Finland celebrates summer with snow outside

Date: 16/03/2018

Author: Martin Fyn Aamand, Head of Communications & PR

More than 80 journalists and influencers participated in JYSK Finland’s garden furniture event.

While the sea was frozen over outside, inside the Finland team introduced journalists and influencer to JYSK’s garden furniture and Scandinavian Sense, our new organic cotton collection of home textiles.

The event took place on 1 March at the Meripaviljonki in central Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Ville Velin, Country Manager for JYSK Finland, welcomed the guests to the spectacular location and told them about JYSK’s history, values and performance in Finland.

To talk about trends for this spring and summer, Riikka Leskinen, Sales & Marketing Manager in JYSK Finland, had invited a special guest from JYSK Nordic’s head office in Denmark: Rikke Blæsild, Range & Design Manager.

Get a look at the event in this video:

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