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0630: Hasse's great grandfather, Anselm Waldemar Walli. Photo: Hasse's album

0612: Hasse's mother's father Frans Strandberg, born November 25th, 1897.
This photo possibly 1915.
Photo: Hasse's album

0911: Hasse's father Aarno with his parents, on a beautiful day in the Kaivopuisto Park. Left to right: Aarno's mother Aino Lucia, Aarno, Aarno's father Eliel Walli.
Helsinki, Finland, spring 1921
Photo: Hasse's album

0916: Hasse's mother's parents, Elvira and Frans Strandberg.
Helsinki, Finland, early 1920's
Photo: Hasse's album

1209: Hasse's father Aarno with his mother Aino.
Helsinki, Finland, probably 1922
Photo: Hasse's album

1224: Hasse's father Aarno at around 2 years of age.
Helsinki, Finland, 1922
Photo: Hasse's album

1239: Hasse's father Aarno at around 2 years of age.
Helsinki, Finland, 1922
Photo: Hasse's album

1215: Hasse's father Aarno with his father Eliel.
Helsinki, Finland, winter 1923-24
Photo: Hasse's album

1238: Hasse's father Aarno taking a bath, assisted by unknown female.
Kauklahti, Espoo, Finland, probably 1924
Photo: Hasse's album

1237: Hasse's father Aarno with parents Eliel and Aino.
Location unknown, August 3rd, 1924
Photo: Hasse's album

1207: Hasse's father Aarno, 8 years of age, at school (back row, 3rd from left).
Helsinki, Finland, May 1929
Photo. Hasse's album

1235: Hasse's father Aarno with his boat. He later became Finnish Champion of Snipe class in 1957.
Helsinki, Finland, August 1929
Photo: Hasse's album

1225: Hasse's uncle Osmo.
Kauklahti, Espoo, Finland, August 1929
Photo: Hasse's album

1210: Hasse's father Aarno, carrying his brother Osmo.
Kaukalahti, Espoo, Finland, probably 1929
Photo: Hasse's album

1206: Hasse's father's family. Left to right: Aino, Osmo, Eliel and Aarno.
Probably Kauklahti, Espoo, Finland, 1930
Photo: Hasse's album

1220: Hasse's uncle Osmo and father Aarno.
Kauklahti, Espoo, Finland, 1930
Photo: Hasse's album

1219: Hasse's father Aarno and uncle Osmo fishing.
Kauklahti, Espoo, Finland, August 2nd, 1930
Photo: Hasse's album

1217: Hasse's father's uncle Ilmari Sinisalo with wife Iida.
Photo: Hasse's album

1232: Hasse's father's mother's father Aukusti Sinisalo, at his 75th birthday.
Photo: Hasse's album

1236: Hasse's uncle Osmo and father Aarno.
Kauklahti, Espoo, Finland, September 1st, 1931
Photo: Hasse's album

1231: Hasse's grandfather Eliel with his son Aarno (Hasse's father).
Kauklahti, Espoo, Finland, September 1st, 1931
Photo: Hasse's album

0621: Hasse's mother Anne-Marie, with her school mates.
Helsinki, Finland, 1940.
Photo: Hasse's album

0646: Hasse's mother Anne-Marie, at 17 years of age.
Helsinki, Finland, summer 1942.
Photo: Hasse's album

0626: : Hasse's mother Anne-Marie, at 17 years of age.
Helsinki, Finland, summer 1942.
Photo: Hasse's album

0627: Hasse's mother Anne-Marie, at 17 years of age.
Helsinki, Finland, summer 1942.
Photo: Hasse's album

0606: Hasse's mother Anne-Marie, at 17 years of age.
Helsinki, Finland, summer 1942.
Photo: Hasse's album

0636: Hasse's mother Anne-Marie, at 17 years of age.
Helsinki, Finland, summer 1942.
Photo: Hasse's album

0633: Hasse's mother's oldest brother Sven Walfrid Strandberg.
Killed in combat on November 11th, 1942.
Photo: Hasse's album

0927: Hasse's parents on tour during the 2nd war with the Soviet Union. A big part of Finland's top artists gave concerts for the soldiers, performing very close to the front line of combat. Thus they participated in the war effort, raising the soldier's spirit and power. Finland's war effort was successful, keeping the country independent and free of occupation. Left to right: Famous singer of the time Henry Theel, Hasse's mother Anne-Marie, and father Aarno Walli.
Somewhere on the front line, May 7th, 1944
Photo: Hasse's album

0919: Hasse's father Aarno, posing with his accordeon, prior to another Entertainment Tour near the frontline of combat.
Helsinki, Finland, probably 1943.
Photo: Hasse's album

0605: Hasse's mother Anne-Marie on Graduation Day.
Helsinki, Finland, May 1944.
Photo: Hasse's album

1230: Hasse's father Aarno in 1944.
Photo: Hasse's album

0152: Official marriage photo of Hasse's parents, Anne-Marie Viola Strandberg and Aarno Rafael Waldemar Walli.
Helsinki, 26.8.1945
Photo: Hasse's album

0948: Official marriage photo of Hasse's parents, Anne-Marie Viola Strandberg and Aarno Rafael Waldemar Walli.
Helsinki, 26.8.1945
Photo: Hasse's album

0647: Hasse's mother Anne-Marie, working at the AREA Travel Agency.
Helsinki, Finland, 1946.
Photo: Hasse's album

1227: Hasse's father Aarno.
Helsinki, Finland, 1952
Photo. Hasse's album

1221: Hasse's father Aarno.
Kauklahti, Espoo, Finland, probably 1952
Photo: Hasse's album

0607: Hasse's parents Anne-Marie and Aarno, returning from a trip to Copenhagen, Denmark. Helsinki Airport, Finland, 1952.
Photo: Hasse's album

0637: Hasse's mother Anne-Marie in Sweden.
Stockholm, Sweden, 1952.
Photo: Hasse's album

0943: Hasse's mother Anne-Marie, photographed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1953.
Photo: Hasse's album

0616: Hasse's grandmother Elvira about to board a bus for a trip abroad, followed by Hasse's mother Anne-Marie.
Helsinki, Finland, 1960's
Photo: Hasse's album

0632: Hasse's mother with her second husband, Kaj Westerling.
They were married between 1960 and 1970.
Photo: Hasse's album

0625: Hasse's mother's father Frans Strandberg, on his 70th Birthday.
Helsinki, Finland, Novemeber 11th, 1967.
Photo: Hasse's album

0909: The Four Wallis: Half brother Aki, the late father Aarno, the late half brother Petri, and Hasse Walli. Photo taken at Aarno Walli's 70th Birthday celebration party.
Suomalainen Klubi, October 26th, 1990
Photo: Hasse's album

1247: Hasse's uncle Helmer Strandberg, on his 75th Birthday.
Helsinki, Finland, February 1st, 2004
Photo: Krister Strandberg
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