{"id":2412,"date":"2025-08-18T14:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/?page_id=2412"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:14:14","slug":"amostheatre-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/en\/amostheatre-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Amos and Theatre exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amos and Theatre exhibition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Irtokuvat_033-3-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Amos Anderson, G\u00f6ran Holmberg ja Ossi Ginman teatteriharjoituksissa Vretassa, Kemi\u00f6ss\u00e4 1890-luvulla. \" class=\"wp-image-2274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Irtokuvat_033-3-edited.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Irtokuvat_033-3-edited-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Theatre played an important role in the life of the businessman and patron Amos Anderson (1878\u20131961). Today, the most visible proof of this is the building of Svenska Teatern, The Swedish Theatre, in Helsinki. The building was renovated in the 1930s with the support of Amos. In addition to financial support, Amos held different positions of trust within the theatre world, as well as directed and wrote plays for the theatre. The theatre was a central place in Amos\u2019 support for the Swedish language and culture in Finland.<\/em>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Amos and Theatre exhibition is on display in front of the Swedish Theatre at Erottaja Square until 31 October 2025. Admission is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Exhibition team:<\/strong> Mary Gestrin, Anna-Maria Wilskman<br><strong>Website:<\/strong> Anni Fahler<br><strong>Exhibition photographs:<\/strong> Finnish Heritage Agency and Amos Rex Archive<br><strong>Graphics:<\/strong> Antti Hinkula<br><strong>Exhibition architecture:<\/strong> Lauri Johansson<br><strong>Thank you:<\/strong> Raija Linna, Joanna Maltzeff, Zo\u00eb Jay, Kaj Martin, Kerttu Raittila<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Irtokuvat_033-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Irtokuvat_033-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Irtokuvat_033-3-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br><em>Amos Anderson, G\u00f6ran Holmberg and Ossi Ginman rehearse their roles at Vreta in Kimito in the 1890s.&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/AA_Amos-och-portrat-av-Schauman-Svenska-Teatern_1200-dpi_16-bit001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/AA_Amos-och-portrat-av-Schauman-Svenska-Teatern_1200-dpi_16-bit001.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/AA_Amos-och-portrat-av-Schauman-Svenska-Teatern_1200-dpi_16-bit001-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br><em>Svenska Teatern commissioned Amos Anderson\u2019s portrait form the artist Sigrid Schauman to celebrate Amos\u2019 80<sup>th<\/sup> birthday in 1958.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_1815A.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_1815A.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_1815A-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_012-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_012-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_012-1-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Russian architect Nicholas Benois planned the theatre that was built in 1866. It was renovated during the years 1935-1936.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_038.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_038.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_038-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_035.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_035.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_035-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The renovation of the theatre building was an enormous project.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_005.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_005-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br><em>The caryatids were removed from the Esplanad side of the fa\u00e7ade in 1935.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/SLV-garage_Palmqvist-3_VII_1939-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/SLV-garage_Palmqvist-3_VII_1939-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/SLV-garage_Palmqvist-3_VII_1939-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/SLV-garage_Palmqvist-3_VII_1939-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/SLV-garage_Palmqvist-3_VII_1939-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/SLV-garage_Palmqvist-3_VII_1939-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/SLV-garage_Palmqvist-3_VII_1939-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/AA_SLV-karyatider_800-dpi_16-bit001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/AA_SLV-karyatider_800-dpi_16-bit001.jpg 599w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/AA_SLV-karyatider_800-dpi_16-bit001-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The caryatids from Svenska Teatern found their new home on the wall of Amos\u2019 summer estate garage in S\u00f6derl\u00e5ngvik. The garage was designed by the architect W.G. Palmqvist.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_041.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_041.jpg 599w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_041-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_002.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_002-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The modernization of the theatre was realised by the financial support of Amos Anderson. Amos held a speech at the topping-out ceremony of the building.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_061.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_061.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_061-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br><em>The modernized building was officially opened in September 1936. The renovation project was led by the architects Eero Saarinen and Jarl Eklund.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/AA_Vallis-Gratiae_1200-dpi_24-bit001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/AA_Vallis-Gratiae_1200-dpi_24-bit001.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/AA_Vallis-Gratiae_1200-dpi_24-bit001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Stora-Varldsteatern_SP_19_11_1935.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Stora-Varldsteatern_SP_19_11_1935.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Stora-Varldsteatern_SP_19_11_1935-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The plays <\/em>Vallis Gratiae<em> and <\/em>The Great World Theatre<em> were the most famous plays connected to Amos. Both were also performed abroad.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Irtokuvat_036.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Irtokuvat_036.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Irtokuvat_036-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Irtokuvat_042.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Irtokuvat_042.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Irtokuvat_042-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Amos directed the play <\/em>The Assumption of Hannele<em> in 1943, starring May Pihlgren.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_006.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_006-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"1009\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_019.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_019-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The last play directed by Amos for Svenska Teatern was Jean Mogin\u2019s <\/em>To Each According to His Hunger<em>, starring May Pihlgren, in 1951.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_014.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_014-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_001.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern3_001-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The theatre gave Amos a photograph album as a keepsake from the play <\/em>To Each According to His Hunger.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_2_014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_2_014.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Svenska_Teatern_2_014-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Albumi_60_008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Albumi_60_008.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Albumi_60_008-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The stars of the theatre often visited Amos\u2019 home in Yrj\u00f6nkatu. Seen here are theatre guests from the visiting performance <\/em>Medea<em>, starring Tora Teje, and theatre\u2019s staff congratulating Amos on his 60<sup>th<\/sup> birthday.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_7136C-\u2013-kopio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_7136C-\u2013-kopio.jpg 599w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_7136C-\u2013-kopio-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Set designer Stefan Welcke with his assistants in their domain, the stage design studio of the Swedish Theatre. <em>Hufvudstadsbladet<\/em>, 9 May 1943<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"631\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_6942D.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_6942D.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_6942D-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_NN359.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_NN359.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_NN359-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_848D.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_848D.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_848D-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Amos was a close friend of many of the actors of Svenska Teatern. Here Erik Fr\u00f6ling, Mona M\u00e5rtenson and Birgit Kronstr\u00f6m.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5362F.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5362F.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5362F-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5363F.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5363F.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5363F-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5363F-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5363F-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5367F.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5367F.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5367F-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5367F-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_5367F-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Music has always played a vital role in theatre performances.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><em>Ernst Marischka\u2019s operetta Franzi at Swedish Theatre in the spring of 1941. Composer and conductor Peter Kreuder visited herlsinki and conducted the theatre\u2019s orchestra.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_8449C.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_8449C.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_8449C-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Children enjoying the magic of theatre in 1955.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_2147C.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_2147C.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_2147C-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The actors of Svenska Teatern performing Zacharias Topelius\u2019 <\/em>Christmas of the Veteran<em> in the civil shelter during the Winter War in January 1940.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_2471A.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_2471A.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_2471A-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sometimes the theatre served unwillingly as a stage for political protests. Amos Anderson and Nicken R\u00f6nngren following the cleaning of tar from the walls in January 1935.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide nosto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_6937D.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_6937D.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_6937D-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_6936D.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_6936D.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amoshem.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/JOKAHBL_6936D-288x300.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center read-more wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Amos Anderson portrait relief by Gunnar Elfgren was unveiled in Svenska Teatern in 1949. The prime minister K.A. Fagerholm gave a speech on the occasion.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amos and Theatre exhibition Theatre played an important role in the life of the businessman and patron Amos Anderson (1878\u20131961). Today, the most visible proof of this is the building of Svenska Teatern, The Swedish Theatre, in Helsinki. The building was renovated in the 1930s with the support of Amos. 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