Hanaholmen 50

In 2025, Hanaholmen celebrates 50 years as a centre of cooperation and culture for Sweden and Finland. During the anniversary year, a large number of seminars and events will be organised, some of them looking back, but focusing primarily on the future. You are warmly invited to celebrate the anniversary year with us!

Hanaholmen's history

The Hanaholmen Cultural Centre was inaugurated on 1 June 1975 by King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden and the President of Finland, Urho Kekkonen. The discussions about building a cultural centre for Sweden and Finland began in 1967, when Sweden decided to cancel SEK 100 million of wartime debt in conjunction with Finland’s 50th anniversary. Architect Veikko Malmio was commissioned to design the building, while Professor Yrjö Sotamaa planned the interior design. Construction began in 1973 and was completed two years later.

Programme for the anniversary year

During the 2025 anniversary year, Hanaholmen will organise a ten-part programme series on the common future of Finland and Sweden. A number of other programmes will also draw attention to Swedish-Finnish cooperation, both historically and from a future perspective. Hanaholmen’s anniversary exhibition will open at the beginning of the year, while Hanaholmen’s 50-year history will be published in May 2025. The big anniversary party will take place on the second of June, and in September 2025 the bilateral barometer, which will take the temperature of Swedish-Finnish relations, will be published. Hanaholmen’s PLATS restaurant will celebrate the anniversary year with seasonal anniversary menus that pay tribute to Nordic cuisine.

Hanaholmen in pictures

Additional information

Håkan Forsgård

Director of Communications

+358 (0)40 767 7373

hakan.forsgard@hanaholmen.fi