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Mikko Kuustonen
Ari-Mikko Kuustonen (born 4 March 1960 in Leppävirta, Finland) is a Finnish singer-songwriter and television personality. In 1998 Kuustonen was the first Finn to be nominated as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador __NOTOC__ UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to those goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. UNFPA goodwil ....''UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors'' profile pageAvailable online/ref> The following year he was awarded the Church's Peace Prize (Kirkon rauhanpalkinto). In 2003 he was nominated as The Most Positive Finn. Kuustonen's daughters Iina Kuustonen and Minka Kuustonen are both actresses. Studio albums * Jää kuuntelemaan (1979) * Musta jalokivi (1991) * Abrakadabra (1992) * Aurora (1994) * Valon valtakunta (1994) * Siksak (1996) * Seepran varjo (1997) * Atlantis (2000) * Musta (2003) * Hietaniemi (2007) * Profeetta (2008) * Agricol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikko Kuustonen
Ari-Mikko Kuustonen (born 4 March 1960 in Leppävirta, Finland) is a Finnish singer-songwriter and television personality. In 1998 Kuustonen was the first Finn to be nominated as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador __NOTOC__ UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to those goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. UNFPA goodwil ....''UNFPA Goodwill Ambassadors'' profile pageAvailable online/ref> The following year he was awarded the Church's Peace Prize (Kirkon rauhanpalkinto). In 2003 he was nominated as The Most Positive Finn. Kuustonen's daughters Iina Kuustonen and Minka Kuustonen are both actresses. Studio albums * Jää kuuntelemaan (1979) * Musta jalokivi (1991) * Abrakadabra (1992) * Aurora (1994) * Valon valtakunta (1994) * Siksak (1996) * Seepran varjo (1997) * Atlantis (2000) * Musta (2003) * Hietaniemi (2007) * Profeetta (2008) * Agricol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leppävirta
Leppävirta () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region, south of Kuopio along the Finnish national road 5. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Geography Neighbour municipalities are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi and Varkaus. Villages * Sorsakoski * Häikiä * Häyry * Lylymäki * Niinimäki * Oravikoski * Reinikkala * Saahkarlahti Notable people *Jully Ramsay, historian and genealogist *Reino Soijärvi, ice hockey player *Jorma Hynninen, opera singer *Pentti Pekkarinen, politician *, sportsperson *, translator *, artisan *, writer *, writer, journalist and military aviator *Mikko Kuustonen, singer-songwriter International relations Leppävirta is twinned with: * Storfors in Sweden * Dovre in Norway * Schwerte in Germany * Orissaare in Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Es ... [...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] |
Demographics Of Finland
Finland has a population of over 5.53 million people and an average population density of . This makes it the third most sparsely populated country in Europe, after Iceland and Norway. Population distribution is very uneven: the population is concentrated on the small southwestern coastal plain. About 85% live in towns and cities, with 1.5 million living in the Greater Helsinki area. In Arctic Lapland, on the other hand, there are only . Finland is a relatively ethnically homogeneous country. The dominant ethnicity is Finnish but there are also notable historic minorities of Finland-Swedes, Sami and Roma people. As a result of recent immigration there are now also large groups of ethnic Russians, Estonians, Iraqis and Somalians in the country. 7.9% of the population is born abroad and 5.2% are foreign citizens. The official languages are Finnish and Swedish, the latter being the native language of about 5.2% of the Finnish population. From the 13th to the early 19th century Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador
__NOTOC__ UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to those goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. UNFPA goodwill ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and use their talent and fame to advocate for the human right of reproductive health. Current UNFPA goodwill ambassadors The current goodwill ambassadors, and the year they were appointed: Retrieved 25/05/2015. See also * * |
The Most Positive Finn
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iina Kuustonen
Iina Kuustonen (born 18 April 1984 in Helsinki) is a Finnish actress. Kuustonen is most famous for her appearances in the Finnish television series ''Putous'' (2011–2014), '' Helsingin herra'' (2012) and ''Syke'' (2014). She has also played in several movies, including ''The Kiss of Evil'' (2011) and ''FC Venus'' (2005). She won the Kultainen Venla, "Golden Venla" award for best actress for her roles in '' Helsingin Herra'' and ''Putous'' in 2012. Life and career Kuustonen studied in Helsinki theatre academy, where she graduated with a master's degree in acting in 2011. Kuustonen has done a lot of work in theatres, and for example performed as the second lead Pirkko Mannola in the musical ''Pirkko & Åke'' at the summer theatre of Valkeakoski in summer 2010. She has also performed in Ronia, the Robber's Daughter at Suomenlinna summer theatre in 2011, and in Espoo city theater's musical ''Kojoottikuu'' in 2014. She has also done a lot of Finnish dubs to different movies li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minka Kuustonen
are vernacular houses constructed in any one of several traditional Japanese building styles. In the context of the four divisions of society, were the dwellings of farmers, artisans, and merchants (i.e., the three non-samurai castes). This connotation no longer exists in the modern Japanese language, and any traditional Japanese-style residence of appropriate age could be referred to as . are characterized by their basic structure, their roof structure, and their roof shape. developed through history with distinctive styles emerging in the Edo period. Types The term literally means houses of the people. It covers houses that accommodated a wide variety of people from farmers to village headmen, merchants and low level samurai.Nishi & Hozumi (1996), p82 come in a wide range of styles and sizes, largely as a result of differing geographic and climatic conditions as well as the lifestyle of the inhabitants. They generally fall into one of four classifications: farmhouse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Finnish Songwriters
Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) Suomi means ''Finland'' in Finnish. It may also refer to: *Finnish language * Suomi (surname) * Suomi, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Suomi College, in Hancock, Michigan, now referred to as Finlandia University * Suomi Island, Western ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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