Johdanto

Authors

• Tuija Hautala-Hirvioja Lapin yliopisto
• Hanna Kyläniemi Lapin maakuntamuseo
• Maija Mäkikalli Turun yliopisto
• Heidi Pietarinen Lapin yliopisto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33351/mt.114546

Abstract

The Faculty of Arts and design at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi Finland, and the Regional
Museum of Lapland decided together to organize an international conference Souvenirs
in Motion: Cultural and Historical Perspectives on the Souvenir as a Research with the support of
the Finnish Cultural Foundation. The reason for organizing the conference was the observation
that there is very few research on souvenirs in Finland. There are many souvenirs related to
Lapland tourism in the collection of the museums, especially in the Regional Museum of Lapland.
The conference was originally supposed to be in Rovaniemi in April 2020, but due to the
covid-19 pandemic, it was postponed for one year. In the end, the conference was held online
from 22 April to 23 April 2021. The conference was well received and there were about 120 participants.
The conference included five keynote presentations and nine inspiring and versatile
parallel sessions (c.f. Karikko in this issue). Souvenirs proved to be diverse and contain many
meanings. The articles of this publication are associated with the conference.