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Halonen (department Store)
Halonen is a Finnish surname of Savonian origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Antti Halonen (b. 1982), ice hockey defenceman * Arne Halonen (1898–1986), Finnish-American journalist and university teacher *Arto Halonen (b. 1964), documentary filmmaker * Brian Halonen (born 1999), American ice hockey player * Eemil Halonen (1875-1950), sculptor * George Halonen (1891–1954), Finnish-American journalist and cooperative organizer * Kaija Halonen (b. 1954), ski orienteering competitor *Niilo Halonen (b. 1940), ski jumper *Paavali Halonen (1565–1642), warlord and settler in the 16th century *Pekka Halonen (1865–1933), painter *Simo Halonen (b. 1947), biathlete * Tarja Halonen (b. 1943), former President of Finland *Yrjö Halonen Yrjö Halonen (23 May 1862 – 11 August 1941) was a Finnish cantor, bank director and politician, born in Kestilä. He was a member of the Diet of Finland from 1897 to 1905 and of the Parliament of Finland from 1908 to 1909 and again from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savonian People
Savonians ( fi, Savolaiset, Savonian: ''Savolaaset'', ''Savolaeset'') are a subgroup ( ''heimo'') of the Finnish people who live in the areas of the historical province of Savonia. History Savonians are descendants of Tavastian and Karelian peasants who, during the Middle Ages, had settled in the areas that would later become known as ''Savonia'' in order to find new lands suitable for slash-and-burn agriculture. During 16th and 17th centuries, many Savonians emigrated to Eastern Norway and Central Sweden were they became known as the Forest Finns. In the 17th century, there was also a migration to Swedish Ingria (now part of Russia), where they became known as Savakot and collectively known as the Ingrian Finns together with the Äyrämöiset (Finnish Karelians). Description and stereotypes The stereotypical Savonian is talkative, easy-going, jolly and humorous, occasionally even to an offensive degree. Traditionally, the Savonians have often been considered to be "sneaky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Halonen
Antti Halonen (born February 2, 1982) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for KalPa in the Finnish Liiga. Halonen returned to KalPa after two seasons with Timrå IK of the then Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ... on April 19, 2012. Career statistics References External links * 1982 births Living people People from Kajaani Finnish ice hockey defencemen Hokki players KalPa players Timrå IK players HC TPS players Sportspeople from Kainuu 21st-century Finnish people {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arne Halonen
Arne Halonen (9 November 189814 April 1986) was a Finnish journalist and university teacher. He was active in the Finnish–American socialist movement and worked in the University of Minnesota. Halonen is also known for his 1928 book '' Suomen luokkasota'' (Finnish Class War), which was banned in Finland. Life Halonen was a high school student as the 1918 Finnish Civil War broke out. He served as an office clerk for the Red Government and was captured in April after the Battle of Viipuri. Halonen spent few weeks at a prison camp, but was soon released. In fall 1918, he entered the University of Helsinki. In 1920, Halonen emigrated to the United States, following his elder brother George Halonen. He worked for the Finnish–American socialist newspapers '' Raivaaja'', ''Työmies'' and ''Eteenpäin''. In 1928, Halonen was expelled from the Communist Party USA and he joined the Socialist Party of America. In the 1930s, Halonen worked in the insurance and real estate businesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arto Halonen
Arto Halonen (born 11 January 1964, Joensuu) is a documentary filmmaker from Finland. He was also a teacher of cinematography in Joensuu between 1986-1989. In 2008, China did not give a visa to Arto Halonen to participate 2008 Summer Olympics. Halonen was an official guest selected by the Finnish Olympic Committee. China gave no explanation. Halonen made in 1998 a documentary about Tibet: ''Karmapa''. ''Shadow of the Holy Book; fi, Pyhän kirjan varjo'' is a documentary about Turkmenistan, Ruhnama and business of companies in Turkmenistan, having large gas and oil resources, e.g. Bouygues and Siemens.Docpoint Helsingin dokumenttielokuvafestivaali 2008 –esite, Avajaiselokuva: Propagandaa ja luonnonvarojen vaihtokauppaa, s.6, Kotimaiselta raadilta kysyttiin s. 7 Filmography Director *''Karmapa'' (1998) *'' The Stars Caravan'' (2000) *'' The Tank Man'' (2004) *''Conquistadors of Cuba'' (2005) *'' Pavlov's Dogs'' (2006) *'' Shadow of the Holy Book'' (2007) *'' The Magnetic Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Halonen
Brian Raymond Halonen (born January 11, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey left winger for the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played college ice hockey for Michigan Tech. Playing career Collegiate Halonen began his collegiate career for Michigan Tech during the 2018–19 season, where he recorded 12 goals and nine assists in 35 games. He led the Huskies and all Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) rookies with 12 goals. Following the season he was named to the All-WCHA Rookie Team and awarded the Norbert Matovich Memorial Outstanding Freshman Award. During the 2019–20 season in his sophomore year, he recorded 12 goals and 10 assists in 39 games, and ranked fourth on the team with 22 points. During the 2020–21 season in his junior year, he recorded eight goals and 10 assists in 28 games, and ranked third on the team with 18 points. He ranked sixth in the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eemil Halonen
Eemil Halonen (21 May 1875 – 5 November 1950) was one of Finland’s most productive sculptors. Life He was born in, Lapinlahti, and first studied woodworking at the Lappeenranta and Lapvesi Crafting School. Later he studied sculpture with Emil Wikström at the Finnish Art School. He travelled to study in Russia, France and Italy. Eemil Halonen’s artwork was multifaceted. While living in Lapinlahti he sculpted images of the common people as well as public works, which he often made from Finnish wood and stone. After moving to Helsinki in 1919 Eemil Halonen concentrated on commissioned works, for example gravestones. His sculpture of Minna Canth, unveiled in Kuopio in 1937, is one of Halonen’s best known public pieces. Eemil Halonen is one of the most notable interpreters of Finland’s national epic, the Kalevala The ''Kalevala'' ( fi, Kalevala, ) is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Halonen
George Halonen (born Yrjö Halonen, 15 December 1891 – 12 May 1954) was a Finnish–American journalist and cooperative organizer. Halonen was born in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. In 1912, Halonen emigrated to North America where he worked for the Finnish–Canadian newspaper ' in Port Arthur, Ontario from 1912 to 1913 and for '' Raivaaja'' in Fitchburg, Massachusetts from 1914 to 1919. Halonen was active in the Finnish Socialist Federation and became one of the leading Finnish American communists. In the early 1920s, Halonen moved to Superior, Wisconsin. Halonen was the editor of ''Työmies'' and since 1924 he worked as a division manager for the Co-operative Central Exchange. Halonen also ran the representative office of the Karelian ASSR. In 1929 Halonen was expelled from the Communist Party USA as he favored an independent cooperative organization instead of centralizing. In 1942, Halonen moved to California. He took lessons at the University of Stanford and catalog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaija Halonen
Kaija Silvennoinen (née Halonen; born May 5, 1954) is a Finnish ski orienteering competitor. At the World Ski Orienteering Championships in 1977 in Velingrad, Bulgaria, she won a gold medal in the relay, with Aila Flöjt and Sinikka Kukkonen, and placed fourth in the individual contest. At the World Ski Orienteering Championships in 1980 she won a gold medal with the Finnish relay team, together with Mirja Puhakka and Sinikka Kukkonen, and a silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ... in the individual contest. See also * Finnish orienteers * List of orienteers * List of orienteering events References Finnish orienteers Female orienteers Ski-orienteers 1954 births Living people {{Finland-orienteering-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niilo Halonen
Kalle Niilo Ponteva Halonen (born 25 December 1940 in Kouvola) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed between 1960 and 1967. His biggest success was the silver medal in the individual large hill at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. Halonen also won the bronze medal in the individual large hill at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane. He finished second in a normal hill competition in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ... in 1964. External links * * 1940 births Living people People from Kouvola Finnish male ski jumpers Olympic silver medalists for Finland Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paavali Halonen
Paavali Halonen was a farmer and settler in Finnish Lapland and a fabled warlord during the Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595). The king of Sweden Gustav I promoted Finnish settlement beyond the Russian border of the realm by promising taxation reliefs to the settlers. This was in order for the king to be able to have claims for the region. The Russian border was by then defined by the Treaty of Nöteborg. This pursuit caused tensions with Russia, and during the Russo-Swedish War, Finnish settlements in northern Ostrobothnia were often destroyed by East Karelian guerrillas. The life of Paavali Halonen belongs to this time. He has been a historical person, although most of the knowledge about him is only folklore. "Halonen" is a Savonian surname and Paavali Halonen was the first permanent and Finnish settler inhabitant of Kemijärvi. Local folklore has preserved stories about Paavali Halonen as one of the guerrilla chiefs, the most famous of them being Pekka Vesainen. Halonen w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekka Halonen
Pekka Halonen (23 September 1865 – 1 December 1933) was a painter of Finnish landscapes and people in the national romantic style. His favorite subjects were the Finnish landscape and its people which he depicted in his Realist style.Aimo Reitala. "Halonen, Pekka." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 2 Mar. 2016 Biography Pekka Halonen was born on 23 September 1865 in Linnasalmi, Lapinlahti, Finland, the son of Olli Halonen, a farmer, and Wilhelmina Halonen (née Uotinen). Halonen's father was himself an amateur artist who not only ran the farm, but also worked as a decorative painter on commissions from churches in neighbouring districts. Halonen often accompanied his father on these painting trips and was thus introduced into the craft of painting. He studied in Helsinki at the Art Society's Drawing School for four years. He graduated with good grades and won a scholarship to study abroad. He went in 1890 to Paris, where he first studied at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simo Halonen
Simo Halonen is a Finnish biathlete and world champion. He received a gold medal in 4 × 7.5 km relay at the 1975 Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and fina ... in Antholz."Biathlon – World Championships – Men: 4 x 7.5 km Relay" – ''sports123.com'' (Retrieved on April 25, 2008) He received three times silver medals in the world championships with the Finnish relay team. References Finnish male biath ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
