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Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986) was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving President of Finland from 1956 until 1982. He was the third and most recent president from the Agrarian League/Center Party. As head of state for nearly 26 years, he dominated Finnish politics, held a large amount of power, won his later elections with little opposition and has often been classified as an autocrat. Nevertheless, he remains a respected figure.
Most Popular Urho Kekkonen Trailers
Total trailers found: 19
03 December 1982
Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki, shot by Pirjo Honkasalo and Eero Salmenhaara, is a documentary on the capital of Finland.
16 February 1977
A documentary following a day in Urho Kekkonen's life as the president of Finland.
31 December 1938
Before his political career, Urho Kekkonen (1900–1986) was an athlete on the national level. Later he served as head of the Finnish Olympic Committee.
02 January 1968
Risto Jarva's short documentary on housing in Helsinki in the late 1960's.
23 September 2021
The documentary tells the story of the political scandal caused by the book 'The Spoils of Tamminiemi' from the perspective of the journalists who wrote it.
15 August 1969
Finnish documentary film.
31 December 2005
Moonshine Village is a story about producing moonshine in Kitee, Finland, and its effect on the village's social and economic development between 1960-70.
22 October 2019
The enigma of the personality cult is revealed in the grand spectacle of Stalin’s funeral. The film is based on unique archive footage, shot in the USSR on March 5 - 9, 1953, when the country mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.
21 February 2025
The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was the starting point for the slow but sure collapse of communist authoritarian rule in Eastern Europe.
31 December 1960
Independence Day celebrations at the Finnish presidential palace December 6, 1960.
10 April 2009
A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.
23 February 1968
Building and launching the cruise ship M/S Finlandia
16 August 2025
The Finnkampen is the oldest surviving international competition in athletics. Sweden and Finland have competed against each other since 1925 in a mixture of respect and love-hate.
31 December 1957
President Kekkonen's skiing trip in January 1957 begins in Taipalsaari. From there, the President skis towards Puumala along the frozen Lake Saimaa.
31 December 1956
Urho Kekkonen assumed the office of President of the Republic of Finland on 1.3.1956. J. K. Paasikivi hands over the duties of President to Urho Kekkonen, who states that he will follow Paasikivi's policy and humbly accept the duties of President.
31 December 1961
The documentary, intended as an election film, covers the key events of Urho Kekkonen's first presidential term.
26 March 1978
A documentary focusing on the career of the academic and researcher Kustaa Vilkuna.
