Mannerheim Museum/ Mannerheim Museo- helsinki
Finland’s marshal, Baron C.G. Mannerheim, lived
here from 1924 to 1951. The museum displays
Mannerheim’s history and through it a part of
Finland’s more recent history as well.
Mannerheim was trained for the military in St.
Petersburg, served 30 years in the Russian army, led
Finland through its civil war in 1918, was
Commander-in-Chief during the Second World War
and finally the country’s president from 1944 to
1946.
