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Also known as Villa Tamminiemi, Villa Ekudden, Seurasaarentie 15, Tamminiementie 2, Ekudden, Tamminiemi Villa

Tamminiemi (; ) is a villa and house museum located in the Meilahti district of Helsinki, Finland. It was one of the three official residences of the President of Finland, from 1940 to 1982. From 1956, until his death in 1986, it served as the residence of President Urho Kekkonen. Since 1987, it has been the Urho Kekkonen Museum. Tamminiemi is located in a park by the sea. Its floor area is about ; living quarters comprise the first two floors while the third floor is dedicated to office space.

Key facts

Building.name
Tamminiemi
Building.image
TamminiemenhuvilavillaEkudden.JPG
Building.caption
Tamminiemi in 2013
Building.pushpin_map
Finland Helsinki (mainland)#Finland
Building.map_caption
Location in Helsinki
Building.alternate_names
Urho Kekkonen Museum
Building.building_type
Museum (since 1987)
Building.architectural_style
Jugend
Building.location
Helsinki, Finland
Building.address
Seurasaarentie 15
Building.current_tenants
Urho Kekkonen Museum
Building.opened_date
(as a museum)
Building.renovation_date
2009–2012
Building.owner
Government of Finland
Building.floor_count
3
Building.architect
Sigurd FrosterusGustaf Strengell

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
museum
Country
Finland
Located in
Helsinki
Location
Meilahti
Image
Tamminiemi (15950987534).jpg
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Commons category
Tamminiemi
date of official opening
1986-00-00
inception
1903-06-11
street address
Seurasaarentie 15
architectural style
Art Nouveau architecture
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+358-29-5336922
postal code
00250
post town
Helsinki
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Early history
  • Presidential residence
  • Urho Kekkonen Museum
  • Tamminiemi sauna
  • Presidents who resided in Tamminiemi
  • References
  • External links

Tamminiemi (; ) is a villa and house museum located in the Meilahti district of Helsinki, Finland. It was one of the three official residences of the President of Finland, from 1940 to 1982. From 1956, until his death in 1986, it served as the residence of President Urho Kekkonen. Since 1987, it has been the Urho Kekkonen Museum. Tamminiemi is located in a park by the sea. Its floor area is about ; living quarters comprise the first two floors while the third floor is dedicated to office space.

== Early history == Designed by the Finnish Art Nouveau architects Sigurd Frosterus and Gustaf Strengell, the Jugendstil villa was built in 1904 for the Danish-born businessman Jörgen Nissen. The villa was later owned or rented by a number of individuals, before being acquired by the publisher and artistic patron Amos Anderson in 1924 with the intention of moving there from central Helsinki and had it renovated. However, Anderson felt lonely in Tamminiemi and stayed in his apartment and rented out Tamminiemi.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tamminiemi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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