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A few words about the trousers size. The size is marked inside the trousers waist on a label. The size is also marked on a paper label(s) stapled into the fabric on those trousers made by VPu. The first of the three numbers inside the "tower" logo marks the length of the trousers for persons of...

National Audiovisual Institute has released a trailer for the upcoming 4K blu-ray release of the classic Finnish film Talvisota/Winter War (1989). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yutfnfzm3qc

"Now we are building a house". Assembling a ready-made log home. (1948) "Logging". Logging site in Eastern Lapland. (1966) World Logging Championship (1983)

Perhaps yours might have been from the late 1950s when the shrink-proofing chemicals started to become mainstream. Order size 50 and have it converted into size 48?

Finnish m/66 field shirt is made out of 100 % cotton flannel. Most of the shirts being sold at the Finnish Defence Forces' depots are new-old stock and were made in the mid-1990s. The size range available is 50-56. Recommended laundry temperature is 60°C. The size of the neck opening can be...

Hunting seals during the Continuation War. Two officers talking during the Winter War. The left one is wearing traditional Finnish and the right one traditional Saami footwear.

The Swedish trousers being sold were made between the 1930s and 1950s and the Finnish ones were made in the 1980s and 2000s. The Finnish ones are made of blend of virgin merino wool and 15-16 % of polyester or polyamide, while I think the Swedish ones are made of a mixture of virgin wool and...

The last horses owned by the Finnish Defence Forces were replaced by motorised vehicles in 1994. Likewise, the FDF feels that dogs nor reindeer are no longer part of their doctrine and thus the conscripts do not have to know such things you're describing. However, FDF does still teach something...

Dogs in winter.

Before the beginning of the Battle of Tolvajärvi, Soviet troops got past Finnish main defence line in pitch-dark on 10 December 1939. The troops engaged Finnish tents, field kitchens and first-aid station near the Finnish 6./JR 16 ("6th Company of Infantry Regiment 16"). After a few hours, the...

Almost all of the techniques and strategies used by the Finnish forces during the Winter and Continuation Wars had been already developed and used since the Battle of Kivinebb/Joutselkä in 1555. Mannerheim held no public office between 1919 and 1939. However, he did hold the title of the...

Meanwhile in Northern Finland, they're building this: World's largest timber building draws international attention in Pudasjärvi

Some winter scenes:

Most of the cheap and relatively high quality Cold War surplus has been sold during the late-2000s and early-2010s. Varusteleka has launched their own line of reproductions, but I feel these are not as high quality items as the items they try to mimic. The Finnish Defence Forces still has some...

After 13 seasons, the last episodes of "Erätulilla" have been produced and broadcast on Finnish television. The episodes of the last season can still be viewed in Yleisradio's web site for a few days.

"Blind Hermit" (1991). 29 min short film about a blind man, Voitto Käsmäranta, who lives in the wilderness in the municipality of Kuusamo.

Report on eagle and falcon nesting in Finland in 2015 (in Finnish): 330 Peregrine falcon hatchlings (294 in 2014) 192 Golden eagle hatchlings (213 in 2014) 67 White-tailed eagle hatchlings in Northern Finland (83 in 2014) 16 Gyrfalcon hatchlings (7 in 2014) Although the number of hatchlings...

Some recently found items from the surplus sales. 1. Fur hat m/39. Made in 1990. 2. Leather mittens. Made in 1986. 3. Field cap m/36. Made in 1963. 4. "Examination of Textiles", 1440 pages. Printed in 1960. 5. Cobbler's lasts (without the top parts). Dated 1962.

Last episode of the "Year of the Hare". Did anyone watch all of the episodes and what did you think of the series?

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