And the resort is just next to Finland's largest national park,
Urho Kekkonen.
Former Finnish president
Urho Kekkonen was clearly taken with the place and, in the 1970s, purchased a sturdy pine cabin outside the 300-person village as a private retreat, where powerful guests included Yasser Arafat, Moshe Dayan of Israel, President Ford of the US and King Hussein of Jordan.
Nonetheless, he made a full recovery and in the post-war years, became a moose hunter and dog breeder of some repute, often serving as a guide for Finnish president
Urho Kekkonen, who, like many of his fellow Finns, was an ardent hunter and outdoorsman.
The wilderness
Urho Kekkonen National Park, a 90- minute flight from Helsinki, is a winter wonderland where you can traverse the frosty landscape on a reindeer- pulled sled, or go cross- country skiing on the SaariselkEn trails.
The treaty laid the basis for the "Paasikivi-Kekkonen line," named after Finnish Presidents Juho Paasikivi and his successor,
Urho Kekkonen, which sought above all to keep Finland neutral in international affairs.
Erst mit dem uberraschenden Besuch des finnischen Prasidenten
Urho Kekkonen in Sowjet-Estland im Fruhjahr 1964 kam etwas Licht durch diesen schwarzen Vorhang, was in der Aufnahme eines regelmassigen Fahrverkehrs zwischen Helsinki und Tallinn gipfelte.
Whichever the case, construction of the Soviet image in the Finnish press has been connected to official foreign policy and especially to President
Urho Kekkonen during his long term in office (1956-1981).
Finnish President
Urho Kekkonen, who died in 1986, called sauna "the great leveler." He often talked with other leaders and diplomats in the sauna, subscribing to the theory that "it's pretty hard to be dishonest when you're totally naked.
An interesting trait of this generation was their predominantly positive attitude towards President
Urho Kekkonen. President of the Republic from 1956 to 1981, he was a bourgeois politician initially supported by the communists reluctantly and suspiciously only because of his pro-Soviet foreign policy.
The Centre Party dominated Finnish politics during the Cold War because it was the party of
Urho Kekkonen (1900-1986), who was president from 1956 to 1981.