Heart’s beloved. The round shape of the ring symbolizes eternal love – a promise of a future together. Since ancient times, engagement and wedding rings have traditionally been worn on the left hand ring finger, because this finger is believed to have a direct link to the heart. The ring is embellished with a skillfully cut diamond, evoking the impression of clear ice and a white flame of love shining from within. A flame, that does not melt the ice, but that melts the heart. Diamonds and love are forever.

A single unending string forms a looped square cross. In the ancient Northern Europe, it was believed that this symbol contained a protective power that shielded its wearer from evil. The design also reminds us of the Earth’s four protective spirits, each of whom settled down in their corner and supported the sky above the Earth. The Northern people named those spirits West, East, North and South. Fortune follows the wearer of the Vaakuna ring, and no evil thoughts may reach them – the looped square cross, the St. John’s arms, is a sign of this protection.

The round shape of the ring and the intertwined threads – threads of life – symbolize eternal love. Rings, bracelets and necklaces made by coiling metal wires and threads of different thickness were popular in the entire Baltic region during the last few centuries of the Iron Age. They can be found even among Finland’s prehistoric findings, all the way from the southern coast to the northernmost areas of Lapland. The Kalevala Unity ring is based on a bronze ring found in Halikko.

This ring is adorned with a sophisticated cord pattern that originates in a 4th century ring found in Uskela, Southwest Finland. Golden items are rare amongst prehistoric findings in Finland but not entirely unusual. The oldest golden items found their way to the area of present-day Finland in the early centuries of the C.E. also known as the Roman Iron Age. This ancient ring has retained its golden gleam for nearly two millennia. It was made to be everlasting.

An eternal oath, a promise of tomorrow. An old legend tells of a Viking chieftain who was caught in a violent storm while sailing on a great lake, far from the shore. The chieftain begged the forger of the vault of heaven to save his men from shipwreck. The chieftain and his men were saved and once he was back on the shore, he sacrificed a golden bracelet to the gods above as a token of his gratitude. The sacrificial gift slumbered beneath the beach sand for the next thousand years. The golden bracelet was discovered in Metsäpirtti, Karelia, in the 1920s, and in 1956 jewelry designer Börje Rajalin used the bracelet as a model for a new ring in the Kalevala Koru collection.

Golden rings have been gifted and worn as a symbol of eternal love for centuries. Rings with skillfully made lace-like filigree patterns were popular amongst the Swedish ruling class in the 18th century. Some of those rings found their way to the prosperous coastal cities of Finland as, at the time, the country was a part of the Kingdom of Sweden. These rings have been used as a model for many pieces of jewelry in the Kalevala Koru collection since the 1960s. Their timeless beauty stirs deep emotions from generation to generation.