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| Suomen Joutsen by Santeri Salokivi (1928) |
In bright blue light the sailing boat Swan of Finland looks like a ship from mythology. Its representation is typical of the artist Santeri Salokivi (1886-1940)
paintings which are infused with a dazzling light. He always spent summer with his family in the Finnish archipelago on the islands of Åland and Pellinge (also a favourite place of
Tove Jannson), He thought the light and shadows of his home country were at their best at that time of year. Salokivi was born in Torku which is also the place where the Suomen Joutsen (Swan of Finland)
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| Aura River, Turku with the sailing ship Suomen Joutsen |
spends its sailing retirement as a museum ship. Built in 1902 in Saint Nazaire it sailed with cereals, coal and nitrates, eventually being sold to Finland as a fleet training vessel and in 1991 handed to the city of Turku.
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