After 25 years in office, President Kekkonen stepped down as president due to health issues in autumn 1981. Soon after, Mainostelevisio MTV produced a programme in which Väinö Linna, Eero Mäntyranta, Matias Keskinen as well as numerous ordinary Finns talk about the significance of Urho Kekkonen.
Väinö Linna
Eero Mäntyranta
Matias Keskinen
