President Stubb to participate in the national school peace declaration event in Hämeenlinna

Office of the President of the Republic of Finland
Press release 45/2024
22 August 2024

President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb will participate in the national school peace declaration event in Hämeenlinna at Seminaarin school on Wednesday 28 August 2024.

The programme of the event includes reading the declaration of school peace written by pupils and performances by pupils. President Stubb will also present his own greeting.

The event will be broadcast live in Yle Areena.

Later President Stubb will meet some of the pupils who organised the occasion, representatives of the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare and the management of the City of Hämeenlinna over lunch.

In addition, President Stubb will visit Voutilakeskus, a multi-service centre for the elderly.

The School Peace Programme is a joint programme of the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, the National Police Board of Finland, the Finnish National Agency for Education, Folkhälsan and Vanhempainliitto (Finnish Parents’ League). The aim of the programme is to promote the well-being and safety of the school community. The school peace theme for the school year 2024–2025 is “Et ole yksin – Du är inte ensam – You are not alone”.