"Emil och Griseknoen" is a series of children's novels by Astrid Lindgren, covering twelve books written from 1963 to The books have been translated in to 52 different languages and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide!
Armi Kuusela, Miss Universe in one of Finnish national costumes. She also made a film in Finland "Maailman kaunein tyttö", (the prettiest girl in the world).
I used to look forward to watching Shirley Temple movies on Sunday mornings. My daughter puts her hands on her cheeks, opens her eyes wide and says "Oh my!" So I call her my little Shirley!
Martta Wendelin was a Finnish artist whose work was widely used to illustrate fairy tales and books, postcards, school books, magazine and book covers.