The reception takes ace at the Finnish House of the Estates. On Friday (October 23) at 19.00.

 

The House of the Estates, designed by Architect Karl Gustav Nyström, is located in the vicinity of Senate Square and stands opposite the Bank of Finland.

This dignified Neo-Renaissance building serves as a venue for meetings and official functions held by the Prime Minister's Office and other offices of the central government.

 

The House of the Estates, built between 1888 and 1890 for the three common estates as a venue for meetings during the Assembly of the Representatives of the Estates, was inaugurated in January 1891. The familiar design of Greek temple facades, complete with columns, adorns the facade of the House.

 

The tympanum depicts a group of symbolic bronze figures, completed by sculptor Emil Wikström in 1903, the central figure being the Russian Emperor Alexander I confirming the laws and national rights of Finland.

 

A monumental entrance hall richly decorated with paintings leads to a grandiose staircase, illuminated by the light filtering through a skylight with coloured window panes. On the landing above the stairs stands a replica of Walter Runeberg's symbolistic sculpture 'The Law', the original of which is in the pedestal of the statue of Alexander II in Senate Square, Helsinki.