Suomen Antikvariaattiyhdistys / Finska Antikvariatföreningen (SAY)
- Address
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c/o Kampintorin Antikvariaatti
Fredrikinkatu 63
FIN-00100 Helsinki
Finland - Website
- https://www.antikvariaatit.net/
- President
- Mr Timo Surojegin
- Association Phone
- Tel +358-9-694-3306
- President Email
- timo.surojegin@welho.com
- President Address
- c/o Kampintorin Antikvariaatti
Fredrikinkatu 63
FIN-00100 Helsinki
Suomen Antikvariaattiyhdistys (SAY), the Finnish Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association, was founded in 1941. Its first and long-standing chairman was Erik Olsoni during whose presidency SAY became a member of the ILAB in 1948. The association started with 10 members in the early 40s and has 20 members today. Timo Surojegin has been its president since 1996.
The Finnish Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association promotes the knowledge of and interest in old literature in Finland, which is, indeed, a country with a long history in rare bookselling. The first bookshop was established in Turku in the 1840s. From 1988 to 2001 the SAY organized an annual Antiquarian Book Fair in the White Hall in Helsinki. Since then the event has been arranged as a part of the Helsinki International Book Fair, with old and new books under the same roof of the modern Helsinki Fair Centre. Thus, as part of the general fair, the 23rd Antiquarian Book Fair of the Finnish Association had an outstanding number of 88.000 visitors and a special exhibition organized by the SAY: “Helsinki and Literature in Board Games from Late 19th Century to the 21st Century”.
Like all ILAB affiliates, the SAY members adhere to the ILAB Code of Ethics and have high expertise. They aim to establish a good relationship with their customers and make them feel that they can rely on the expertise of the SAY booksellers at all stages of the transaction.
President
Timo Surojegin
Term of office
1 year
Committee
Timo Surojegin, President, Chairman of the Fair Committee
Berndt Wikgren, Secretary, Foreign Collegial Contacts, Member of the Fair Committee
Kimmo Välkesalmi, Member of the Fair Committee
Annual Meeting
March
