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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] |
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 Merisalo
Marja Merisalo (born on 3 April 1965 Oulu, Finland) is a Finnish choreographer, dancer, director and cultural coordinator. She has the Master of Arts degree in Dance from the Helsinki Theatre Academy (Teatterikorkeakoulu) She represents contemporary art dance where she has developed her own styles. Marja Merisalo has worked as a choreographer, dancer, actor, producer as well as a director of theatre and dance projects. She has worked in numerous productions and theatres since 1982, including Q-teatteri in Helsinki, Helsinki City Theatre, the Student's Theatre of Helsinki (Ylioppilasteatteri) and the Finnish National Theatre. Merisalo worked in the city of Pori as the Regional Artist under the Ministry of Education and Culture during the years 2009–2011. Her main work was coordinating numerous cultural activities in the municipality of Satakunta in western Finland. Later on, she also made project-planning for an artist's network called ArtPeople in Helsinki during her work as cultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
