The Finnish Historical Omnibus Society

The Finnish Historical Omnibus Society (SLHS) was established in 1978. It is a national bilingual organization who takes overall responsibility of historical knowledge, and storage of vehicles and objects of the Finnish bus traffic and industry to future generations. It publishes, funds and coordinates topical literature and research. The society has one thousand members and sixty supporting businesses, 30 buses and coaches, and garage facilities in Parkano, Loimaa, Vahojärvi and Vuolenkoski.

The partly bilingual members’ magazine HETKU has been published quarterly for over 30 years. The society has also published several topical and history books. It has local departments all over Finland to enable members to develop local safekeeping of historical material and equipment. The society arranges annually several trips and outings for members in Finland and neighboring countries. It works constantly in partnership with Linja-autoliitto (LAL), Mobilia, Suomen Elinkeinoelämän Keskusarkisto (ELKA) and with national and regional archive institutions.

By joining the society you can most effectively support collecting, researching and safekeeping the historical material and equipment of bus traffic and industry in Finland. The web pages of the society are available in six languages at www.slhs.fi.