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Ilmari Pimiä
Ilmari is a Finnish male given name. It is a short form of Ilmarinen, a mythological smith in the Kalevala. Notable people with the name include: *Ilmari Aalto (1891–1934), Finnish painter *Ilmari Auer (1879–1965), Finnish politician * Ilmari Juutilainen (1914–1999), Finnish fighter pilot *Ilmari Hannikainen (1892–1955), Finnish composer * Ilmari Kianto (1874–1970), Finnish poet *Ilmari Keinänen (1887–1934), Finnish gymnast and Olympic medalist *Ilmari Niemeläinen (1910–1951), Finnish diver, architect and Olympic competitor *Ilmari (Keisuke Ogihara, born 1976), member of the Japanese hip hop group Rip Slyme * Ilmari Oksanen (1906–1977), Finnish footballer *Ilmari Pakarinen (1910–1987), Finnish gymnast and Olympic medalist *Ilmari Pernaja (1892–1963), Finnish gymnast and Olympic medalist *Ilmari Pitkänen (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey player *Ilmari Rahm (1888–1939), Finnish chess player * Ilmari Saarelainen (born 1944) Finnish actor * Ilmari Salminen ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmarinen
Ilmarinen (), the Eternal Hammerer, blacksmith and inventor in the ''Kalevala'', is a god and archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology. He is immortal and capable of creating practically anything, but is portrayed as being unlucky in love. He is described as working the known metals of the time, including brass, copper, iron, gold, and silver. The great works of Ilmarinen include the crafting of the dome of the sky and the forging of the Sampo. His usual epithet in the Kalevala is ''seppo'', a poetic word for "smith". and the source of the given name Seppo. Etymology and origin Cognates of the Finnish word ''ilma'' ('air') are attested in almost all the main Finno-Ugric languages apart from the Mari and Mordvinic languages, allowing the reconstruction of proto-Finno-Ugric *''ilma'' meaning something like 'sky'. This noun is also attested as the name of a god in Khanty (''Num-Iləm''), Komi (''Jen''), Udmurt language, Udmurt (''Inmar'') and the Finnic languages, suggesting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmari Saarelainen
Ilmari Saarelainen (born 12 September 1944 in Uusikaupunki) is a Finnish actor. His career has been mainly based on television. Saarelainen began acting in 1970 appearing in a number of TV series. His career has mainly been based on Finnish television although in the early to mid-1980s he starred in a number of Finnish films most famously as the bumbling lead character in the 1983 James Bond spoof '' Agent 000 and the Deadly Curves''. See also * ''Tankki täyteen ''Tankki täyteen'' (literal translation "Filling the Tank") is a Finnish sitcom television series produced by Yle. The series was written by Neil Hardwick and Jussi Tuominen and was directed by Esko Leimu together with Neil Hardwick. It was o ...'' External links * 1944 births Living people People from Uusikaupunki Finnish male film actors Finnish male television actors 20th-century Finnish male actors {{Finland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmar
Ilmar is an Estonian masculine given name and may refer to: *Ilmar Aluvee (1969–2013), Estonian skier *Ilmar Kullam (1922–2011), Estonian basketball player and Olympic athlete *Ilmar Laaban (1921–2000), Estonian poet and publicist *Ilmar Ojase (born 1973), Estonian swimmer *Ilmar Öpik (1917–2001), Estonian energetics scientist and academician *Ilmar Raag (born 1968), Estonian media executive, screenwriter and film director *Ilmar Raud (1913–1941), Estonian chess master *Ilmar Reepalu (born 1943), Estonian-born Swedish politician * Ilmar Sikemäe (born 1914–1998), Estonian writer *Ilmar Tamm (born 1972), Estonian Brigadier General *Ilmar Taska (born 1953), Estonian filmmaker and writer Cognates *Ilmari, a similar, Finnish masculine given name *Ilmārs Ilmārs is a Latvian masculine given name and may refer to: * Ilmārs Bricis (born 1970), Latvian biathlete * Ilmārs Liepiņš (1947–2007), Latvian footballer * Ilmārs Rimšēvičs (born 1965), Latvian economis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (; 15 January 1895 – 11 November 1973) was a Finnish chemist and recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method". He invented AIV silage which improved milk production and a method of preserving butter, the AIV salt, which led to increased Finnish butter exports. Personal life Artturi Ilmari Virtanen was born on 15 January, 1895, in Helsinki, Finland the son of Kaarlo Virtanen, a railway engine driver, and his wife, Serafina Isotalo. He completed his school education at the Classical Lyceum in Viipuri, Finland. He married the botanist Lilja Moisio (1894-1972) in 1920 and had two sons with her. In 1933 he bought a farm near Helsinki where he tested some of his scientific results in practice. He saw in the overproduction of food only a temporary phenomenon. He loved the simple life, never had a car of his own, never smoked and never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmari Vesamaa
Ilmari Vesamaa (4 December 1893, Artjärvi – 24 January 1973) was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van .... In 1920 he was eliminated in the semifinals of the 3000 metre steeplechase competition as well as of the 5000 metres event. He finished 14th in the individual cross country event. Due to being not one of the best three performer of the Finnish team he was not awarded with a gold medal in the team cross country competition. References 1893 births 1973 deaths People from Orimattila People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Finnish male steeplech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmari Vartia
Ilmari Vartia (25 August 1914 – 25 May 1951) was a Finnish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée 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 .... He died as a result of a wound sustained during a competition in 1951. References 1914 births 1951 deaths Sportspeople from Jyväskylä People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish male épée fencers Olympic fencers of Finland Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sport deaths in Sweden {{Finland-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmari Unho
Ilmari Unho (22 October 1906 − 3 April 1961) was a Finnish actor, film director, and screenwriter. Unho was employed by Suomi-Filmi for most of his filmmaking career. Unho was born in Uusikaupunki in 1906. He started his film career as an actor in the 1925 film ''Pohjalaisia'' and also played roles in ''Meren kasvojen edessä'' (1926) and ''Kajastus'' (1930) during his early career. He worked as a theatre manager and journalist until 1938 when he was hired by Suomi-Filmi, a company he would stay with for the remainder of his career. Initially, Unho worked as a screenwriter. He wrote the scripts for ''Jääkärin morsian'' (1938) and ''Aktivistit'' (1939), but quickly transitioned into the director's chair, with the comedies ''Punahousut'' (1939) and ''Kersantilleko Emma nauroi?'' (1940). During his career, Unho directed 26 films. Among the most important of these were the biopics of author Aleksis Kivi and opera singer Abraham Ojanperä, ''Minä elän'' (1946) and ''Ruusu ja kul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmari Turja
Ilmari Turja (28 October 1901 – 6 January 1998) was a Finnish writer, best known as a journalist and playwright, with a career spanning nearly eight decades from the 1920s to the 1990s. Early life and education Kaarlo Ilmari Turja was born to a farming family in Isokyrö in western central Finland, to Jaakko and Evelina Turja. However, when he was four, the Turja family moved to the nearby city of Vaasa, where his father set up in timber trade. After graduating from secondary school in 1922 and completing his military service, Turja went on to study law at the University of Helsinki, obtaining his law degree in 1929 and qualifying as ''Varatuomari'' (Master of Laws with court training, cf. barrister) in 1932. Journalistic career Turja is perhaps best known as the Editor-in-Chief of the weekly news and political commentary magazine ''Suomen Kuvalehti'', which he led from 1936 to 1951. In addition to that, he also held the same post at two other weekly magazines, ''Kansan Kuva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmari Tapiovaara
Yrjö Ilmari Tapiovaara (September 7, 1914 – January 31, 1999) was a Finnish designer noted for his furnishings and textiles. Education and work In 1937 he graduated in interior design and in the following year worked for Asko. He would count Alvar Aalto as a strong influence. In World War II, Tapiovaara designed dugouts and field furniture to the Finnish Army, a challenging task given that only local wood and simple tools could be used, and no nails or screws were available. His own work gained attention for the Domus chairs. These came about while working with his wife at the Domus Academica from 1946 to 1947. The couple established their own office in 1951. In the following year he taught design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. After this he would do work in Paraguay and Mauritius on behalf of a United Nations development program. Further in 1959 he received the Order of the Lion of Finland The Order of the Lion of Finland ( fi, Suomen Leijonan ritarikunta; sv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmari Taipale
Ilmari Richard Taipale (18 May 1928 in Tampere – 22 March 2008 in Porvoo) was a Finnish long-distance runner who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References 1928 births 2008 deaths Finnish male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tampere 21st-century Finnish people 20th-century Finnish people {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmari Susiluoto
Ilmari Susiluoto (October 15, 1947, Lohja, Finland – March 30, 2016, Helsinki) was a Finnish political scientist, a professor at the University of Helsinki, a senior advisor at the Foreign Ministry of Finland from 1982, an expert in Russian and Soviet history, politics and society, and an author of a number of books in this field. Bibliography * Ph.D.: ''The origins and development of systems thinking in the Soviet Union'' (1982) * ''Jättiläinen tuuliajolla'' (1996) (& Sailas, Valkonen) * ''Venäjä ja rosvokapitalismin haaksirikko'' (1999) (& Kuorsalo, Valkonen) * ''Pieni Karjalakirja'' (1999) ("The Little Book of Karelia") * ''Pieni Pietarikirja'' (2000) ("The Little Book of St. Petersburg") * ''Työ tyhmästä pitää, venäläisen huumorin aakkoset'' ("Work Likes a Fool: The ABCs of Russian humour"), Ajatuskustannus, 2000 * ''Lavea luonto'' (2001) ("Generous Nature") * ''Diplomatian taiturit'' (2002) * ''Salaisen poliisin valtakunta. KGB, FSB ja suhteet Suomeen'' (2003) (& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilmari Solin
Hugo Ilmari Solin (19 September 1905 – 20 June 1976) was a Finnish chess player, Finnish Chess Championship winner (1945). Biography Hugo Ilmari Solin was born in a Finnish family living in Revel (at that time - the territory of the Russian Empire). He lived in Estonia, and in 1925 he moved to Finland to undergo urgent military service. He stayed in Finland for permanent residence. From the end the 1930s to begin the 1950 Solin was one of Finland's leading chess players. In 1945, in Helsinki he won Finnish Chess Championship. Also he twice shared 2nd place in Finnish Chess Championships: in 1946 and in 1954. In 1954, in Prague Solin participated in FIDE Zonal tournament where he ranked in 19th place. Solin played for Finland in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1935, at third board in the 6th Chess Olympiad in Warsaw (+7, =3, -7), * In 1937, at third board in the 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+2, =2, -7). Solin played for Finland in the unofficial Chess Olympiad: * In 1936, at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
