Office of the President of the Republic of Finland
Press release 68/2024
11 December 2024
President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb will visit various events before Christmas.
On Thursday 12 December 2024, the President will attend a Christmas celebration at the Kauniala Hospital in Kauniainen. President Stubb will address the veterans of our wars and members of the Lotta Svärd organisation. The Kauniala Hospital was established in 1946 as a hospital for war-wounded.
On Wednesday 18 December, President Stubb and his spouse Suzanne Innes-Stubb will receive the traditional Christmas greetings at the official residence in Munkkiniemi. The President and his spouse will receive representatives of Folkhälsan and Lucia of Finland with choir forestry students from the University of Helsinki and the Forestry Students’ Christmas Tree Company, Marttila Farm, Finnish Florists’ Association, Korpo Kulturgille, Vehmaa branch of the Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners, Finnish Hunters’ Association, Karelian Association and the animal and nature protection organisations Helsinki Humane Society HESY, The Finnish Nature Association and the Finnish Vegan Association.
In the afternoon of Wednesday 18 December, the President and his spouse will visit the Wellbeing services county of Vantaa and Kerava, where they will attend a Christmas event for the residents of a nursing home in Vantaa.
On Thursday 19 December, the Presidential and Mrs Innes-Stubb will visit the New Children’s Hospital at HUS Helsinki University Hospital. They will be given a tour of the hospital and meet patients and their families. The programme includes Christmas activities such as decorating the Christmas tree.
