Kirsti och Tor Johanssons hjärt- och cancerstiftelse sr

Kirsti ja Tor Johanssonin sydän- ja syöpäsäätiö sr
 

"We give back to society for the good we have received and are grateful."

The founders, Tor and Kirsti Johansson, have both experienced, within their closest circles and personally, the great importance of heart disease and cancer treatments’ development for life expectancy and quality of life. They want to do their part to support the development of treatments, and the Foundation is a way to do this.

Kirsti and Tor Johansson’s Heart and Cancer Foundation, KTJS, was founded in Ekenäs, Finland, in 1986 and registered as a foundation in 1987.

Tor Johansson (s. 5.8.1910, k. 2.6.1986)

Tor Johansson was born in Dragsfjärd, Finland. He was a man of action and known as a fair and innovative entrepreneur. He was a start-up builder of his time in Hangö, responding to the needs and demand of the Finnish society emerging from World War II. He founded metal industry companies in Hangö and Lappvik that became very successful and had their own cargo fleet. 

Tor Johansson felt grateful towards society for giving him so much and for the opportunity to succeed. After his industrial plants were transferred to new owners, he and his spouse wanted to give back to society the good they felt to have received during their lives. 

Kirsti Johansson (s. 21.2.1937)

Kirsti Johansson was born in Åbo, Finland. After becoming a widow, she has increased the Foundation's funds in her role as Chair since 1986 and developed the Foundation’s operations in a sustained manner. Thanks to her, the Foundation has been able to consider the special needs of the youngest patients in addition to research funding. The Foundation is a long-term sponsor of the Ronald McDonald House for children, among other things. In times of severe housing shortage, the Foundation acquired apartments to lease at moderate price to the nursing staff of the children's clinic of Helsinki University Hospital.

Since 1994, the Foundation’s operations have been developed by legal representative Rina Blomqvist. Board member Richard Blomqvist represents the third generation in the Foundation's operations.