[2] In front of the pedestal is a stylized Finnish Lion, standing with its forelegs perched on the chest of a dragon which lies beneath it on the ground.

[2] The idea for the Finnish Statue of Liberty was born during the Civil War in Seinäjoki.

General Mannerheim appointed the idea to implement a three-member committee with adjutant Akseli Gallen-Kallela.

[5] A committee was appointed to prepare the statue in the summer of 1918, which also included important business and civil servants from Vaasa.

The committee is chaired by E. J. Ollonqvist, Commercial Counselor of Vaasa, and Erik Hartman, Consul, and Gösta Serlachius, Mänttä's vuorineuvos.

The original winning proposal was for the "son of Ostrobothnia to rush in", where a young man preparing to strike with a sword defends his wounded comrade.

[4] The unveiling ceremony was attended by, among others, President Kyösti Kallio and Marshal Mannerheim, as well as surviving members of the Svinhufvud's first senate during the Civil War.