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Finland Parliament House

Government and Civic Buildings

The Finland Parliament House, the Eduskuntatalo, stands in Helsinki, designed by the architect J. S. Siren following a competition and completed in 1931 as the seat of Finland's unicameral parliament, the Eduskunta. Its long facade of Kalvola red granite is fronted by a row of fourteen tall columns in a stripped, monumental classicism characteristic of the Nordic Classicism style of the interwar period, a deliberate move away from both older historicist styles and the emerging modern movement. The building's plenary hall and public spaces carry extensive decorative work by Finnish artists of the period, and the building remains in active use as the country's working legislature.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Capitol building 2
Location
Etu-Töölö, Helsinki, Finland 1
Completed Year
1931 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Government / Parliament Building 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Parliament Building, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Nordic Classicism, Styles and Movements
Source Parliament House, Helsinki (Wikipedia)
Stripped Classicism, Styles and Movements
Source Parliament House, Helsinki (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Granite, Architectural Materials
Source Parliament House, Helsinki (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Finland, located there.
Sources
1. Parliament House, Helsinki (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox, General information
    Location: Etu-Töölö, Helsinki, Finland, Mannerheimintie 30
  • Infobox, Completed
    Completed: 7 March 1931; 95 years ago (7 March 1931)
  • infobox building_type field
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The Finland Parliament House, the Eduskuntatalo, stands in Helsinki, designed by the architect J. S. Siren following a competition and completed in 1931 as the seat of Finland's unicameral parliament, the Eduskunta. Its long facade of Kalvola red granite is fronted by a row of fourteen tall columns in a stripped, monumental classicism characteristic of the Nordic Classicism style of the interwar period, a deliberate move away from both older historicist styles and the emerging modern movement. The building's plenary hall and public spaces carry extensive decorative work by Finnish artists of the period, and the building remains in active use as the country's working legislature.
  • In Style: Stripped Classicism, Infobox, architectural_style
    architectural_style: Stripped Classicism; Nordic Classicism
  • In Style: Nordic Classicism, Infobox, architectural_style
    architectural_style: Stripped Classicism; Nordic Classicism
  • Uses Element: Granite, Wikipedia article
    The façade is lined by fourteen columns with highly stylized Corinthian capitals, all made from red granite from Kalvola.
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2. Finland Parliament House (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Capitol building)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Capitol building)
Wikidata item Q2744984, instance of (P31): capitol building
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