Urho Kekkonen
Birthday
1900/09/03
Day of death
1986/08/31 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Pielavesi, Finland
Also know as
UKK, Urkki, Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
Biography
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986) was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving President of Finland from 1956 until 1982. He was the third and most recent president from the Agrarian League/Center Party. As head of state for nearly 26 years, he dominated Finnish politics, held a large amount of power, won his later elections with little opposition and has often been classified as an autocrat. Nevertheless, he remains a respected figure. Descriptio...Read more
Acting
(1968) Parempaan asumiseen
as Self (archive footage)
(1960) December 6, 1960
as self
(2005) Moonshine Village
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(1977) Presidentin päivä
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(1969) Näin syntyi Saimaan kanava
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(1967) Urho Kekkonen - valtiomies, presidentti
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(1968) M/S Finlandia
as Himself
(2009) Disco and Atomic War
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
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(2019) State Funeral
as Self (archive footage)
(2021) Rogue Reporters
as Self (Archive footage)
(1938) Kekkonen as a Sports Influencer
as Self
(1956) Finlandia Review 289
as Self
(1957) Our Skiing President
as Self
(1961) Urho Kekkonen
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(2025) The Helsinki Effect
as Self (archive footage)
(1998) Sauna Report Germany - The Naked Joy of Sweating
as Self (archive footage)
(2025) Finnkampen 100 år
as Self - Finlands president 1956-1981 / Ord.Finlands Friidrottsförbundet 1932-1947 (archive footage)
(2017) Kekkonen
as Himself (Archive footage)