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Mäntyniemi
Sign in to saveMäntyniemi (; ) is one of the three official residences of the President of Finland, besides the Presidential Palace and the summer residence Kultaranta. Mäntyniemi was finished in 1993. Four Finnish presidents have lived there: Mauno Koivisto, Martti Ahtisaari, Tarja Halonen and Sauli Niinistö.
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- Building.name
- Mäntyniemi
- Building.image
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- Building.building_type
- Official residence
- Building.location
- Helsinki, Finland
- Building.owner
- Government of Finland
- Building.current_tenants
- President of Finland
- Building.construction_start_date
- 1989
- Building.architect
- Reima Pietilä and Raili Pietilä
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Mäntyniemi (; ) is one of the three official residences of the President of Finland, besides the Presidential Palace and the summer residence Kultaranta. Mäntyniemi was finished in 1993. Four Finnish presidents have lived there: Mauno Koivisto, Martti Ahtisaari, Tarja Halonen and Sauli Niinistö.
==History== When president Urho Kekkonen resigned in 1982 due to a serious illness, he stayed in the then official residence Tamminiemi until his death in 1986. The Government of Finland set aside Tamminiemi for him and decided to choose a new residence for the president Koivisto. In 1983, of land was bought in the Meilahti district in western Helsinki. Architects Reima and Raili Pietilä, well known for their distinctive organic architecture, won the open architectural competition to design Mäntyniemi. Construction started in September 1989 and was completed in 1993.