Land Of Romance, A4

This one of our most popular posters. We're not surprised. The slogan Finland – the land of Romance is simply wonderful ... and almost true, as well!

Published: 1950

Artist: Helge Mether-Borgström (1913–1985)

Size: A4 (210 x 297 mm)

The poster is packed by hand by us, in a plastic cellophane bag, with brown cardboard (2 mm) as support.

Printed in Finland

Paper: High quality Munken Lynx Rough 150 g. This paper is FSC and PEFC-certified, and inspected for Nordic Ecolabelled printing.

Published with kind permission. Come to Finland has the sole right for reproduction of this art work.

About the artist

The commercial graphic designer Helge Mether-Borgström graduated from The Central School of Applied Arts in 1935.

After this he worked as a commercial artist for SOK and later became manager of the studio for Yhteismainos Oy. Between the years 1957 and 1963 he was employed by the advertising agency Oy Mainos Taucher Reklam Ab.

As of 1948 Helge Mether- Borgström did a number of study tours abroad. In 1954 he created the famous logo for the newly founded company of his friend Armi Ratia called ... Marimekko. During the 1960s, Mether-Borgström acted as a teacher for the graphic arts study programme at The Institute of Industrial Arts.