Editing 1952 Summer Olympics (section)

==Torch relay==
[[File:Olympiasoihtuviestiviiri. Suomen Urheilumuseo..jpg|thumbnail|left | Olympic torch banner, showing the torch's journey through Sweden]]

The Olympic torch was transported by land from [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]] to [[Athens]] from where fire's journey continued in a miner's lamp donated by the [[Saarland|Saar]] Olympic Committee on a [[Scandinavian Airlines System|SAS]] plane to [[Aalborg]], [[Denmark]]. The glass cover surrounding the lamp was designed by the artist {{ill|Sakari Tohka|fi}}.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=69}} The Olympic torch itself was designed by the artist {{ill|Aukusti Tuhka|fi}}.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=70}}

From Denmark, the torchlight continued by running, cycling, riding, rowing and paddling to [[Copenhagen]], from where the fire was transported by ferry to [[Sweden]] to [[Malmö]]. The journey of the torch across Sweden was carried to [[Haparanda]] by 700 messengers, from where it continued to the Finnish side in [[Tornio]]. On the Finnish-Swedish border bridge, the torch was received by [[Ville Pörhölä]], who brought it to {{ill|Pohja stadion|fi|Pohjan stadion|lt=Tornio sports ground}}.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=69}} The Olympic torch from Tornio, Greece, was connected to [[Pallastunturi]] on 6 July 1952 where it ignited the “midnight sun fire”. In reality, the Pallastunturi fire was lit with [[liquefied petroleum gas]], because the night in July was cloudy at that time and it was not possible to use the sun as a lighter.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=73}} From Tornio, the torch traveled through Finland to Helsinki. It was transported by more than 1,200 people.{{sfn|Raevuori|2002|p=41}}

[[File:Metsäneuvos Jarl Sundqvist sytyttää olympiatulta peilin avulla keskiyön auringosta Pallastunturilla 6.7.1952. Suomen Urheilumuseo..jpg|thumbnail|Forest Counselor {{ill|Jarl Sundqvist|fi}} tries to light an Olympic torch with a mirror from the midnight sun on Pallastunturi on 6 July 1952.]]

Initially, the aim was to transport fire to Helsinki via the [[Soviet Union]], but the matter was not settled through diplomacy by the deadline.{{sfn|Wickström|2002|p=69}} The journey covered a total of 7,870 kilometres on the journey that began on 25 June and ended on 19 July 1952.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=105}} The actual Olympic flame was lit for the [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]].{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=219}}

Olympic torch relay:
* {{flag | Greece | old}}: [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]] – [[Corinth]] – [[Athens]]{{Sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=205}}
* {{flag | Denmark}}: [[Aalborg]] – [[Århus]] – [[Vejle]] – [[Odense]] – [[Sorø]] – [[Copenhagen]]{{Sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=209}}
* {{flag | Sweden}}: [[Malmö]] – [[Helsingborg]] – [[Laholm]] – [[Gothenburg]] – [[Jönköping]] – [[Norrköping]] – [[Örebro]] – [[Stockholm]] – [[Uppsala]] – [[Falun]] – [[Gävle]] – [[Hudiksvall]] – [[Sundsvall]] – [[Umeå]] – [[Skellefteå]] – [[Boden Municipality|Boden]] – [[Haparanda]]{{Sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=211}}
* {{flag | Finland}}: (midnight sun fire): [[Pallastunturi]] – [[Rovaniemi]] – [[Tornio]] – [[Oulu]] – [[Kokkola]] – [[Jyväskylä]] – [[Tampere]] – [[Helsinki]]{{Sfn|Kolkka|1955|pp=215–217}}