Tamminiemi has use official residence
Early history
Designed by the Finnish Art Nouveau architects Sigurd Frosterus and Gustaf Strengell, the Jugendstil villa was built in 1904 for the Danish-born businessman Jörgen Nissen. The villa was later owned or rented by a number of individuals, before being acquired by the publisher and artistic patron Amos Anderson in 1924 with the intention of moving there from central Helsinki and had it renovated. However, Anderson felt lonely in Tamminiemi and stayed in his apartment and rented out Tamminiemi.
President Kyösti Kallio, with whom Anderson had befriended, suggested that Tamminiemi be donated to the "poor state" as the President's residence. Anderson agreed to donate the house to the state in 1940 on condition that the City of Helsinki extended the lease on the plot, which would have expired in 1942. Anderson also undertook to pay for the necessary renovation of the house. However, Kyösti Kallio did not get to live in Tamminiemi. He died while President in December 1940, having tendered his resignation three weeks earlier for health reasons.