Paavo Nurmi's Significance for the Finnish-Americans

Abstrakti

Twenty years before Finland succeeded in freeing herself from Russia and becoming independent, there was born in the city of Turku a boy who was to astonish the world. It would always be said of him that he ran Finland onto the map of the world. He competed for twenty years at the very highest level of world-class runners, and when he changed careers and became a businessman, he showed the same determination as in athletic competition.