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Soihtu - Miina Sillanpään muistomerkki

The Torch - Memorial to Miina Sillanpää

Miina Sillanpää (originally Vilhelmiina Riktig,
Jokioinen 1866 - Helsinki 1952
Finland's first female minister (Minister of Social Affairs, 1926-27) and a key figure in the workers' movement.
(Wikipedia)

Aimo Tukiainen
1968

Helsinki / Soihtu - Miina Sillanpään muistomerkki

Description

Abstract bronze sculpture in whose shape a reference to a flame of light rising from a torch can be seen. It stands on a red granite slab with a relief portrait of Miina Sillanpää and text.

Inscription(s)

MIINA SILLANPÄÄ
1866 - 1952

Signature

soihtu / aimo tukiainen 1966-1968

Sculptor

Aimo Tukiainen (Orivesi 1917 - Helsinki 1996), Finnish sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Helsinki City Artmuseum, Public Art.

Locatie (N 60°10'50" - E 24°56'47") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: fi165; Photograph: 4 July 2013
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