Finland, and its effect on the vill
Presidentin päivä
1977-02-16
A documentary following a day in Urho Kekkonen's life as the president of Finland.
Näin syntyi Saimaan kanava
1969-08-15
Finnish documentary film.
Urho Kekkonen - valtiomies, presidentti
1967-10-17
M/S Finlandia
1968-02-23
Building and launching the cruise ship M/S Finlandia
Disco and Atomic War
2009-04-10
A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
1982-12-03
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki, shot by Pirjo Honkasalo and Eero Salmenhaara, is a documentary on th
State Funeral
2019-10-22
The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film
Rogue Reporters
2021-09-23
The documentary tells the story of the political scandal caused by the book 'The Spoils of Tamminiem
Kekkonen as a Sports Influencer
1938-12-31
Before his political career, Urho Kekkonen (1900–1986) was an athlete on the national level. Later h
Finlandia Review 289
1956-12-31
Urho Kekkonen assumed the office of President of the Republic of Finland on 1.3.1956. J. K. Paasikiv
Our Skiing President
1957-12-31
President Kekkonen's skiing trip in January 1957 begins in Taipalsaari. From there, the President sk
Urho Kekkonen
1961-12-31
The documentary, intended as an election film, covers the key events of Urho Kekkonen's first presid
The Helsinki Effect
2025-02-21
The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was the starting point for the slow but
Sauna Report Germany - The Naked Joy of Sweating
1998-01-01