After the war thumb|upright|Urho Kekkonen was Finland's longest-serving president in 1956–1982. The development of trade with the Western powers, such as the United Kingdom, and the payment of reparations to the Soviet Union led to Finland's transformation from a primarily agrarian society to an industrialised one. Valmet, originally a shipyard and then several metal workshops, was established to produce materials for war reparations. After the reparations were paid, Finland continued to trade with the Soviet Union as part of bilateral trade.
after the war thumb|upright|urho kekkonen was finland's longest-serving president in 1956–1982 the development of trade with the western powers such as the united kingdom and the payment of reparations to the soviet union led to finland's transformation from a primarily agrarian society to an industrialised one valmet originally a shipyard and then several metal workshops was established to produce materials for war reparations after the reparations were paid finland continued to trade with the soviet union as part of bilateral trade