1953 in Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rovaniemi, 1953 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s See also: Other events of 1953 Timeline of Finnish history ← 1952 1951 1950 1953 in Finland → 1954 1955 1956 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s See also: Other events of 1953 Timeline of Finnish history Events in the year 1953 in Finland. President: Juho Kusti Paasikivi[1] Prime Minister: Urho Kekkonen[2] Establishments Finnish Footballer of the Year award (Football Association of Finland) [citation needed] Events 10 May – The 1953 Eläintarhanajot motor race is held at Eläintarha and is won by Rodney Nuckey (UK).[3] Births 28 February – Osmo Vänskä, orchestral conductor and musician[4] 22 April – Juhani Komulainen, composer[citation needed] Deaths 29 March – Väinö Kivisalo, politician (b. 1882)[5] References ↑ J. K. Paasikivi – Eduskunta.fi (in Finnish) ↑ Kekkonen, Urho. Kansallisbiografia (English edition) ↑ "1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-06-29. ↑ Tarpila, Laila (28 February 2019). "Levytysten kautta uran luonut kapellimestari Osmo Vänskä amerikkalaistui – Musiikin syntymäpäiväkalenteri" (in Finnish). Yle. Retrieved 5 November 2021. ↑ "Kansanedustajat: Väinö Kivisalo" (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Parliament of Finland. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2024. vte Years in Finland Pre-1917 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 vte1955 in EuropeSovereign states Albania Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark East Germany Finland France Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Byelorussian SSR Estonian SSR Georgian SSR Kazakh SSR Latvian SSR Lithuanian SSR Moldavian SSR Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Vatican City West Germany Yugoslavia Dependencies, coloniesand other territories Åland Cyprus Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Related Articles