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Harju (surname)
Harju is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Arsi Harju (born 1974), Finnish shot putter *Beata Harju (born 1990), Finnish voice actress *Johan Harju (born 1986), Swedish ice hockey player *Juha Harju Juha Harju (born 1981 in Kuopio) is a Finnish heavy metal musician. He was the vocalist of the Finnish dark metal/black metal band Shade Empire and dark-metal band Chaosweaver (Cypher Commander). He also plays bass in black metal bands Ajattar ... (born 1981), Finnish heavy metal musician {{surname Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsi Harju
Arsi Ilari Harju (born March 18, 1974) is a Finnish former track and field athlete who competed in the shot put. He won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He set his personal best of 21.39 in the qualification. In the final, Harju secured the gold medal with his second round shot put of 21.29, beating silver medalist Adam Nelson by 8 cm and bronze medalist John Godina by 9 cm. In 2000, Harju was also named the Finnish Sports Personality of the Year. Harju was the 12th member to be inducted into the 20 metre club after achieving the distance of 20.16 on March 2, 1997, in Tampere, Finland. Harju was a patron of UNICEF UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Devel ... School walks in Finland. Harju retired from international competitions after the seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beata Harju
Beata Harju (born in May, 1990) is a Finnish-born actress and filmmaker. Her most notable filmmaking credits include screenwriter and Mymble for Moomins on the Riviera (2014), based on Tove Jansson's comic strips, and assistant director for the 24-episode TV-series Tommys Supersoffa (2013). In 2011, Beata and her fellow filmmakers won Duran Duran’s worldwide Genero.TV competition, becoming the official music video of their single, "Safe: In the Heat of the Moment". She made her national theatre acting debut in 2012 as Honey in ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' and Jane in '' August: Osage County'' at Svenska Teatern, the Swedish National Theatre, in Helsinki, Finland. In Moomins on the Riviera, Beata plays the Mymble in Finnish and Swedish, and the Ship's Cat and Maid in the British English version. Beata is an alumnus of Sarah Lawrence College and the Professional Performing Arts School in New York, as well as Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. She rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Harju
Johan Per Harju (born 15 May 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with HC Pustertal of the ICE Hockey League. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 6th round (167th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career On 8 April 2009 Harju left Helsingin Jokerit of the KHL and signed as a free agent with HC Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). On 6 April 2010 the Tampa Bay Lightning signed Harju to a one-year, entry-level contract. He scored his first NHL goal on 7 December 2010 against Miikka Kiprusoff of the Calgary Flames The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary. The Flames compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and .... Following the conclusion of the 2010–11 season, Harju returned to play for Luleå HF. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juha Harju
Juha Harju (born 1981 in Kuopio) is a Finnish heavy metal musician. He was the vocalist of the Finnish dark metal/black metal band Shade Empire and dark-metal band Chaosweaver (Cypher Commander). He also plays bass in black metal bands Ajattara (under the alias Tohtori Kuolio) and Deathchain (under the alias Kuolio). He has named Ozzy Osbourne and Chuck Schuldiner Charles Schuldiner (born May 13, 1967 – December 13, 2001) was an American musician. He founded the death metal band Death in 1983, in which he was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter and only consistent member until his death in ... as his favourite musicians. References 1981 births Living people People from Kuopio Finnish heavy metal musicians Finnish heavy metal singers 21st-century Finnish male singers {{Finland-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |