Rauhanturvaajien muistomerkki / Memorial to the Peacekeepers

In Sankariristi aukio at Hietaniemi's graveyard a memorial was uncovered on the YK International Peacekeeper's Day (29th of May) and to acknowledge the 45 Finns who died during the first 50 years of peacekeeping missions. The first peacekeeping mission in which Finnish peacekeepers participated took place in Suez, Egypt, in 1956. The Finnish contribution proved to be of high significance.

There ...