100 m
The Grave of Lahja Koivunen
Kuusamon kaupunki
Artist Lahja Koivunen lived an eventful and long life. She was born in Karinainen in 1898 and died in Kuusamo in 1989. Koivunen was the first to depict Kuusamo systemically, for whom the trees spoke and nature was holy. The self-portrait is from 1955.
Lahja Koivunen has a place in the finnish field of visual arts among strong female artists who started their careers in the first decades of the 20th century. She is of a generation of pioneers, who broke barriers for female artists and equality in valuation.
Koivunen had a significant life's work, whose value was heightened by the fact that she worked alone and far away from the mainstream art. In the watercolour portrait by Eino Vattula, Lahja is rushing to Kuolio with her dog Pippa in 1978.
Kuusamo Statues and Monuments
The Kuusamo municipality has a total of twenty four statues and monuments. Most of them are about war history, but there are also some that are about significant people and events.
A Monument can be a decorated stone, a wooden, stony or metallic structure, or a simple mark like a metal plate or a carving on a rock.
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