Tamminiemi is a Jugendstil villa in the Meilahti district of Helsinki, designed by the architects Sigurd Frosterus and Gustaf Strengell and built in 1904. It served as one of Finland's official presidential residences from 1940 to 1982, housing presidents Risto Ryti and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim in turn before becoming closely associated with President Urho Kekkonen, who lived there from 1956 until his death in 1986. Since December 1987 the building has operated as the Urho Kekkonen Museum, presenting Kekkonen's presidency alongside the wartime and postwar history of Finland, and it underwent a further renovation between 2009 and 2012. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Tamminiemi
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamminiemi, history section
It was one of the three official residences of the President of Finland, from 1940 to 1982.
Early history
Designed by the Finnish Art Nouveau architects Sigurd Frosterus and Gustaf Strengell, the Jugendstil villa was built in 1904 for the Danish-born businessman Jörgen Nissen. The villa was later owned or rented by a number of individuals, before being acquired by the publisher and artistic patron Amos Anderson in 1924 with the intention of moving there from central Helsinki and had it renovated.
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Museum (since 1987)
- In Style: Art Nouveau, Infobox style field: Jugend
View the Source2. Tamminiemi (Wikidata)
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Wikidata item Q2459334, property P1619: 1986
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Helsinki, Finland
Wikidata item Q2459334, property P131/P17 (location): Helsinki, Finland
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