INTERSTENO Intersteno congresses and Finnish
participation in contests
| No | Year | Place | Shorthand contests | Typewriting contests |
| 1 | 1887 | London | - not held | - not held |
| 2 | 1889 | Paris | - not held | - not held |
| 3 | 1890 | Munich | - not held | - not held |
| 4 | 1891 | Berlin | - not held | - not held |
| 5 | 1893 | Chicago | - not held | - not held |
| 6 | 1897 | Stockholm | - not held | - not held |
| 7 | 1900 | Paris | - not held | - not held |
| 8 | 1905 | Brussels | - not held | - not held |
| 9 | 1908 | Darmstadt | - not held | - not held |
| 10 | 1912 | Madrid | - not held | - not held |
| 11 | 1913 | Budapest | - not held | - not held |
| 12 | 1920 | Strasbourg | - not held | - not held |
| 13 | 1922 | Dresden | - not held | - not held |
| 14 | 1924 | Lausanne | - not held | - not held |
| 15 | 1926 | Milan | - not held | - not held |
| 16 | 1927 | Brussels | - not held | - not held |
| 17 | 1928 | Budapest | - not held | - not held |
| 18 | 1931 | Paris | - not held | - not held |
| 19 | 1934 | Amsterdam | - not held | - not held |
| 20 | 1937 | London | - not held | - not held |
| 21 | 1955 | Monaco | - Finns didn't compete | - Finns didn't compete |
| 22 | 1957 | Milan | - Finns didn't compete | - Finns didn't compete |
| 23 | 1959 | Vienna | - Finns didn't compete | - Finns didn't compete |
| 24 | 1961 | Wiesbaden | Allan Alha:
460 syll/min, 1st in Finnish language group Leo Kaila: 460 syll/min, 2nd Unto Räty: 460 syll/min, 3rd Veikko Sorsa: 420 syll/min, 4th |
- Finns didn't compete |
| 25 | 1963 | Prague | Allan Alha:
400 syll/min, 1st in Finnish language group Unto Räty: 400 syll/min, 2nd Leo Kaila: 400 syll/min, 3rd Veikko Sorsa: 375 syll/min), 4th |
- Finns didn't compete |
| 26 | 1965 | Paris | Veikko
Sorsa: 500 syll/min, 1st in Finnish language group Allan Alha: 450 syll/min, 2nd Leo Kaila: 425 syll/min, 3rd |
- suomalaisilla ei hyväksyttyjä tuloksia |
| 27 | 1967 | Bern | Veikko
Sorsa: 500 syll/min, 1st in Finnish language group Allan Alha: 425 syl/min, 2nd Pirkko Holopinen: 375 syll/min, 3rd |
- Finns didn't compete |
| 28 | 1969 | Warsaw | Veikko
Sorsa: 525 syll/min, 1st in Finnish language group Timo Valkonen: 375 syll/min, 2nd Pirkko Holopinen: 375 syll/min, 3rd Pertti Siitonen: 375 syll/min, 4th |
- Finns didn't compete |
| 29 | 1971 | Brussels | Pertti
Siitonen: 375 syll/min, 1st in Finnish language group - test
competition 360 tav/min, 11th Pirkko Holopinen: 375 syll/min, 2nd - test competition 360 syll/min, 9th |
- Finns didn't compete |
| 30 | 1973 | Valencia | Eero
Ylätalo: 405 syll/min, 1st in Finnish language group -
test competition 408 syll/min,
2nd Pirkko Holopinen: 350 syll/min, 2nd, test competition 4 min, 11th Pertti Siitonen: 325 syll/min, 3rd, test competition 5 min, 6th |
- Finns didn't compete |
| 31 | 1975 | Budapest | Eero
Ylätalo: 7 min, 408 syll/min, 19th Pirkko Holopinen: 6 min, 384 syll/min, 31st Jari Niittuinperä: 3 min, 312 syll/min, 58th |
- Finns didn't compete |
| 32 | 1977 | Rotterdam | Jari
Niittuinperä: 6 min, 373 syll/min, 18th Pirkko Holopinen: 4 min, 25th |
- Finns didn't compete |
| 33 | 1979 | Belgrade | Jari
Niittuinperä: 6 min, 373 syll/min, 21st Olof Meinander: Category B (Swedish) 5 min, 221 syll/min |
Eila Kamula 11.247 points, 137th |
| 34 | 1981 | Mannheim | Jari
Niittuinperä: 7 min, 396 syll/min, 16th - 3rd of juniors
Eila Ollila: Category B 6 min, 248 syll/min Erja Vasara: Category B 5 min, 230 syll/min - multilingual competition, 2 languages |
Birgit Tuutti 12.716 points Jouko Jousea 12.716 points, 114th Eila Kamula 11.247 points. |
| 35 | 1983 | Lucerne | Jari
Niittuinperä: 10 min, 447 syll/min, 5th - 2nd of pen shorthand
writers Olof Meinander: Category B (Swedish) 6 min, 237 syll/min |
Jouko Jousea 13.002 points - accuracy comptetition 3.191
points Eva Martikainen: 11.182 points, 96th - accuracy comptetition 3.665 points, 40th Tarja Vuori 2.398 points, 108th |
| 36 | 1985 | Sofia | Olof Meinander: Category B (Swedish) 3 min, 197 syll/min | Eva Martikainen: 12.615 pistettä, 32nd |
| 37 | 1987 | Florence | Olof Meinander: Category B (Swedish) 8 min, 252 syll/min | Eva Martikainen: 12.910 points, 32nd - accuracy comptetition
2.623 points Marja Värtelä: accuracy comptetition 3.347 points, 87th |
| 38 | 1989 | Dresden | Niklas Varisto: Category B (Swedish): 4 min, 185 syll/min, 58th - 17th of juniors | Eva Martikainen combined 20.566 points, 15th Monica Envall 16.860 points, 54th Anja Sademies 15.550 points, 72nd Jari Pekki 15.206 points, 76th Tarja Vuori 14.662 points, 82nd |
| 39 | 1991 | Brussels | Niklas Varisto: Category A (Swedish) 3 min, 299 syll/min, 34th - 4th of juniors | Jari Pekki combined 16.235 points, 50. sija Anneli Kettunen 11.849 points, 118th |
| 40 | 1993 | Istanbul | Niklas Varisto: multilingual competition: 3 languages, 6th | - Finns didn't compete |
| 41 | 1995 | Amsterdam | Niklas Varisto: Category A (Swedish): 6 min, 322 syll/min, 14th - multilingual competition: 5 languages, 7th | - Finns didn't compete |
| 42 | 1998 | Lausanne | Niklas Varisto: Category A (Swedish): 6 min, 328 syll/min, 12th - multilingual competition: 11 languages, 1st (world championship) | - Finns didn't compete |
| 43 | 2001 | Hannover | Niklas Varisto: Category A (Swedish): 3 min, 278 syll/min, 21st | - Finns didn't compete |
| 44 |
2003 |
Rome |
Niklas Varisto: Section A (Swedish): 3 min, 279
syll/min,
11th - multilingual competition: 11 languages, 1st (world championship) Boris Neubauer passed Finnish in multilingual competition. |
- Finns didn't compete |
| 45 |
2005 |
Vienna |
- Finns didn't compete Boris Neuauer passed Finnish in multilingual competition. |
- Finns didn't compete |