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Graduates as a bookbinder from publishing company Otava 1966 |
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Postgraduate studies in graphic design at the night school of University of Art and Design Helsinki 1967 |
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Gutenberg-plaque, reward granted by the committee of cooperative society Kirjapainotaito 1969 |
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Graduates as a fine binder under private tuition of Hugo Peller, Switzerland 1969-1970 |
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Approved as the first Finnish bookbinder to International Federation Master of the Art of Binding (MDE International Vereinigung Meister der Einbandkunst) 1970 |
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Nordic bookbinding championship 1973 |
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The king of Sweden, Kaarle Kustaa got acquainted with the works of J. Roininen in Hvitträsk-museum, 1974 |
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Gift bindings presented in connection with state visits to King and Queen of Spain, Presidents of Finland and Soviet Union as well as jewel cases to the Princesses of England and Monaco |
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Arts grant of Uusimaa province, 1975 |
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Won the cover picture competition of the periodical Kirjapainotaito Graafikko, 1977 |
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Grant from Kirjapainotaidon Edistämissäätiö, 1979 |
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Takes part in an educational visit, granted by the Finnish Cultural Foundation to an invitational competitive bookbinding exhibition in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1979 |
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Honourable mention in Vuoden Huiput –contest by Grafia ry, 1981 |
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Grant for participating in Biblioteque Nationale Prix International De Reliure D'Art Germanie De Coster –bookbinding exhibition’s invitational contest in France, 1986 |
