Editing 1952 Summer Olympics (section)

==Impact and legacy==
The Olympics influenced the Finns, the City of Helsinki and the image of foreigners. The Olympics can even be considered a symbolic decision for the post-war years in Finland. Reconstruction of the land was practically completed in 1952, although at the beginning of the decade many had lived in temporary housing. The last [[war reparations]] was paid in September 1952, and [[regulatory policy]] was abolished at the same time.<ref name = "YLE">{{cite web| url = http://www.yle.fi/teema/sininenlaulu/artikkeli.php?id=261 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070308235337/http://www.yle.fi/teema/sininenlaulu/artikkeli.php?id=261 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2007-03-08 | title = Helsinki Olympics 1952 |author = Korhonen, Anna | publisher = YLE Theme | access-date =2008-06-12}}</ref>

On the closing day of the Games, 3 August 1952, President J.K. Paasikivi wrote in his diary: "The Olympics were a great success. Foreigners, including the magazines, have praised the good organization. This is a good thing and advertising for us."<ref>Yrjö Blomstedt and Matti Klinge (ed.): '' Paasikivi diaries '', part 2, p 292. Porvoo. Helsinki: WSOY, 1986. ISBN 951-0-13349-3</ref>

Helsinki cityscape was clearly a new impetus for the Olympics. The development of Helsinki had already begun in the late 1930s, when [[Parliament House, Helsinki|Parliament House]], [[Lasipalatsi]] and {{ill|Pääposti|fi|Postitalo (Helsinki)}} were built. Olympic dreams motivate many construction projects.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=17}} Helsinki's entertainment and nightlife was modest compared to previous race hosts. Many temporary restaurants and entertainment venues were set up in the city for the Games.<ref name = "YLE" /> The city had been planning a fair for decades, but even for this project, the Olympic host gave the final impetus. After the competition was confirmed, the city of Helsinki started looking for a place for an amusement park in [[Alppila]]. The [[Linnanmäki | Linnanmäki Amusement Park]] was opened on 27 May 1950 on a plot leased in December 1949.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|pp=43–44}} The Olympics also developed Helsinki's infrastructure with the construction of a new airport, Olympic Pier, new asphalt and the city's first traffic lights.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|pp=34–36}}

The impact of the Olympics on Finns is difficult to define. It was certainly good for Finns' self-confidence to create a successful major event together and at the same time get a new kind of contact with the interaction between peoples.<ref name = "impact">{{cite web | url = http://www.mrl.edu.hel.fi/eu/megaevents/vaikutuksia.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080325112210/http://www.mrl.edu.hel.fi/eu/megaevents/vaikutuksia.html | url-status = dead |title = Vaikutukset Suomeen, suomalaisiin ja Helsingin kehitykseen kaupunkina | trans-title = Impacts on Finland, Finns and the development of Helsinki as a city |publisher = City of Helsinki | archive-date=March 25, 2008}}</ref> For the first time, many Finns were in contact with non-Caucasian foreigners at the Games.{{sfn|Raevuori|2002|p=13}} At the same time, the Olympics united Finns in their disputes. For example, [[Finnish Workers' Sports Federation]] and {{ill|Finnish Sports Federation|fi|Suomen Valtakunnan Urheiluliitto}} strong disputes between were on a break during the Olympics, even though they continued even after the Games.<ref name="effect">{{cite web | url = http://www.mrl.edu.hel.fi/eu/megaevents/vaikutuksia.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080325112210/http://www.mrl.edu.hel.fi/eu/megaevents/vaikutuksia.html | url-status = dead |trans-title=Impacts on Finland, Finns and the development of Helsinki as a city |archive-date=2008-03-25 | title = Vaikutukset Suomeen, suomalaisiin ja Helsingin kehitykseen kaupunkina | publisher = Helsingin kaupunki | date = 2018-10-22}}</ref>

With internationalization, new products also arrived in Finland. The best known of these is [[Coca-Cola]] (Coca-Cola arrived in Finland as early as the 1930s through Stockmann).<ref name = "effect" /> In addition, [[chewing gum]] was imported for the first time, and [[Alko]] launched new drinks, including [[Gin Long Drink]].{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=47}}

Finland's relations with [[United Kingdom]] clearly warmed up thanks to the Olympics. This was particularly influenced by the fact that [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]], who came to visit the Games, received a warm welcome in Finland. After the Second World War, Britain had been rude to Finland, but the Olympics showed that Finland belonged to the Western world.{{sfn|Raevuori|2002|pp=190–191}}

==="The Last Real Olympics"===
In Finland, the Helsinki Olympics are sometimes called the last real Olympics,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv3.fi/english/1952.shtml | title = What happened then |work = MTV3 |date= 2008-07-01}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.urheilumuseo.org/kisat1952/index52.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090530073527/http://www.urheilumuseo.org/kisat1952/index52.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2009-05-30 | title = Helsinki Olympics 1952 Publication |work= Sports Museum |access-date= 2008-07-01}}</ref> when trying to emphasize the nature of the Games as the last Games of the true Olympic spirit, a sporting and non-commercial event.<ref name = "SLU">{{cite web| url= http://www.slu.fi/lum/20_02/slu-yhteiso/_viimeiset_oikeat_olympialaiset/ | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120313191211/http://www.slu.fi/lum/20_02/slu-yhteiso/_viimeiset_oikeat_olympialaiset/ | url-status= dead | archive-date= 2012-03-13 |title = "Viimeiset oikeat olympialaiset" on suomalaisten oma keksintö | trans-title = “The Last Real Olympics” is Finns' own invention | author = Saarnivaara, Pete |work= The World of Exercise and Sport (20/02) | date = 2012 | publisher = Finnish Sports and Sports SLU Association |access-date= 2008-06-12}}</ref> For example, a book about competitions written by {{ill|Antero Raevuori|fi}} is named after this saying. However, the phrase was invented in Finland and is not used elsewhere in the world. It was developed at the turn of the 1970s and 1980s, when [[Doping in sport|doping]] began to become more widespread in sports, [[1972 Summer Olympics]] the [[Munich massacre]], and the [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]], [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] and [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] the Summer Olympics were widely boycotted.<ref name = "SLU" />

In a way, the Helsinki Olympics were a return to smaller competitions due to resources, as Finland is the smallest country to host the Summer Olympics. However the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] involved fewer participating athletes than in Helsinki, and in practice it was not until the 1970s that the Games clearly began to expand. The Helsinki Olympics were still relatively non-commercial, although the Polish press, for example, barked at the Helsinki Olympics as “competitions for disgusting traders”. The Helsinki Games were also not much smaller in terms of marketing than the following Games, and marketing was well known in the Olympic world with [[Kodak]] supporting the Games as far back as the [[1896 Summer Olympics]].<ref name = "SLU" />