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Marjatta Laakko
Marjatta (IPA: arjatːa is a Finnish female given name. Its nameday is celebrated on the 15th of August. It reached its peak of popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. As of 2013 there were more than 123,000 women registered with this name in Finland. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular female given names ever. Origin and variants Marjatta is related to Marja and first appeared in the Kalevala. Notable people Notable people with this name include: * Marjatta Kajosmaa (born 1938), Finnish cross country skier * Marjatta Moulin (born 1926), Finnish fencer * Marjatta Raita Marjatta Raita (17 February 1944, Pori – 27 September 2007) was a Finnish actress, who was best known for her role as Elisabeth Turhapuro in the Uuno Turhapuro movies directed by Spede Pasanen. Raita also appeared in many other films, althoug ... (1944-2007), Finnish actress * Marjatta Tapiola (born 1951), Finnish painter * Marjatta Väänänen (1923-2020), Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marja (name)
Marja is a female given name, a Finnish, Sámi and Dutch form of Mary. It also means "berry" in Finnish. In Finnish the normal form of Mary is Maria; the pronunciations of Maria mariaand Marja marjaare identical, if the /-ria/ is pronounced as diphthong in as usual in rapid speech: ari̯a As of December 2012, 53,000 people are registered with this name in Finland. In Finland, the nameday for Marja is the 15th of August. Notable people Some notable people with the name Marja are: *Marja van Bijsterveldt (born 1961), Dutch politician * Marja Heikkilä (born 1977), Finnish freestyle swimmer *Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (born 1955), Finnish cross country skier *Marja Kok (born 1944), Dutch actress * Marja Lahti (1901–1967), Finnish politician * Marja Lehto (born 1959), Finnish diplomat * Marja Lehtonen (born 1968), Finnish bodybuilder *Marja Lubeck (born 1965), Dutch-born New Zealand politician * Marja Merisalo (born 1965), Finnish choreographer, dancer and director * Marja Mikkonen ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalevala
The ''Kalevala'' ( fi, Kalevala, ) is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology, telling an epic story about the Creation of the Earth, describing the controversies and retaliatory voyages between the peoples of the land of Kalevala called Väinölä and the land of Pohjola and their various protagonists and antagonists, as well as the construction and robbery of the epic mythical wealth-making machine Sampo. The ''Kalevala'' is regarded as the national epic of Karelia and Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature with J. L. Runeberg's ''The Tales of Ensign Stål'' and Aleksis Kivi's ''The Seven Brothers''. The ''Kalevala'' was instrumental in the development of the Finnish national identity and the intensification of Finland's language strife that ultimately led to Finland's independence from Russia in 1917. The work is also well known internationally and has partly inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjatta Kajosmaa
Ritva Marjatta Kajosmaa (born 3 February 1938 in Vehkalahti) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s. She competed in two Winter Olympics, earning a total of four medals. Kajosmaa also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival, winning four times at 10 km (1969, 1971–1973) and three times at 5 km (1969, 1972-1973). Additionally, she won two medals at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 10 km, and a bronze in 3 × 5 km relay. For her successes in Nordic skiing and at the Holmenkollen, Kajosmaa received the Holmenkollen medal in 1971 (Shared with Berit Mørdre Lammedal and Reidar Hjermstad Reidar Hjermstad (born 10 October 1937) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier and biathlete who competed in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1963, Hjermstad won two events at the Lahti, Finland ski games, earning a Salpausselkä Medal. For his Laht ....). She was the first Finnish woman to ever win t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjatta Moulin
Marjatta Moulin (née Heimolainen; 23 November 1926 – 6 November 2018) was a Finnish fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1926 births 2018 deaths Finnish female foil fencers Olympic fencers of Finland Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics People from Mänttä-Vilppula Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa {{Finland-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjatta Raita
Marjatta Raita (17 February 1944, Pori – 27 September 2007) was a Finnish actress, who was best known for her role as Elisabeth Turhapuro in the Uuno Turhapuro movies directed by Spede Pasanen. Raita also appeared in many other films, although she acted mainly in theater. She studied in a theater school in 1962–1965. Born in Pori, Marjatta Raita's parents were Eino and Valli Raita, both actors. She was married to Finnish actor Aarno Sulkanen, by whom she had two children. She died in Helsinki in 2007, aged 63, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b .... External links * 1944 births 2007 deaths People from Pori Finnish film actresses Finnish stage actresses Deaths from cancer in Finland {{Finland-actor-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjatta Tapiola
Marjatta Tapiola (born 30 April 1951, Sysmä, Finland) is a Finnish painter. Early life and education Marjatta Tapiola was born in 1951 in Sysmä which is a rural area in Finland. Her father Olli Tapiola was a farmer and her mother Kerttu Tapiola was a housekeeper, art dealer and the owner of used bookstore. Tapiola studied in the Finnish Art Academy School (new name Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki) between 1969–1974. Career Tapiola's debut art exhibition was organized in year 1973 at Jyväskylä, Finland. At the time of her breakthrough in the 1980s the neo-expressionist art style was gaining popularity; however Tapiola's art does not necessarily fit inside these boundaries. Some typical elements in Tapiola's paintings are minotaurs, horses and skulls. Tapiola's newer paintings are said to be characterized by fluent drawing quality and multilayered lines. Recent works often feature network of lines on a pale background. In February 2013 the portrait of the President of Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjatta Väänänen
Marjatta Väänänen (9 August 192316 October 2020) was a Finnish politician who was a Member of Parliament for the Centre Party from 1975 to 1991. She served as Minister of Culture, Minister of Education, and Minister of Social Affairs and Health. Personal life and death Väänänen was born on 9 August 1923 in Jyväskylä, Finland. Väänänen's father Urho Kittilä was a journalist, and she had younger siblings. Väänänen earned a degree in 1943, and a Master's degree in 1950 from the University of Helsinki. She was married to , who edited the newspaper '' Maaseudun Tulevaisuus'' (Finnish: ''The Future of the Countryside'') from 1968 to 1984. They had three children, and seven grandchildren. Väänänen died at the age of 97 on 16 October 2020 after a long illness. At the time of her death, she had been the oldest living former minister of Finnish Government. Career In the 1950s, Väänänen worked as a news reporter for the Swedish Agricultural Association. In the 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
