A bronze equestrian statue of Field Marshal Gustaf Mannerheim stands in the centre of Helsinki, Finland.

After his death in 1951, the plans were relaunched by initiative of the Helsinki University Students' Union.

[3] The funds were sufficient not only for the statue but also for purchasing the Louhisaari mansion in Askainen, Mannerheim's place of birth, which was turned into a museum.

Tukiainen made a realistic and detailed statue of the horse-riding Mannerheim.

Tukiainen studied Mannerheim's last horse Käthy when working on the statue, but it is not a portrait of her as such.