Anja Hatakka, known as an actress and the second hereditary princess of Miss Finland in 1958, has died.
The 1958 Miss Finland’s second hereditary princess Anja Hatakka (left) has died. Also in the picture is the same year’s Miss Finland Pirkko Mannola (center) and the first hereditary princess Eva-Maija Sariola (right). IL archive
Actress and 1958 Miss Finland’s second hereditary princess Anja Hatakkanowadays Anja Geissbühlerhas died at the age of 88.
Helsingin Sanomat published Geissbühler’s obituary on Sunday, May 10. According to the death notice, Geissbühler died on April 10 in Espoo. The announcement says that Geissbühler was blessed to rest in the grave in the old chapel of Hietaniemi.
The Geissbühler family, who signed the statement, would like to thank Kauklahti Etelä ja asu senior center and Viherkodi staff for their help.
A clip has also been added to the announcement The unknown soldier from the work. Finland according to Geissbühler was the last one alive Edvin Laine directing The unknown soldier (1955) the actor who appeared in the title role.
– As is well known, God is all-powerful, all-knowing and wise from afar, the announcement of death The unknown soldier – the quote reads.
The obituary of Anja Geissbühler, aka Anja Hataka, has a clip from the work Unknown Soldier. The death notice was published in Helsingin Sanomat on Sunday, May 10, 2026. Screenshot from Helsingin Sanomat
Geissbühler told with the help of his service director For the morning paper in 2018, that he lived in Espoo’s Kauklahti senior center. At that time, Geissbühler’s ability to speak was limited.
The actor who came to the public as Hatakka performed In The Unknown Soldier Nina, a Soviet girl from Petrozavodsk. In the filming, Hatakka was 17 years old. In addition, he was seen in films, among other things Pekka Puupää and Tough game in Pohjola.
She ended her acting career in the 1960s after getting married and completely disappeared from the public eye. When she got married, Hatakka took her husband’s surname Geissbühler. Then the actress moved to Switzerland with her new husband.
According to Aamulehti, the happy years in Switzerland ended tragically in a way that the actor did not like to remember.
– It was probably a traffic accident. He returned to Finland with the help of his adopted son who lives here, Geissbühler’s assistant told Aamulehti in 2018.
In 1958, Hatakka was crowned as the second hereditary princess in the 1958 Miss Finland contest, when Pirkko Mannola won the competition.
