Tursaansydän
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In modern usage
Author Ilmari Kianto used the tursaansydän as his logo. Kianto had found a tursaansydän carved into his childhood home's granary's door in Suomussalmi.[4]
The Slavic Union used the tursaansydän in their logo, before the organization was banned in 2010.
The Finnish Alliance approved of the tursaansydän as their symbol in 1998.[5]
See also
References
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