In the early years of the 20th century, primary school teacher Juho Jussila from Jyväskylä started to wonder why so many of the wooden objects used daily in Finnish homes and schools were imported from other countries. In the 1920s, he was finally able to start his own workshop to make formative wooden toys, among other things. The Fortuna game designed by Jussila was put on the market in 1926, and it gained immediate popularity in both Finland and around the world. In 1933, a batch of 250,000 games were exported to England and called Corinthian Bagatelle. Adverts claimed that the Prince of Wales, Kaiser Wilhelm and Mussolini all played Fortuna.
In the early years of the 20th century, primary school teacher Juho Jussila from Jyväskylä started to wonder why so many of the wooden objects used daily in Finnish homes and schools were imported from other countries. In the 1920s, he was finally able to start his own workshop to make formative wooden toys, among other things. The Fortuna game designed by Jussila was put on the market in 1926, and it gained immediate popularity in both Finland and around the world. In 1933, a batch of 250,000 games were exported to England and called Corinthian Bagatelle. Adverts claimed that the Prince of Wales, Kaiser Wilhelm and Mussolini all played Fortuna.
