Fri, 12 Apr, 2013 10:18:50 PM FTimes-STT Report, April 13
 Tampere Hall main entrance photographed 12 April 2013. The President's Independence Day Reception held in Tampere, Tampere Hall 6 December 2013. The event will also be the celebration concert. Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukioja to host the event this year, in particular, referred to as provincial representatives. Photo Lehtikuva The president will host this year’s Independence Day reception in the Tampere Hall.
The December 6 reception, usually held in the presidential palace, will take place this year in Tampere as the palace is scheduled to undergo a renovation at that time.
Photo Lehtikuva President Sauli Niinistö and his wife Jenni Haukio will give reception this Independence Day to the Tampere province elite in particular. The programme will feature a concert in the Tampere Hall.
The cities of Turku and Jyväskylä had also expressed their interest to host the prestigious event but eventually lost the honour to Tampere. The president’s office said the programme details would be disclosed in the autumn.
Taking the reception out of the capital is not unprecedented. It was held outside Helsinki twice before.
Photo Lehtikuva The programme was first shifted to Tampere in 1972 and then to the Finlandia Hall in 1981, when the presidential palace was under construction. In 1982, physical ailments compelled the then president, Urho Kekkonen, to delegate the task of hosting the presidential Independence Day celebrations to the then deputy prime minister.
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