Born
22 November 1922, Sortavala, Finland

1942 Matriculation
1942-1946 Fine Arts Academy of Finland
1974 Professor honoris causa

Joint exhibitions in Finland
1944 Autumn exhibition, Taidehalli
1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952 Fine Arts Academy of Finland annual Exhibitions
1946, 1949, 1953 Young Artists´ exhibitions
1950, 1959 Fine Arts Academy of Finland three-year exhibitions
1948, 1956, 1960 Association of Finnish Sculptors exhibitions
1961 ARS, Helsinki
1971 Hvitträsk summer exhibition, Kirkkonummi
1971 Purnu, Orivesi
1971 Suvi-Pinx, Sysmä
1972 Villa Mairea, Noormarkku
1973 Esplanade Park, Helsinki Festivals

Solo exhibitions
In Finland
1951 Galerie Hörhammer, Helsinki
1951 Lahti Art Museum, Lahti
1956, 1960 Galerie Artek, Helsinki
1973 Ässä-Galleria, Helsinki
1976 Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki
1983 Helsinki City Hall
1996 Jewellery exhibition at the Museum for Art and Design, Helsinki
2001 Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki

Internationally
1955 Kunsthandel Athenaeum, Copenhagen, Denmark
1960 Galerie Jean de Ruaz, Paris, France
1960 Galerie Pierre, Stockholm, Sweden
1962 Galleria dell´Ariete, Milano, Italy
1969 Finnair´s office, New York, USA
Travelling exhibition of the Foreign Ministry:
    1976 Ministry of Culture, Khane-ye-Aftab gallery, Teheran, Iran
    1977 The Socialistic Arab Emirate gallery, Cairo, Egypt
    1977 Galleria dell Indicatore, Rome, Italy
    1977 Kunsthalle Köln, Cologne, Germany
    1977 Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
    1982 National Arts Center, Ottawa, Canada
1982 Museum of Civic Center, Philadelphia, USA
1983 S. Quirico d´Orcia, Italy
1985 Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy
1990 Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
1994 Constanze Pressehaus, Berlin, Germany

Exhibitions of Finnish art abroad
1958 Latvia and China 1969 Modern Art Association´s exhibition in Louisiana, Denmark Exhibition of Modern Finnish Art, Stockholm, Sweden Official Finnish medal exhibitions abroad

International exhibitions
1948 International exhibition of Women Artists, Stockholm, Sweden
Nordic Art Association exhibitions:
    1953 Bergen and Oslo, Norway
    1957 Gothenburg and Lund, Sweden
    1969 Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
1954 Exhibition of Women Artists, Brussels, Belgium
1956 Exhibition of Women Artists, the Hague, the Netherlands
1959 Finnish-American Art exhibition, Riverside Museum, New York, USA
1960, 1961, 1962 Exhibition of Women Artists, Musee d´Art Moderne, Paris, France, personal invitation
1961 International Sculpture exhibition, Rodin Museum, Paris, France
1963 Petite Bronze exhibition, Rodin Museum, Paris, France
1964 Biennale des Formes Humaines, Rodin Museum, Paris, France, personal invitation
1964 Montreal World Fair, Canada
1967 Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden
1971 Biennale Fiorino, Florence, Italy, personal invitation
1974 Forme Verde, S Quirico d'Orcia, Italy
1977 Quadrenniale di Roma, Rome, Italy
1959, 1979 Biennale Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium

Works in public places
In Finland
1950 Professor Yrjö Meurman, Helsinki Ear Clinic
1952 Alli Paasikivi, Helsinki Children´s Hospital
1955 Professor Lennart Sjöström, Helsinki Ear Clinic
1956 Taivallahti school, relief, Helsinki
1960 Under Water -fountain, Tampere Swimming hall (now in Tampere Library)
1961 Fountain, Bank of Finland, Helsinki
1961 Copper Construction, Bank of Finland, Kuopio
1961-67 Sibelius Monument, Sibelius Park, Helsinki
1969-71 People in the Procession of Time, City Hall, Helsinki
1972 The Flame of Life, Central Hospital, Tampere
1975 Pack Ice, on the Urho ice breaker
1979 Growth, Municipality Building, Tampere
1984 Polyphony, Pori
1987 Miniature of Polyphony, Helsinki City Theatre
1989 Crescendo, the Sculpture Park of the Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki
1999 Torsten Carlander-Reuterfeldt, Kellokoski

International works
1967 Miniature of the Sibelius Monument, UNESCO, Paris, France
1967 Detail of the Sibelius Monument, City of Montreal, Canada
1970 Lilienthal, New Space and Rocket Center, NASA, Alabama Huntsville, USA
1975 The Palm Grove, The imperial Shahanshahi Park, Teheran, Iran
1979 The Flame of Life, Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia
1979 Copper Construction, Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia
1979-1984 Sunflower Field, City of Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia
1983 Pilot study for the Sibelius Monument, in front of the UN Headquarters, New York, USA
1994 Growth and Flame, Constanze Pressehaus, Berlin, Germany
1997 Orchid, Rome, Italy

Medals
1957 Yrjö Meurman
1957 Ilmari Kianto
1958 E.A. Saarimaa
1958 Municipality of Espoo, 400 years anniversary
1959 Professor Arne Johannes Palmén
1959 Aarno Turunen
1959 F. E. Sillanpää
1961 Martti Rapola
1962 Carl Axel Nordman
1963 World Lutheran Federation
1963 Juuso Kivimäki
1963 The Finnish-American Society
1963 Helsingfors Sparbank
1965 Jean Sibelius
1967 L. A. Onerva
1967 Marshal Mannerheim
1971 Armas Vartiainen
1973 Iceland
1973 Greenland
1973 H. I. H. Empress of Iran Farah Diba, plaque
1974 Christina Ford, plaque
1974 Winston Churchill
1974 Mrs Sylvi Kekkonen
1974 Alvar Aalto
1974 Tekniska Museet Stockholm, 50th anniversary
1975 Europe 2000
1976 King Carl XVI Gustaf and queen Silvia plaques
1976 Bicentennial medal of USA
1978 Tyyni Tuulio
1978 Ingmar Bergman
1982 Helvi Sipilä
1984 Aale Tynni

Works in Collections
Finland
Ateneum Art Museum
Didrichsen Art Museum
Heikki Reenpää Collections
Holger Nordberg Collections
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
Joensuu Art Museum
Lahti Art Museum
Maire Gullichsen Collections
Martti Airio Collections
Merita-Nordea Bank Collections
Mikkeli Art Museum
P.E. Taucher Collections
Pori Art Museum
The National Museum Coin Cabinet
Trans-Meri Ltd. Collections
Turku Art Museum
Yhtyneet Kuvalehdet

International
Arkiv för Dekorativ Konst, Lund, Sweden
Count Cicogna-Mozone, Milan, Italy
Cultural Foundation of the Socialistic Soviet Republic, Fondo Kultura USSR, Moscow, Soviet Union
Dr Gianni Agnelli, Turin, Italy
Museum for Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Pininfarina, Turin, Italy
Prof. Franco Russoli, Milan, Italy
Royal Coin Cabinet, Stockholm, Sweden
Smithsonian Institution Coin Hall, Washington D.C., USA

Awards
In Finland
1949 Hietaniemi Cemetery War Hero Memorial Competition, purchase 1950 State Art Competition, 4th prize
1952 State Art Competition, 2nd prize
1954 Marshal Mannerheim Equestrian Statue Competition, purchase
1956 City of Helsinki medal Competition, 1st prize
1956 Taivallahti School Relief Competition, 2nd prize
1960 Association of Finnish Sculptors medal Competition, 3rd prize
1960 City of Tampere Fountain Competition, 1st prize
1961 Sibelius Monument Competition, extra purchase
1962 Sibelius Monument invitation Competition, 1st prize
1968 The Finnish Medal Guild, silver medal
1971 City of Helsinki, gold medal
2000 Finland Prize

International
1960 International exhibition of Women Artists, Musee d´Art Moderne, Paris, City of Paris, France, silver medal
1971 International Fiorino Biennale, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, gold medal
1980 City of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, gold medal

Scholarships
Finland
1946, 1949 Alfred Kordelin Foundation
1948 Leo and Regina Wainstein Foundation
1952, 1955 Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
1955 State scholarship for Young artists
1959 City of Helsinki scholarship
1967, 1968 The Finnish Cultural Foundation
1980-85 Finnish State scholarship

International
1948 Salzburg Seminar in American Studies
1958 Ford Leader
1960 French State scholarship
1964, 1965 British Council guest visitor

Decorations, memberships and honorary assignments
1965 Pro Finlandia
1982 Commendatore dell'Ordine Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
1990 Honorary member of the Association of Finnish Sculptors

Films
1963 Sinisilmäinen Helsinki (The blue-eyed Helsinki)
1967 Sibelius Monument
1973 Felix Forsman: Naisen monumentti (A Womans Monument)
1981 Tiikerinhetkiä (Tiger Moments) Television, channel 3
1988 Soivat veistokset (Sounding Sculptures) Television, channel 1, music program
1998 Erja Häkkinen: Minun kaupunkini, Siena (Siena, My City), Television, channel 4
2001 Eila Hiltunen In the Procession of Time, Television, channel 1
Television interviews for several countries i.e. Belgium, Italy, USA, Rumania and Germany

Other activities
Organizer of sculpture instruction at the Helsinki School for the Blind in 1956
Articles on sculpture and welding technique
Lectures in Finland and abroad.