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Kristiina Komulainen
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 *Kristi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Kolehmainen
Kristiina Kolehmainen (21 November 1956, Kotka, Finland - 27 March 2012, Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ..., Sweden) was a Finnish-Swedish librarian. She was head of Serieteket, the only special library for comics in Sweden, which she founded in 1996. She participated in and was responsible for a wide series of related events and activities, including the small exhibition which later grew into the Small Press Expo, and from 2012, the Stockholm International Comics Festival. Kolehmainen also worked as a translator, exhibition producer, and festival director. Exhibitions Festivals *1997-2012 - Producer and festival director for the Small Press Expo / Stockholm International Comics Festival, Stockholm *2001, 2003 - Producer for science fiction and fantasy ... [...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 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 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] |
Kristiina Rove
Kristiina Rove (born 1990) is a Finnish alpine ski racer. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the slalom. References 1990 births Finnish female alpine skiers Living people {{Finland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...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 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 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 Nurk
Kristiina Nurk (since 2018 Nurk-Baker; born on 8 July 1972 in Kohtla-Järve) is an Estonian underwater swimmer. 1992 and 1996 she won two bronze medals at World Championships. 1987-1999 she became individually 24-times Estonian champion in different underwater swimming disciplines. In 1991 she was named to Estonian Athlete of the Year The Estonian Athlete of the Year ( et, Eesti Aasta Sportlane) is an annual award presented by the Estonian Olympic Committee (''Eesti Olümpiakomitee'', EOK) to one male and one female sportsperson judged to have delivered the best performance o .... Since 2015 she is living in United Kingdom. References Living people 1972 births Estonian female swimmers Sportspeople from Kohtla-Järve {{Estonia-swimming-bio-stub ... [...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 Mäkelä
Meri Kristiina Mäkelä (born 20 November 1992) is a Finnish athlete whose specialty is the triple jump. She has competed in two Olympics and four World Athletics Championships, with the best result of 9th in 2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ... . Her personal bests in the event are 14.64 m outdoors (achieved in 2022 in Munich, Germany) and 14.38 m indoors (2019, Gallur, Madrid, Spain). Competition record References External links * 1992 births Living people Finnish female triple jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for Finland People from Orimattila Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Finland Finnish Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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