''Uuno Turhapuro – Suomen tasavallan herra presidentti'' is a 1992 Finnish comedy film written and directed by Ere Kokkonen. It is the sixteenth film in the Uuno Turhapuro series. Its name translates to "Uuno Turhapuro – the Mister President icof the Republic of Finland". The film got mediocre reviews compared to the other Turhapuro films. It also had a small audience and profited only 9,000 FIM.

Plot

Uuno Turhapuro has become the new

President of Finland The president of the Republic of Finland (; ) is the head of state of Finland. The incumbent president is Alexander Stubb, since 1 March 2024. He was elected president for the first time in 2024 Finnish presidential election, 2024. The presi ...

. As President, Uuno decrees that all of the cabinet ministers should wear happy face masks, and appoints his own father along with Härski Hartikainen, Sörsselssön and other people from his home village to the government. There is a news report that the Royal Couple of Sweden are going on a state visit to

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, which makes Uuno realise that Finland is not a

monarchy A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, reigns as head of state for the rest of their life, or until abdication. The extent of the authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutio ...

unlike the rest of the

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. This mistake can only be remedied by making Finland into a kingdom. As Uuno knows Sörsselssön can speak Swedish, he asks him to telephone the Swedish Royal Couple to invite them to Finland, so Uuno can learn from them the ways of the royals. Uuno suggests to king

Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. Having reigned since 1973, he is the longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history. Carl Gustaf was born during the reign of his paternal great-grandfather, K ...

that they swap wives, which the king thinks is a good idea. The citizens of Finland support changing Finland to a monarchy and renaming streets and shopping centres after Uuno, and he gets awarded a statue. Just as Finland is on its way to becoming a monarchy, Uuno's doctor tells him he should take leave of his post for a while. Uuno asks former President of Finland

Mauno Koivisto Mauno Henrik Koivisto (, 25 November 1923 – 12 May 2017) was a Finnish politician who served as the ninth president of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as the country's prime minister twice, from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1979 to 19 ...

to resume his post as president, because Uuno has found out the busy life of a king just isn't suitable for him after all.

Cast

External links

* Spede Pasanen Finnish comedy films Finnish sequel films 1992 films 1990s Finnish-language films 1990s Finnish films {{Finland-film-stub