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Kristiina
Kristiina is an Estonian and Finnish feminine given name. It is a cognate of the English and French given name Christine. Tiina is often used as a diminutive of Kristiina. People named Kristiina include: * Kristiina Brask (born 1990), Finnish pop singer * Kristiina Ehin (born 1977), Estonian singer, poet and translator * Kristiina Elstelä (1943–2016), Finnish actress * Kristiina Halttu (born 1963), Finnish actress * Kristiina Kass (born 1970), Estonian children's writer and illustrator * Kristiina Kolehmainen (1956–2012), Finnish-Swedish librarian and translator * Kristiina Lassus (born 1966), Finnish product designer and interior architect *Kristiina Mäkelä (born 1992), Finnish athlete (triple jump) *Kristiina Mäki (born 1991), Finnish-born Czech runner *Kristiina Nurk (born 1972), Estonian underwater swimmer *Kristiina Ojuland (born 1966), Estonian politician *Kristiina Poska (born 1978), Estonian conductor *Kristiina Ross (born 1955), Estonian linguist and translator * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Poska
Kristiina Poska (born 12 July 1978, Türi, Estonia) is an Estonian conductor. Biography At age eight, Poska began piano lessons. She graduated from Türi Music School in piano studies in 1994, and then studied choral conducting at the Georg Ots Tallinn Music College from 1994 to 1998. She continued her choral conducting studies in 2002 at Eesti Muusikaakadeemia (the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). She subsequently moved to Berlin, where she studied at the Universität der Künste (Berlin University of the Arts) with Kai-Uwe Jirka and Jörg-Peter Weigle. From 2004 to 2009, she studied orchestral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" with Christian Ehwald. In the spring of 2008, she received a scholarship from the Conductors Forum at the German Music Council, where her conducting mentors included Peter Gülke, Reinhard Goebel, and Eri Klas. In 1998, Poska founded the Estonian choir ''Nimeta'' ('No Name'). From 2006 to 2011, she conducted the Cappella A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Wheeler
Kristiina Wheeler (born 8 July 1983) is an English-Finnish singer. Wheeler was born to an English father and a Finnish mother in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. The family moved to Tampere, Finland when Kristiina was six years old. In 2005, Wheeler moved to Helsinki and started to make music. Her first single, "You'll Be Gone", was released in 2005. The song was used in the film ''Beauty and the Bastard''. Her debut album, ''Hitchin to Helsinki'', was released on November 5, 2008. Television appearances In 2007–2008, Wheeler hosted ''Tilt.tv'', a Finnish television program about video games. In January 2009, Wheeler participated in ''Kuorosota'', the Finnish version of ''Clash of the Choirs''. Her choir was eliminated first. In 2010, Wheeler participated in the Finnish version of ''Fort Boyard (TV series), Fort Boyard'' as part of the Blue team, which won the competition. In 2013, she announced the Finland, Finnish votes in ''Eurovision 2013'', celebrated in Malmö, Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Mäki
Kristiina Hannele Mäki (born 22 September 1991) is a Finnish-born runner who represents the Czech Republic in international competitions. Background Kristiina was born in Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bru ..., Finland and moved to the Czech Republic with her parents at the age of three. Her father is Finnish and mother from the Czech Republic, both former runners. Running career In February 2014 Kristiina ran the fastest Finnish indoor time of 21st century 9.02,14 and she also won gold medals from 2014 Finnish indoor championships from both 1500 and 3000 meters. She now represents solely the Czech Republic. In June 2014 Kristiina broke the 14-year-old record of Marjo Venäläinen on rarely run 2000 meters and was also the first Finnish women who was able ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Wegelius
Kristiina Marketta "Tintti" Wegelius (born 12 October 1960) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She won medals at Skate Canada International, Skate America, and NHK Trophy, as well as four Finnish national titles. Wegelius placed tenth at the 1980 Winter Olympics, as high as sixth at the World Championships (1981, 1983), and as high as fourth at the European Championships (1979, 1980, 1981). She was coached by Carlo Fassi. After retiring from competition, Wegelius performed with Disney on Ice and became a skating coach and choreographer. As of January 2009, she was living with her husband and daughter, Khayla (born 1998), in Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ..., Canada. Results References External linksskatabase 1960 births Living p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Ross
Kristiina Ross (born on 3 June 1955 in Tallinn) is an Estonian linguist and translator. In 1978 she graduated from Tartu State University in Estonian philology. Since 1978 she is working at Estonian Language Institute. She has also worked at Estonian Humanitarian Institute. Her main fields of research have been the grammar of Estonian language and other Finnic languages, Bible translations into Estonian. Her father was the writer Jaan Kross. Awards * 2003: Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ..., IV class * 2007: Wiedemann Language Award Works * Heebrea keel algajatele (1985) * lnstruktiiv läänemeresoome keeltes (1988) * Eesti keele käsiraamat (1997, 2007, with M. Erelt and T. Erelt) * Esimene Moosese raamat. Iiobi raamat (2003, compila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Ojuland
Kristiina Ojuland (born 17 December 1966 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia) is an Estonian politician. She was the Foreign Minister of Estonia from 2002 through 2005. She was a member of the Estonian Reform Party from 1995 till 5 June 2013 and from 2009 to 2014 she served as one of the six Estonian MEPs in the European parliament. She was expelled from the Reform Party because of alleged vote rigging on 5 June 2013.Estonian MEP Kristiina Ojuland Ejected From Reform Party Over Alleged Vote Rigging ERR News She later founded the Party of People's Unity, which failed to gain any seats in the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Ehin
Kristiina Ehin (born 18 July 1977) is an Estonia, Estonian poet, translator, singer and songwriter. Ehin studied at University of Tartu with a degree in philology and specializes in folklore. In 2004, she acquired master's degree in the Estonian language and comparative folklore field at the University of Tartu. The master's thesis topic was "The Possibilities for Interpretation of the Oldest and Newer Lied of Estonia in the Female-Religious Perspective". She has worked as a teacher at Vodja school. Ehin has sung in the ensemble Sinimaniseele and from 2012, in the ensemble Naised Köögis (English: Women in the Kitchen), whose members are Katrin Laidre, Sofia Joons and Kairi Leivo. She represented Estonia at the satellite event of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Poetry Parnassus, which took place from 26 June to 1 July 2012. From 2015 to 2016, Ehin was Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of Tartu. Personal life Ehin is a daughter of Andres Ehin and Ly Seppel. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Lassus
Kristiina Lassus (born 1966, Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish product designer and interior architect. Kristiina Lassus graduated from the University of Industrial Arts of Helsinki (UIAH) with a Master of Arts (MA) in Design Leadership in 1992 and further specialized in product development at the Helsinki University of Technology in 1993. She had her second MA in Interior Architecture and Furniture Design from the UIAH in 1995. After working in renowned interior architecture agencies in Finland and Australia, she developed her first product designs for the Italian design firms Alessi, Poltronova and Zanotta. is a Nordic country located on .... References External linksFinnishdesignshop.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Kass
Kristiina Kass (born 14 May 1970) is an Estonian children's writer and illustrator. Kristiina Kass was born in Tartu. Her father is feuilletonist Kalju Kass and her mother is children's writer Asta Kass. She studied Finnish language and culture at the University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the .... She lives in Finland. Works She has written 12 children's books and five of which are illustrated by her. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kass, Kristiina 1970 births Living people Estonian women writers Estonian children's writers Estonian women children's writers 20th-century Estonian writers 21st-century Estonian writers Estonian women illustrators University of Helsinki alumni Estonian expatriates in Finland Writers from Tartu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Elstelä
Kristiina Elstelä (10 January 1943 – 26 June 2016) was a Finnish actress, who acted in many TV shows and movies. She also had a long career in theater and was a cabaret artist. In 2006 Elstelä was one of the competitors in '' Dancing with the Stars'' television series. She and her partner Marko Keränen were ranked seconds, right after Tomi Metsäketo and Sanna Hirvaskari. She was the daughter of actor Ossi Elstelä and actress Irja Elstelä. Filmography Films * ''Pekka & Pätkä ja tuplajättipotti'' (1985) * '' Viimeinen keikka'' (1985) * '' Pekka Puupää poliisina'' (1986) * ''Onks' Viljoo näkyny?'' (1988) * '' Pilkkuja ja pikkuhousuja'' (1992) * '' Kummeli Kultakuume'' (1997) * '' Kymmenen riivinrautaa'' (2002) * ''Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life'' (2004) * '' Ganes'' (2007) * '' Sooloilua'' (2007) * '' Myrsky'' (2008) TV series * '' ÄWPK - Älywapaa palokunta'' (1984–1985) * ''Pekka ja Pätkä'' (1986) * '' Takaisin kotiin'' (1995) * ''Uuno Turhapuro'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Brask
Kristiina Maria Brask (born 2 June 1990) is a Finnish pop singer. She was a finalist in the third season of '' Idols'' in 2007. She was placed third after Ari Koivunen and Anna Abreu. Soon after ''Idols'' participation, Kristiina made a recording contract with Helsinki Music Company. Her debut album, ''Silmät sydämeeni'', was released in November 2007. It has sold more than 15 000 copies (gold). Four singles, "Nyt mä meen", "Silmät sydämeeni", "Pilvet valmiina" and "Liian kaukana", have been released. Brask's second album, called '' Kuivilla susta'', was released on September 9, 2009.http://cdon.fi/musiikki/brask_kristiina/kuivilla_susta-7045026 In addition to music, Brask loves ice hockey. She comes from Sorsakoski, Leppävirta, and studies in a music-based high school in Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Tullus
Kristiina Tullus (born 12 September 1998) is an Estonian footballer who plays as a defender for Flora and the Estonia women's national team. Career She made her debut for the Estonia national team on 18 June 2019 against Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ..., starting the match. References 1998 births Living people Women's association football defenders Estonian women's footballers Estonia women's international footballers Footballers from Tallinn FC Flora (women) players {{Estonia-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
