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Olavi
Olavi is a Finnish masculine given name from Olav/Olaf name. Notable people with the name include: *Olavi Ahonen (1923–2000), Finnish film actor * Olavi Alakulppi (1915–1990), Finnish cross country skier who competed in the 1930s *Olavi Hänninen (1920–1992), Finnish designer * Joose Olavi Hannula (1900–1944), Finnish colonel and historian *Olavi Kuronen (1923–1989), Finnish ski jumper who competed in the 1950s * Olavi Laiho (1907–1944), the last Finn to be executed in Finland * Olavi Larkas (1913–1984), Finnish Olympic fencer and modern pentathlete * Olavi Litmanen (born 1945), Finnish former international footballer * Olavi Mäenpää (born 1950), Finnish politician and chairman of Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset, a far right political party * Olavi Ojanperä (1921–2016), Finnish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s *Olavi Paavolainen (1903–1964), Finnish essayist, journalist, travel book writer, poet, and cosmopolitan *Olavi Rove (1915–1966), Finnish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Virta
Olavi Virta (originally to 1926 Oskari Olavi Ilmén) (27 February 1915 in Sysmä, Grand Duchy of Finland – 14 July 1972 in Pispala, Tampere, Finland) was a Finnish singer, acclaimed during his time as the "King" of Finnish tango. Between 1939 and 1966 he recorded almost 600 songs, many of which are classics of Finnish popular music, and appeared in many films and theatrical productions. Of his most acclaimed tangos are ''Punatukkaiselle tytölleni'' ("For My Red Haired Girl"), ''Ennen kuolemaa'' ("Before Death"; French: ''Avant de Mourir'') and ''Täysikuu'' ("Full Moon"), while standouts from his other popular songs are ''Poika varjoisalta kujalta'' ("Boy From a Shady Alley"; Italian: ''Guaglione''), ''Hopeinen kuu'' ("Silver Moon"; Italian: ''Guarda Che Luna''), ''Eva'' and ''Kultainen nuoruus'' ("The Golden Youth").' He was also the second tenor of the quartet Kipparikvartetti in the early 1950s. At the beginning of his career he received three gold records for the songs '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Uusivirta
Olavi Uusivirta (born 28 July 1983 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish rock/pop singer, songwriter and actor. Childhood and education Before his school years Uusivirta moved with his parents first to Kotka and later to Karkkila due to his mother's work. At the end of elementary school he started guitar and piano lessons. He also attended art classes and a theatre club that his mother directed. In 1995 he attended the Mustikkamaa midsummer festival in Helsinki where young Uusivirta saw Ismo Alanko perform. This performance inspired him and guided his life more towards music and performing. He also attended Ruisrock in Turku in 1996. In the years 1997-1998 he also attended the Roskilde Rock Festival in Roskilde, Denmark. When his family moved back to Helsinki in 1996 he started at the Kruununhaka secondary school in a music oriented clasAt the end of his secondary school years his main instrument was drums, but slowly he grew more interest in singing. He and his friends also had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Salsola
Olavi Salsola (Keuruu, 26 December 1933 - Rauma, Finland, Rauma, 8 October 1995) was a Finland, Finnish male Middle distance running, middle distance runner. Biography In a fantastic evening of 1957, in the Finland, Finnish city of Turku, there was an extraordinary event (but also a strange coincidence), for the sport of athletics (sport), athletics. Three Finnish athletes have gone under the previous world record of 1500 meters, all three were called by first name Olavi and all three were born in 1933. For this reason, the three athletes are today remembered as '' "the three Olavis"''. World record *1500 metres: 3:40.2 - Turku, 11 July 1957 Olympic results See also * 1500 metres world record progression References External links * Athlete profile from site ''Track and Field Statistics'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Salsola, Olavi 1933 births 1995 deaths World record setters in athletics (track and field) Finnish male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Finland Athlete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Hänninen
Olavi Tapio Hänninen (14 December 1920, in Lapinlahti – 16 June 1992 in Espoo) was a Finnish designer and interior architect. Olavi Hänninen's design projects ranged from furniture to trams and church silverware, including total interior designs for many public facilities. His modernist designs also included tables and chairs, and he was well recognized for his work on the Palace Hotel interiors together with Antti Nurmesniemi and Olli Borg. Hänninen designed a renowned plastic chair with metal structure for the hotel's café. In the 1970s, his designs included the new Valmet Nr I trams for Helsinki City Transport. Before starting his own design office in 1961, Hänninen worked at architect Viljo Revell's offices in the early 1950s, where one of his tasks was to design selected interiors for the Palace Hotel building completed in 1952. In 1957, Hänninen received a gold medal at the 11th Milan Triennale The ''Milan Triennial'' (Triennale di Milano) is an art and de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Ahonen
Kauko Olavi Ahonen (21 July 1923 in Tikkakoski – 1 September 2000 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish film actor. Ahonen first appeared in film in 1954 and made many appearances in Finnish film between then and 1997. He also appeared in many films by Spede Pasanen. From 1990 he only appeared on TV in Finland until his retirement in 1997. He died in 2000. Filmography * ''Niskavuoren Aarne'' (1954) * '' The Unknown Soldier'' (1955) * '' Elokuu'' (1956) * ''Virtaset ja Lahtiset'' (1959) * '' Pojat'' (1962) * ''Pinsiön parooni'' (1962) * ''Here, Beneath the North Star'' (1968) * ''Rottasota'' (1968) * '' Äl' yli päästä perhanaa'' (1968) * '' Noin seitsemän veljestä'' (1968) * ''Sotamies Svejkin seikkailuja'' (1968) (TV series) * ''Ystävykset'' (1969) * ''Paluu'' (1969) * ''Akseli and Elina'' (1970) * ''Speedy Gonzales – noin 7 veljeksen poika'' (1970) * ''Kahdeksas veljes'' (1971) * '' Hirttämättömät'' (1971) * ''Niilon oppivuodet'' (1971) * ''Mummoni ja Mann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Salonen
Olavi Salonen (born 20 December 1933 in Noormarkku) is a Finnish athlete. He is a former world record holder of men's 1500-metre run. Biography Salonen participated the Summer Olympic Games in 1500 m. in 1960 and 1964. At the European Athletics Championships he competed twice on 800 metres, 1958 and 1962 On 11 July 1957 Salonen ran a 1500-metre race in Turku. He finished second with the same world record time 3:40.2 as the winner Olavi Salsola. The new world record stood only for one day. Czech runner Stanislav Jungwirth Stanislav Jungwirth (15 August 1930 - 11 April 1986) was a Czechoslovak middle-distance runner. Jungwirth came third in the 1500 metres at the 1954 European Championships and set a world record for the same distance in 1957. Career Jungwirth st ... ran 3:38.1 on the next day at Stará Boleslav. See also * 1500 metres world record progression References External linksOlavi Salonen statistics at Tilastopaja (in Finnish) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Paavolainen
Olavi Paavolainen (17 September 1903 – 19 July 1964) was a Finnish writer, essayist and poet. He was one of the prominent figures of the literary group Tulenkantajat (″The Flame Bearers″), and one of the most influential Finnish writers of the inter-war period. Paavolainen started his poetry career in the literary magazine '' Nuori Voima''. Paavolainen was interested in Fascism and National Socialism, but after the World War II he turned to the political left. Paavolainen's notable works include the 1936 travel report '' Kolmannen valtakunnan vieraana'' (″A Guest of the Third Reich″) and the 1946 ''Synkkä yksinpuhelu'' (″A Gloomy Soliloquy″), based on his war diaries. On the basis of the latter book, an adaptation of the ''Sign of the Beast'' was made in 1981, directed by Jaakko Pakkasvirta. Paavolainen was bisexual. In the 1930s, he had a long relationship with the writer Helvi Hämäläinen. In 1945–1953 Paavolainen was married with the actress Sirkka-Liisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Alakulppi
Olavi Eelis Alakulppi (17 July 1915 – 19 August 1990) was a Finnish military officer and cross-country skier. Life and career Alakulppi was born in Rovaniemi, Finland, to Elis and Senja Alakulppi (née Törmänen). Alakulppi served in the Finnish Army during the Winter War and the Continuation War. In 1942, he was awarded the Mannerheim Cross. In 1945, in order to evade prosecution for his involvement in the Weapons Cache Case, he skied to Sweden and arranged for his wife Eevi, their son Vesa, and him to travel to the United States, where he joined the United States Army. He then fought in the Korean War, and served in South Korea, Japan, and West Germany. Vesa Juhani Alakulppi eventually followed his father into the military and was killed in action during the Vietnam War. Alakulppi retired from the US Army in 1968 as a lieutenant-colonel. He died in 1990 in Petersburg, Virginia, and is buried in the Arlington National Cemetery. While Alakulppi served as a company commander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Laiho
Mauno Olavi Laiho (1907 – 2 September 1944) was the last Finn to be executed in Finland. Early life Olavi Laiho was born the son of a farmhand in Halikko, Finland. He was introduced to communism very early on, and was an active member of the underground Finnish Communist Party. He moved to Turku, where he worked as a construction worker. Laiho was active in sports. Military service During the Continuation War, Laiho was conscripted into the Finnish Army as a private. Laiho deserted and moved to a clandestine hideaway near Turku, where he worked actively as a spy for the Soviet Union and as an aide for other deserters. Capture, trial and execution Laiho was caught in early 1944 and sentenced to death by military court for desertion, espionage and high treason. He was shot by military police firing squad on 2 September 1944 in Oulu, two days before the armistice.Kulomaa, Jukka and Nieminen, Jarmo: Teloitettu totuus – kesä 1944. (''Executeced Truth – Summer 1944'') Ajatus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Mäenpää
Olavi Juhani Mäenpää (29 November 1950 – 31 January 2018) was a Finnish politician and former chairperson of the Finnish People's Blue-Whites (''Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset, SKS''), a political party aligned with the far-right. He was born in Tyrvää, which later became a part of Sastamala. Mäenpää was a member of the City Council of Turku, his home city, from the beginning of 1993 until he lost his seat in the 2017 election. In the 2004 municipal election Mäenpää received 2,208 votes, more than any other candidate in Turku. Mäenpää also appeared as a candidate in elections to the Parliament of Finland and the European Parliament, but was not elected. In the 2009 European Parliament election Mäenpää publicly supported Ville Itälä of the National Coalition Party. In 2010 Mäenpää joined the Finnish Freedom Party (later known as the Blue and White Front The Blue and White Front ( fi, Sinivalkoinen Rintama) (formerly Freedom Party – Finland's Future) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Tuomi
Matti Olavi "Ola" Tuomi (22 May 1932 – 14 November 2006) was a Finnish cinematographer, chief lighting technician and actor. Tuomi started to work for Suomen Filmiteollisuus at the age of 15. His first major work was being one of the cinematographers of the Edvin Laine film '' The Unknown Soldier'' (1955). He continued to work for Laine both as a cinematographer and an assistant director up until the end of Laine's career. Tuomi also worked in several Aki Kaurismäki films, such as ''Tulitikkutehtaan tyttö'', '' Kauas pilvet karkaavat'' and ''Mies vailla menneisyyttä''. He was also occasionally seen in films as an actor. Olavi Tuomi was the director of photography in more than 40 Finnish films during his career that covered nearly 60 years. He received three Jussi Awards for best cinematography; for movies '' Pojat'' (1962), '' Isä meidän'' (1993) and ''Merisairas'' (1996). Selected filmography as a cinematographer *''Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla'' (1958) *''Kohtalo tekee sii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Ojanperä
Arvo Kalle Olavi Ojanperä (27 October 1921 – 8 May 2016)"Obituary", ''Helsingin Sanomat'', June 12, 2016, p.C28 was a Finnish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the C-1 1000 m event at Helsinki in 1952. He was born in Tyrvää Tyrvää (; sv, Tyrvis) was a municipality in the Satakunta region, Turku and Pori Province, Finland. It was established in 1439 when the Tyrvää parish was separated from the parish of Karkku. In 1915, the market town of Vammala was separated fr .... References Olavi Ojanperä's profile at Sports Reference.com 1921 births 2016 deaths People from Sastamala Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Finnish male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa {{Finland-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
