User:Kippe90/Salon Virho

Salon Virho is Finland's oldest continuously operating family business in the hairdressing industry. Oulun Yrittäjät awarded Salon Virho the Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2019.

History
In 1941, only 20-year-old Kirsti Virho (née Lång) founded her first hair salon, Tuiran Kutri, on Tuiran Toppilantie in Oulu. The hair salon was made official the following year, when the new entrepreneur came of age. The hair salon operated during the Continuation War despite the bombings, and there were enough customers for the two customer places. After the war, in 1955, Salon Virho moved to Lukkatalo in Isokatu, Oulu.