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Asko (name)
Asko is a male given name common in Finland and Estonia. The nameday is 6 September. The first Asko was baptised in 1901, and as of 2009 there were more than 8000 people with this name in Finland. Notable people with the name include: * Asko Esna (born 1986), Estonian volleyball player * Asko Jussila (born 1963), Finnish football manager * Asko Kase (born 1979), Estonian film director * Asko Künnap (born 1971), Estonian poet, artist, graphic designer and marketer * Asko Paade (born 1984), Estonian basketball player * Asko Parpola (born 1941), Finnish Indologist and Sindhologist * Asko Peltoniemi (born 1963), Finnish pole vaulter * Asko Sahlberg (born 1964), Finnish novelist * Asko Sarkola Lauri Asko Antero Sarkola (born September 3, 1945, in Helsinki) is a Finnish actor and theater manager. He studied at the Svenska Teaterskolan from 1963 to 1966. He had a long career at the Swedish-speaking Lilla Teatern, where he first starred in ... (born 1945), Finnish actor and theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nameday
In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a biblical character or other saint. Where they are popular, individuals celebrate both their name day and their birthday in a given year. The custom originated with the Christian calendar of saints: believers named after a saint would celebrate that saint's feast day. Within Christianity, name days have greater resonance in areas where the Christian denominations of Catholicism, Lutheranism and Orthodoxy predominate. In some countries, however, name-day celebrations do not have a connection to explicitly Christian traditions. History The celebration of name days has been a tradition in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox countries since the Middle Ages, and has also continued in some measure in countries, such as the Scandinavian countri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Esna
Asko Esna (born 1 May 1986) is an Estonian volleyball player. He was born in Tallinn. His older brother is volleyball player and coach Sten Esna. He began his volleyball career in 1997, coached by Johannes Noormägi. He has played at volleyball club Tallinna Selver. 2007–2012 he was a member of Estonian national volleyball team. 2013–2019 he worked as a coach at the sport club Saaremaa SK. Since 2019 he is coaching the club TalTech Volleyball TalTech Volleyball is the volleyball club of Tallinn University of Technology based in Tallinn, Estonia. The team competes in the Baltic Volleyball League and the Estonian Volleyball League. The team plays its home games at TalTech Sports Hall .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Esna, Asko Living people 1986 births Estonian men's volleyball players Sportspeople from Tallinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Jussila
Asko Jussila (born 25 January 1963) is a Finnish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... manager. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Kase
Asko Kase (born 26 February 1979 in Tallinn) is an Estonian film and television director. In 2009 his film "December Heat" was nominated in 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film (see the list). Filmography * 2000: "Buddha Of The North" * 2001: "Linnapiloot" * 2004: "Kooma" * 2006: "Hundi agoonia" * 2007: "Zen läbi prügi * 2008: "December Heat ''December Heat'' ( et, Detsembrikuumus) is a 2008 historic action drama film about the 1924 Estonian coup d'état attempt directed by Asko Kase and starring Sergo Vares and Liisi Koikson. Plot "December 1924. It's only a matter of minutes whethe ..." ('Detsembrikuumus') * 2009: "Tondipoisid" * 2009: "Baruto - tõlkes kaduma läinud" References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kase, Asko Living people 1979 births Estonian film directors Tallinn University alumni People from Tallinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Künnap
Asko Künnap (born 6 September 1971) is an Estonian designer, writer, and artist. Education Asko Künnap attendeMiina Härma Gymnasium(1978–1989) and the Tartu Children’s Art School (1980–1984). He graduated from thEstonian Academy of Artsin product- and graphic design (1989–1995), and studied interior architecture at thOslo National Academy of the Arts(1991–1992). Career Künnap has worked as a freelance illustrator and designer (1992–1994) as well as creative director at the advertising agencies ZOOM Ogilvy (1994–2003) anRakett(2003–2014). He has received numerous nominations and prizes in competitions including the Effie Awards and the Estonian Golden Egg Competition. Works Design Künnap has designed logos and corporate identities for customers including the Republic of Estonia and all its national ministries (2013); the Estonian national parks of Lahemaa, Matsalu, Vilsandi, Soomaa, and Karula (2014); the online news portal Delfi (1999); the Estoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Paade
Asko Paade (born June 9, 1984) is an Estonian basketball player who last played for Estonian basketball team Tartu Ülikool. He was also a member of Estonia national basketball team in 2003 – 2005. Honours * 2002–03 Estonian Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2003–04 Estonian League (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2004–05 Estonian Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2006–07 Estonian League (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2007–08 Estonian League (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2009–10 Estonian Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2009–10 Estonian League (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2010–11 BBL Cup The British Basketball League Cup, often shortened to the BBL Cup, is an annual cup competition for British basketball teams organised by the United Kingdom's top professional league, the British Basketball League. It is one of two peripheral c ... (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2010–11 Estonian Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2011–12 Estonian Cup (Tartu Ülikool) References External linksProfileat bbl.net 1984 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Parpola
Asko Parpola (born 12 July 1941, in Forssa) is a Finnish Indologist, current professor emeritus of South Asian studies at the University of Helsinki. He specializes in Sindhology, specifically the study of the Indus script. Biography Parpola is a brother of the Akkadian language epigrapher Simo Parpola. He is married to Marjatta Parpola, who has authored a study on the traditions of Kerala's Nambudiri Brahmins. Scholarship Parpola's research and teaching interests fall within the following topics: * Indus Civilization / Indus script and religion / Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions * Veda / Vedic ritual / Samaveda / Jaiminiya Samaveda texts and rituals / Purva-Mimamsa * South Asian religions / Hinduism / Saiva and Sakta tradition / Goddess Durga * South India / Kerala / Tamil Nadu / Karnataka * Sanskrit / Malayalam / Kannada / Tamil / Prehistory of Indian languages * Prehistoric archaeology of South Asia and (in broad sense) Central Asia / Coming of the Aryans Two signif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Peltoniemi
Asko Peltoniemi (born 7 February 1963 in Ikaalinen) is a retired Finnish pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...er, now is Fitness Coach from FC Haka Achievements 1963 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Sahlberg
Asko Tapio Sahlberg (born 30 September 1964) is a Finnish novelist. Since the publication of his debut novel in 2000, he has written several more novels, including ''The Brothers'' (2010), an English translation of which has been released by Peirene Press. Sahlberg has lived in Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a ... since 1996, and was chosen as the Sweden Finn of 2014. Sisuradio References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Sarkola
Lauri Asko Antero Sarkola (born September 3, 1945, in Helsinki) is a Finnish actor and theater manager. He studied at the Svenska Teaterskolan from 1963 to 1966. He had a long career at the Swedish-speaking Lilla Teatern, where he first starred in 1967–1974 and served as deputy director from 1972 to 1974. In 1974–1981 and 1984–1997, Sarkola was the director of Lilla Teatern. From 1982 to 1985, Sarkola worked as a professor at the Helsinki Theatre Academy. He directed the Helsinki City Theatre from 1998 to 2016. Sarkola has played numerous roles in television, theater and movies. He starred in the lead, author Algot Untola, in the 1980 film ''Flame Top''. Sarkola has acted in both Finnish and Swedish films and acted as a narrator in the Finnish version of radio drama ''The Men from the Ministry''. Sarkola has been the chairman of the Finlands Svenska Teaterförbundet 1978–1983, 1985–1986, the chairman of the Centralförbundet för Finlands svenska theater organizer 1983†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
