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Erkki
Erkki is a Finnish and Estonian given name (derived from Erik). Notable people with the name include: * Erkki Aadli (born 1974), Estonian orienteer * Erkki Aaltonen (1910–1990), Finnish composer * Erkki Ala-Könni (1911– 1996), Finnish ethnomusicologist * Erkki Bahovski (born 1970), Estonian journalist * Erkki Ertama (1927-2010), Finnish composer and conductor * Erkki Hartikainen (born 1942), Finnish atheist activist and educator * Erkki Haukipuro (1921- 2001), Finnish politician * Erkki Hautamäki (born 1930), Finnish military major and historian * Erkki Huttunen (1901–1956), Finnish architect * Erkki Junkkarinen (1929-2008), Finnish singer * Erkki Kaila (1867–1944), Finnish Lutheran Archbishop of Turku and politician * Erkki Karu (1887–1935), Finnish film director, screenwriter and producer * Erkki Kataja (1924–1969), Finnish track and field athlete and Olympic medalist * Erkki Keldo (born 1990), Estonian politician * Erkki Kerttula (1909–1989), Finnish ...
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Erkki Hartikainen
__NOTOC__ Erkki Juhani Hartikainen (24 June 1942, in Finland – 11 July 2021) was the chairman of ''Atheist Association of Finland'' ("Suomen Ateistiyhdistys" in Finnish, an atheistic association in Finland). He qualified for a Master of Science in the University of Helsinki in 1967. His subjects were mathematics, theoretical philosophy and computer science. Hartikainen has been the chairman of Atheist Association of Finland since 1985. Hartikainen has served as the actuary since the late 1960s, for nearly 20 years as a teacher of mathematics and science in schools, and after that, since 1989, as teacher of information technology at a college in Vantaa. From 1994–1998, he worked as a statistician in Vantaa. Hartikainen retired in 2005. In Union of Freethinkers of Finland ("Vapaa-ajattelijan liitto" in Finnish, the biggest atheist association in Finland) Hartikainen operated for 40 years, as a chairman in 1999–2005. He was one of the leading atheist freethinkers in F ...
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Erkki Kourula
Erkki Antero Kourula (born 12 June 1948) is a Finnish judge who served as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC)."International Criminal Court"
''The New York Times'', "Times Topics", retrieved February 20, 2012 Judge Kourula was elected for an initial term of three years in the first election of judges to the court in 2003, and was re-elected in 2006 for a further nine-year term. He was elected from List B, the list of judges with specific experience and knowledge of . List A consists of judges who have experience in
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Erkki Karu
Erkki Karu (born Erland Fredrik Kumlander) (10 April 1887 Helsinki – 8 December 1935 Helsinki) was a Finnish film director, screenwriter and producer. He was one of the pioneers of the Finnish cinema. Career Karu started his career as a member of a theater troupe in 1907. He became interested in cinema during the 1910s and was reportedly interested in starting his own film company as early as 1915.Uusitalo 1994, p. 22 Karu dabbled in filmmaking, and directed, wrote, edited and produced the comedy short films ''Ylioppilas Pöllövaaran kihlaus'' and ''Sotagulashi Kaiun häiritty kesäloma'' for Suomen Biografi Oy, both of which were released in 1920. Karu founded the film production company Suomi-Filmi in 1919, which by the end of the 1920s had grown into the largest company in its field in Finland. Karu not only worked as the CEO, but was also the head director for most of his stay in the company. Working to secure the finances of his company, Karu had to wait until 1922 befor ...
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Erkki Ala-Könni
Martti Erik (Erkki) Ala-Könni (2 February 1911, Ilmajoki – 2 September 1996, Tampere) was a Finnish university professor, ethnomusicologist, researcher, and recorder of Finnish folklore. He received a doctorate degree in folk music in 1956 from the University of Helsinki with a dissertation ''Die Polska-Tänze in Finnland'' and directed the Department of Folk Tradition (currently the Department of Music Anthropology) of the University of Tampere in 1965–1976. Erkki Ala-Könni accumulated a significant collection of traditional Finnish musical instruments, folk music, and hymns, and took more than 100,000 folklore-related photograph slides and negatives. Together with Martti Pokela he contributed to the revival of the Finnish traditional musical instrument kantele when folk music began its resurgence in the 1960s. Ala-Könni, known for his motto "Magnum animum labori inspira", was from Ilmajoki where he has a memorial,Laitinen, HeikkiErkki Ala-Könnin kivinen kantele.13 Novem ...
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Erkki Aaltonen
Erkki Aaltonen (17 August 1910 – 8 March 1990) was a Finnish composer. Biography Born in Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus), Finland, he was a student of the violin at the Helsinki Conservatory and of composition in privacy with Väinö Raitio and Selim Palmgren. He directed the Kemi Music Institute from 1966 to 1973. His musical selections were often of a topical nature. Selected works *Symphonies :No. 1 (1947) :No. 2 (1949) ''Hiroshima'' :No. 3 (1952) ''Popular'' :No. 4 (1959) :No. 5 (1964) ''Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of F ... rhapsody'' *Piano Concerto 1948 *Piano Concerto 1954 *''Folk music'' for orchestra 1953–1960 *Ballet suites from ''Lapponia'' 1956, 1959 *Violin Concerto (1966) *Piano Sonata (1932, revised 1972) *Oboe Sonata (1945) *''Preludi ...
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Erkki Koskinen
Erkki Koskinen (5 October 1925 – 16 July 2009) was a Finnish cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1925 births 2009 deaths Finnish male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Finland Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Helsinki {{Finland-cycling-bio-stub ...
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Erkki Huttunen
Erkki Juhani Huttunen (18 May 1901 – 17 November 1956) was a Finnish architect known for his Functionalist works. He graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1927. Selected works *SOK Toppila Mill, Oulu, 1929 *City Hall, Kotka, 1934 *Nakkila Church, 1937 * Rajamäki Church, 1938 *Hotel Seurahuone, Sortavala, Russia, 1938 *Livonian Culture Centre, Dundaga, Latvia, 1939 *Sokos Department Store, Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ..., 1952 Gallery of works by Erkki Huttunen File:FIN-218-T Toppila Oulu 20110804.JPG, SOK Toppila Mill, 1929. File:Kotkan kaupungintalo.JPG, Kotka City Hall, 1934. File:Nakkila church 7.jpg, Nakkila Church, 1937. File:Hotel Seurahuone.jpg, Seurahuone Hotel in Sortavala, 1938. File:Helsingin keskustan sokos.jpg, So ...
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Erkki Hautamäki
Erkki Hautamäki (born 28 August 1930) is a Finnish Councilor of Education — 'opetusneuvos' in Finnish — a major of the reserve for the Finnish Defense Forces, a historian and a researcher of the history of the Finnish Wars during World War II and the Soviet war plans related to World War II. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Career In the 1960s, Hautamäki served in a special task force at the Main Headquarters of the Finnish Defense Forces. From 1970 to 1990 Hautamäki served as the headmaster of Vuokatin Urheiluopisto, the Sports Educational Center of Vuokatti, in Eastern Finland. Hautamäki published the book ''Suomi myrskyn silmässä'' (''Finland in the Eye of a Storm''), in 2005, in which both the pre-Winter War and the post-Winter War Soviet invasion plans on Finland are discussed and analyzed in detail. The Swedish version of Hautamäki’s book was examined by scientists at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. The book's introduction was c ...
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Erkki Kaila
Erkki Kaila, previously Erik Johansson (2 June 1867 in Huittinen – 9 December 1944 in Turku) was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1935 and 1944. He was a Member of Parliament between 1917 and 1927, representing the Finnish Party from 1917 to 1918 and the National Coalition Party sv, Samlingspartiet , leader1_title = Chairman , leader1_name = Petteri Orpo , leader2_title = Deputy chairs , leader2_name = Antti HäkkänenElina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen , merger = Finnish Party, Young Finn ... from 1918 to 1927. External linksArchbishops of Turku: Erkki Kaila 1867 births 1944 deaths People from Huittinen People from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Lutheran archbishops and bishops of Turku Finnish Party politicians National Coalition Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1917–19) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1919– ...
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Erkki Kerttula
Erkki Kerttula (5 November 1909 – 4 November 1989) was a Finnish fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References External links * 1909 births 1989 deaths Finnish male foil fencers Olympic fencers of Finland Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Oulu Finnish male épée fencers Finnish male sabre fencers {{Finland-fencing-bio-stub ...
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Erkki Bahovski
Erkki Bahovski (born 22 April 1970) is an Estonian journalist and press officer. Education Bahovski studied at the Estonian Institute of Human Sciences from 1989 to 1992. From 1992 to 1999, he studied history at Tartu University. Bahovski studied at the Groningen University in Netherlands in 1994, in the Reuters Foundation of the Oxford University in 2004, and in the International Visitors Leadership Programme in the U.S. in 2006. Career Bahovski worked for ''Postimees'', the largest newspaper in Estonia, from 1995 until 2008. After that, he became the European Commission Representation's press officer for Estonia until 2011. He was a permanent guest on the weekly radio show ''Rahva Teenrid'' (People's Servants) in 2006–2008. Since 2011, he is the host of the foreign policy broadcast on the Estonian National Broadcasting Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or o ...
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Erkki Ertama
Erkki Ertama born ''Bertel Erik Ertama'' orig. ''Enbom'' (26 November 1927 in Alavus, Finland – 16 September 2010 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ... composer and conductor. References External links * 1927 births 2010 deaths People from Alavus Finnish composers Finnish male composers Finnish music arrangers {{finland-composer-stub ...
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