File:Kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykki 27.4.1945.png

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Summary

Author



Alternative names	V.J. Oinonen
Description	Finnish military officer
Date of birth/death	21 March 1897	4 January 1975
Location of birth	Kuopio
Authority file	: Q17382684 VIAF: 164148996133059752910 ISNI: 0000000362122786

Original caption

Suomi: Kohtaus kolmen valtakunnan rajakivellä 27.4.1945

English: A scene at the three-country boundary stone on 27 April 1945 (translation by Manelolo)

Description

English: Finnish soldiers clad in snow equipment raise the flag at the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden and Finland after the end of the Lapland War and thus, the end of World War II in Finland. The last German troops withdrew from Finnish territory to occupied Norway by 27 April 1945 13:30 pm as confirmed by Battle Group Loimu of Infantry Regiment 1. The next day, General Hjalmar Siilasvuo, commander of the Finnish forces in Lapland, informed Commander-in-Chief C.G.E. Mannerheim that he had accomplished his mission.

Suomi: Suomalaisjoukot nostavat lipun kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykille Lapin sodan päätyttyä.

Depicted place

Kilpisjärvi

Date

Taken on 27 April 1945

Collection

Military Museum of Finland

	Parent institution	National Defence University
	Location	Helsinki , Finland
	Coordinates	60° 08′ 45.24″ N, 24° 59′ 21.48″ E
	Established	18 October 1930
	Website	sotamuseo.fi
	Authority file	: Q283140 VIAF: 154213313 ISNI: 0000000406061074 LCCN: n79029978 WorldCat

Accession number

3129-72

References

Kulju, Mika (2017). "4. luku: Milloin sota loppui?" [4th Chapter: When did the war end?]. Käsivarren sota – lasten ristiretki 1944–1945 (e-book) (in Finnish). Gummerus. ISBN 978-951-24-0770-5.

Source

By email from Military Museum of Finland

Object location	69° 03′ 35.9″ N, 20° 32′ 55.1″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	69.059972; 20.548639

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:59, 27 February 2018	2,304 × 1,758 (3.79 MB)	Renamed user a2vv12zt2i	cropped left and bottom bit more per FPC
	07:47, 27 February 2018	2,640 × 1,937 (2.78 MB)	Janke	cropped for better composition
	20:06, 11 February 2018	3,543 × 2,693 (5.58 MB)	Renamed user a2vv12zt2i	better quality
	18:35, 24 August 2012	425 × 302 (139 KB)	Antti T. Leppänen	Reverted to version as of 07:30, 6 September 2011 At least upload the colored version as a different file
	20:32, 23 August 2012	425 × 302 (114 KB)	WPK~commonswiki	*
	07:30, 6 September 2011	425 × 302 (139 KB)	WPK~commonswiki