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Photos from the Frankfurt Bookfair 2014.
The Finnish Snow Queen.
Writer, activist Sofi Oksanen.
Huge poster at Otava/LIKE stand in the hall 5.
Made of pencils.
Fashion is not her profession, therefore,
she gets things as gifts.
Iris Schwank, Director, FILI.
City of Helsinki marketing itself at the book fair.
Recycling company from Finland.
Finnisch für Anfänger:
UUSI = neu / new
Recycled everything.
Writer, comic artist Mauri Kunnas
in the Finnish Underground Bar
holding beer can designed by himself.
Hurriganes:
Hurriganes is a Finnish rock band that was formed in the early 1970s.
They were very popular in Finland in the 1970s and early 1980s;
they were also a popular live act in Sweden during this time. (Wikipedia)
Pictured here the lead singer and drummer Remu Aaltonen.
Club nite in the Underground Bar:
"Maailmanlopun Tyttö ja Hyeenat"
Ottawa's Päivi, my childhood friend,
liked it too, the bar night with music.
Uwe, the local hero - organizing gigs.
Karola, the happy bar keeper, in-between Turkey and Lapland,
normally playing theatre in GALLI
Heavy dancing!
Comic day at the book fair.
The Finnish Pavilion somehow lost its magic
when the sun was shining outdoors.
This huge egg is designed by the Finnish artist Kustaa Saksi.
COOL creatures.
Original Finnish LONKERO,
grape fruit lemonade with gin.
Hmm, they must have served salmiakkikossu at this table.
Happy hour every afternoon in the Finnish Pavilion.
Alisa talking to one of the designers of the pavillon.
Magic drink Hissi:
Salmiakkikossu underneath and vodka on the top.
Salmiakki Koskenkorva, (also Salmiakkikossu for short or generically as Salmari)
is a pre-mixed liqueur popular in Finland during the 1990s.
Canonically salmiakkikossu consists of Koskenkorva Viina vodka
and ground up Turkish Pepper brand salty licorice. (Wiki)
Autor Timo Parvela probably did not like the hissi-shot.
But Aino loves Timo's books.
Me too, especially the ELLA-series.
In addition to numerous children's books
he has written television screenplays
both for children's audiences and for adults,
as well as scripts for Finnish radio. (Wiki)
Neighbors of the Finnish stand in the hall 5.
"Himmeli" from Lithuania.
Xmas time is coming soon ...
Next year Indonesia is introducing its literature
and most probably different kind of fashion
compared to this year's Marimekko style.
Welcome Indonesia!
FILI-team saying good-bye.
It was also cool to see how the packing procedure went on.
...
What else?
The President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö
gave interviews, also to SISU-radio!
Niinistö was also the guest speaker
in the Finnischer Wirtschaftsforum
(kind of Finnish Economic Afternoon Assembly),
organized by the IHK Frankfurt.
Here the guest speakers entering the opening ceremony of the book fair.
Somewhere in the middle goes Sofi Oksanen in her white costume.
The last guest speaker, Mr. Pasi Sahlberg from Finland.
He knows the Finnish education system better than anybody.
Grand opening night in the Finnish Pavilion,
with music by Tango-orkesteri UNTO.
Mr. Soundbreaker, Kimmo Pohjonen
with his manager Gernod Stein.
Somehow Roman Schatz was too tall for that stool
and he should have had a table for his material.
German journalist and author Bernd Gieseking,
wearing a Finnish motorcycle club t-shirt,
has written a handy sized guide book for Finland.
The fire brigade ... not really, just the vehicle,
which has been built to a sauna!
Parking in Ostend, in the urban gardening area.
In the Film Museum there was a gala night for Finnish cinema,
in memory of Peter von Bagh.
He so much wanted to come to Frankfurt.
Manager of Sodankylä Midnight Sun Film Festival, Ari Lehtola,
welcomed the Finnish actress Elina Salo to Frankfurt.
Director Timo Malmi with Elina Salo talking about Finnish cinema.
Merja Sundström, Botschaftsrätin from Berlin,
our greatest support for SISU-interviews!
Surreal souvenirs in the museum shop.
The mixed film gang: Aino/Hannu/Iia - Rosebud, Helsinki,
Mrs. & Mr. Yli-Tepsa - Sodankylä,
Kaarina - Seligenstadt but originally from Sodankylä,
Ari - Sodis.
Decorating the Finnish Underground Bar in Bockenheim.
One of the Finnish attraction at the book fair:
pencil your poem.
COOL Finnish pavilion.
Oh yeah, there were books as well!
Many, many books.
Great attraction in the pavilion: mind reading.
This gadget could read your mind
and out came a poem!
Mauri Antero Numminen does not need any gadgets.
His life is a poem, with the rhythm of tango.
Sänger, Komponist, Entertainer, Schriftsteller und Filmemacher.
Sein Musikstil bewegt sich seit vielen Jahrzehnten
zwischen finnischem Tango, Jazz, Rock und abstrakter Musik. (Wiki)
Hillevi, my earlier LH-colleague, danced Finnish tango with M.A.
My fellow photographers, Sabine and Mikko.
Finnish Design.
Lining up for taxi.
The weather during this year's book fair week was quite rainy.
Yes, I took many pics,
but only by one camera, here just looking cool
while holding Mikko's camera.
Next year's BIG BANG will be the
30th Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä!
