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Irja Matikainen
Irja is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Irja Askola (born 1952), Finnish bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland *Irja Agnes Browallius (1901–1968), Swedish teacher, novelist and short story writer *Irja Hagfors (1905–1988), Finnish dance artist, choreographer and dance teacher *Irja Ketonen (1921–1988), Finnish media executive *Irja Koikson (born 1980), Estonian footballer *Irja Lipasti (1905–2000), Finnish sprinter *Irja Seurujärvi-Kari (born 1947), Finnish Sámi politician and academic See also *Papua (province) Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri. It is bordered by the ... {{given name Finnish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irja Askola
Irja Kaarina Askola (born 18 December 1952 in Lappeenranta, Finland) is the former Bishop of Helsinki. She was the first female Finnish bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Askola was the Bishop of Helsinki from 2010 to 2017. Early life and career Askola first became involved with the Church as a child after the early death of her father. She started her theological studies at the University of Helsinki 1971 and continued them as an academic research assistant until 1981. In 1982 she was named the editor-in-chief of '' Vartija'' magazine together with Simo Knuuttila. She graduated as Master of Theology in 1975, and was ordained as a priest in 1988. Askola has worked as an executive secretary for the Conference of European Churches, based in Geneva, Switzerland from 1991 to 1999. She has also worked as a Special Advisor in Theological Affairs to the Bishop Mikko Heikka. She was elected Bishop of Helsinki in June 2010 as successor to Eero Huovinen; she was cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irja Agnes Browallius
Irja Agnes Browallius (13 October 1901 – 9 December 1968) was a Swedish teacher, novelist and short story writer. She was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1962. Personal life Browallius was born in Helsinki on 13 October 1901, a daughter of actors Carl Browallius and Gerda Pisani. She moved to Sweden shortly after her birth. She died in Lidingö Lidingö, also known in its definite form ''Lidingön'' and as ''Lidingölandet'', is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2010, the population of the Lidingö urban area on the island was 31,561. It is ... on 9 December 1968. References Further reading * 1901 births 1968 deaths Dobloug Prize winners 20th-century Swedish novelists Swedish women novelists Swedish women short story writers Swedish short story writers 20th-century Swedish women writers 20th-century short story writers {{Sweden-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irja Hagfors
Irja Margareta Hagfors (November 4, 1905 in Helsinki – February 28, 1988 in Helsinki) was a Finnish dance artist, choreographer and dance teacher.Makkonen, Anne: ''One Past, Many Histories: Loitsu (1933) in the Context of Dance Art in Finland.'' (Part IV: Problems of the Modern and the National in Dance Art in Finland.) Ph.D. thesis. University of Surrey. Biography Hagfors initially studied dance in Finland, at the Gripenberg School and Salminen-Naparstok School. In 1926 she began her studies in Hellerau Laxemburg-school of dance in Laxenburg, near Vienna. She received a diploma in dance from there in 1928. She returned to Finland in 1928 and was a dance teacher in the autumn of action at Helvi Salminen's dance school. The November of that year was her first public dance performance in Finland. The following year, Hagfors went to Finland and worked for the next few years in many different theatrical and dance groups in Central Europe, including Berlin and Zurich. She was als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irja Ketonen
Irja Ketonen ( Blomqvist; 20 June 1921 – 17 November 1988) was a Finnish media executive, whose life and career has been described as 'the Cinderella story of the Finnish media sector'. She was the first woman to be granted Finland's highest civilian honorary title of ''Vuorineuvos''. Early life Irja Blomqvist was born to a working-class family. She began work at the age of 13, as a gofer in the Turun Sanomat newspaper offices, in which role she stayed for three years, while at the same time finishing her education. Later she was promoted to clerical roles, dealing with administrative matters such as processing mail and advertising. The managing director and editor-in-chief, Arvo Ketonen, saw potential in her, and among other things trusted her with the management of the newspaper's picture archive. Marriage Arvo Ketonen's first marriage had ended in 1933, when his wife died leaving no children. In 1941, he caused controversy by marrying his employee, Irja Blomqvist, 30 year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irja Koikson
Irja Koikson (; born 18 July 1980) is an Estonian former footballer who played as a midfielder for the Estonia women's national team. Career Koikson played in the first ever official match for Estonia, against Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania .... The game took place about a month after her 14th birthday. In total, she played for the Estonia national team 26 times between 1994 and 2005, scoring one goal. References 1980 births Living people Women's association football midfielders Estonian women's footballers Estonia women's international footballers Footballers from Pärnu {{Estonia-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irja Lipasti
Irja Salli Maria Sarnama (born Lipasti 27 September 1905 – 18 April 2000) was a Finnish sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay, High Jump and javelin throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics. She also competed in the 1938 European Championships as Finland's first female representative to that event. She set the Finnish record for the high jump in 1933 at 1.50m. Her record lasted until 1951. Under the name Irja Sarnama, she continued to excel into Masters athletics Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. Competitors are bracketed into five-year age groups (which promotes fair comp ..., setting numerous world records across a variety of disciplines; sprints, jumps and throws. References External links * 1905 births 2000 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Finnish female sprinters Finnish f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irja Seurujärvi-Kari
Irja Seurujärvi-Kari (born 21 March 1947, Utsjoki) is a Finnish Sámi politician and academic. Education and academic career Seurujärvi-Kari obtained a master's degree in English philology from the University of Oulu in 1974, and a PhD in Finno-Ugric languages from the University of Helsinki in 2012. Her doctoral thesis is notable for having been the first to be submitted in any of the Sámi languages at the University of Helsinki. Seurujärvi-Kari has held various research and teaching (secondary and higher education) positions, most notably as the only Lecturer in Sámi language and culture at the University of Helsinki since 1986. Her research interests include Sámi language, culture and identity politics, as well as wider indigenous peoples rights and issues. She chairs the Sámi language and culture research society, ''Dutkansearvi''. Political career In 2019, Seurujärvi-Kari was elected Member of the Sámi Parliament of Finland. She is Vice Chair of the Parliament' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papua (province)
Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west. It roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Tabi Saireri. It is bordered by the sovereign state of Papua New Guinea to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the north, Cenderawasih Bay to the west, and the provinces of Central Papua and Highland Papua to the south. The province also shares maritime boundaries with Palau in the Pacific. Following the splitting off of twenty regencies to create the three new provinces of Central Papua, Highland Papua, and South Papua on 30 June 2022, the residual province is divided into eight regencies (''kabupaten'') and one city (''kota''), the latter being the provincial capital of Jayapura. The province has a large potential in natural resources, such as gold, nickel, petroleum, etc. Papua, along with four other Papuan provinces, has a higher degree of autonomy level compared to other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
