Marriage Guidance, Women and the Problem(S) of Returning Soldiers in Finland, 1944–1946

Figures & data

FIGURE 1 Persons divorcing per 10,000 married persons in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, 1938–1955. Source: Flora et al., State, Economy, and Society.^11.

FIGURE 2 Overcrowded family living in Helsinki. Picture taken 28 October 1950. Source: People’s archive (Kansan arkisto in Finnish).

FIGURE 3 Drunken men in Helsinki at the corner of Albertinkatu and Pursimiehenkatu streets. Picture taken in the 1950s. Source: Museum of Helsinki.

FIGURE 4 A military chaplain preaching near Uhtua, Russian Karelia. Date unknown. Source: SA-Kuva 129,561, Ministry of Defence.