Kesäranta, whose name means summer shore and which is also known by the Swedish name Villa Bjälbo, is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Finland, situated in the Meilahti neighborhood of Helsinki overlooking Seurasaarenselkä. The building was originally designed by Frans Ludvig Calonius in 1873 and later modified by Elia Heikel in 1887 and Jac Ahrenberg in 1904, and it is owned by the Finnish government through Senate Properties. It has served as the prime minister's official residence since 1919, and the surrounding area is kept as restricted airspace. 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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Source Kes�ranta (Wikidata)
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Finland, located there.
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1. Kesäranta (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesäranta, lead definition
Kesäranta (lit. 'summer shore', Swedish: Villa Bjälbo) is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Finland, located in Helsinki in the neighborhood of Meilahti, overlooking Seurasaarenselkä.
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Kesäranta, whose name means summer shore and which is also known by the Swedish name Villa Bjälbo, is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Finland, situated in the Meilahti neighborhood of Helsinki overlooking Seurasaarenselkä. The building was originally designed by Frans Ludvig Calonius in 1873 and later modified by Elia Heikel in 1887 and Jac Ahrenberg in 1904, and it is owned by the Finnish government through Senate Properties. It has served as the prime minister's official residence since 1919, and the surrounding area is kept as restricted airspace.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1873)
completion_date/completed = 1873
View the Source2. Kesäranta (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Wikidata item Q3068796, instance of (P31): villa
3. Kes�ranta (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Meilahti, Finland
Wikidata item Q3068796, property P131/P17 (location): Meilahti, Finland
Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia article
Initially, Kesäranta was a two-storey wooden villa, but in 1887, after it was acquired by Carl Robert Ignatius, a cashier at the Bank of Finland, the building was altered to the designs of Elia Heikel, who added a 20-metre tower and a bayside veranda to the building.
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