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Mannerheim lahjametsästysmajansa edessä syyskuussa 1942
Being an enthusiastic hunter, Mannerheim showed great interest during the Continuation War, when Major General Erkki Raappana told him about elks in eastern Karelia. This produced the idea of building a hunting cabin and giving it as a present to Mannerheim on his 75th birthday.

It was designed by architect, Eino Pitkänen, and built in Keihäsniemi in Lieksajärvi. A sauna and fishing hut were built in the neighbourhood of the log cabin in 1943. Because of his duties, the Marshal was not able to visit the cabin until September 1942

Syyskuussa 1942 Keihäsniemessä Rukajärven suunnallaTowards the end of the Continuation War the cabin was pulled down and evacuated to Finland. It was re-erected in Loppi, on a site purchased by the Marshal in 1945. In the beginning of 1948, Mannerheim donated the cabin to the Union of Hunters in Finland, and a little later the maintenance was taken over by the organization named The Hunting Cabin of Marshal Mannerheim of Finland.

 

 

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