Mother's Day

On the second Sunday of May, women receive gifts from their children.Mother’s Day has been celebrated in Finland since 1918. On the second Sunday of May, women receive gifts from their children, they are presented with flowers and cards made with their own hands.

Honored mothers, especially mothers-heroines, the President awards the Order of the White Rose, established by C. G. Mannerheim in 1919. In recent years, mothers raising orphans have also received this award. On the second Sunday of May, the flag of Finland is raised. It's an official holiday.

In Helsinki on this day, many people come to the monument “Mother Worker”, standing in the park of the same name on the corner of Sturenkatu and Llantinen Brahenkatu streets. The monument to Pan Patomäki’s work was erected on his mother’s day on May 12, 1996.