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Yrjö Liipola

1946

Bronze

Factory owner Aukusti Asko-Avonius donated this statue to the town of Lahti in 1946. Designed and financed by himself, it was erected in the City Hall park, opposite Statue of Liberty a year later. The statue was made by sculptor Yrjö Liipola.

Labour depicts a man taking a moment from felling trees. He is shown wiping sweat from his forehead and resting his axe on a tree stump. The statue symbolises Lahti as a city of timber industry and carpentry. Asko-Avonius wanted it to express the post-war ideology: the significance of work and the continuation of life and industry, rather than general idleness in society.

A bronze sculpture depicting a man wiping sweat from his forehead while holding an ax in one hand.
A relief depicting a woman and two children at a table.
A relief depicting two figures working on a planing bench.

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In the park of Lahti City Hall. – Harjukatu 31, Lahti.
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Labour

In the park of Lahti City Hall. – Harjukatu 31, Lahti.

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