Equestrian statue of Marshal Mannerheim

A bronze equestrian statue of Field Marshal Gustaf Mannerheim stands in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. It was made by Aimo Tukiainen and erected in 1960.

The bronze statue is 5.4 metres tall. It is raised on a granite plinth, 6.3 metres tall, 6.3 m long and 2.72 metres m wide.

As a general, Mannerheim had been a symbolic figure in Finland since the Finnish Civil War in 1918, and his position grew stronger during the Second World War as a field marshal. The first plans and fundraising for an equestrian statue started in 1937. After his death in 1951, the plans were relaunched by initiative of the Helsinki University Students' Union.