Hotel Kämp is a historic hotel in Kluuvi, Helsinki, Finland. It is a member of Leading Hotels of the World.[1] The original Kämp, the first luxury hotel in Finland, was founded in 1887. Hotel operations ended in 1967. The old building was demolished in the 1960s to make way for a new hotel building, but parts of it, including the façade facing Pohjoisesplanadi, were reconstructed as copies and incorporated into the new building. The building was used as the headquarters of Kansallis-Osake-Pankki. Hotel operations resumed in 1999 as part of the Mariott International's Luxury Collection.
History
In 1884 Carl Kämp purchased a plot at the corner of North Esplanade and Glogatan from the goldsmith Carl Fridolf Ekholm, with the aim of building a first-class hotel. He commissioned architect Theodor Höijer to design a five-storey building. To finance the project, which the Finnish Senate considered to be of national importance, Kämp applied for a state loan of 500,000 Finnish marks; the Senate approved only 350,000 marks. The remaining capital was provided by his neighbour Fredrik Wilhelm Grönqvist