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Rislakki
Rislakki is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Eero Rislakki (1924–2017), Finnish industrial engineer *Jukka Rislakki Jukka Rislakki (1945 in Kuusankoski, Finland) is a Finnish journalist, non-fiction writer, and political cartoonist who has published a number of books, mostly on recent history of Finland, the Baltic states, and books on intelligence activiti ... (born 1945), Finnish journalist, non-fiction writer, and political cartoonist {{surname Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukka Rislakki
Jukka Rislakki (1945 in Kuusankoski, Finland) is a Finnish journalist, non-fiction writer, and political cartoonist who has published a number of books, mostly on recent history of Finland, the Baltic states, and books on intelligence activities. Rislakki spent his childhood and youth in Jämsänkoski, completed a BA in political science at the University of Helsinki and worked as a journalist at the Helsingin Sanomat. Rislakki has worked as a foreign desk writer of Helsingin Sanomat and as Sunday issue reporter, most recently as the correspondent in the Baltic states. Since the beginning af 2002 Rislakki lives in the Latvian coastal resort town Jūrmala, where he works as a freelance journalist, non-fiction writer, and cartoonist. Rislakki is married to the former Latvian ambassador to Finland and Estonia, Anna Žīgure. Bibliography Rislakki has written several books in his native Finnish language; some of them have been translated into English, Latvian, Ukrainian, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eero Rislakki
Eero Ensio Rislakki (25 June 1924, in Helsinki – 7 June 2017)Taskinen, Rita: Suomalainen Design From Finland, Kuka kukin on, Who’s Who in Finnish Design. Helsinki: Ornamo, 1992. . was a Finnish industrial engineer. He designed, among other things, the Helkama Jopo bicycle, the Tikkurila Church communion set, bathroom fixtures, reflectors, spectacle frames,Nyman, Hannele & Poutasuo, Tuula: Muovikirja, Arkitavaraa ja designesineitä, s. 149. WSOY, 2004. . air conditioner enclosures, and jewelry for Kalevala Jewelry. He was appointed honorary member of Teolliset muotoilijat ("Industrial designers") TKO in 1996 and was awarded the Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland in 2005. Rislakki lived in Sweden but visited Finland during the summer months. While living in Sauvo Sauvo (; sv, Sagu) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Name
In Finland, a person must have a surname and at least one given name with up to three given names permitted. Surnames are inherited either patrilineally or matrilineally, while given names are usually chosen by a person's parents. Finnish names come from a variety of dissimilar traditions that were consolidated only in the early 20th century. The first national act on names came into force in 1921, and it made surnames mandatory. Between 1930 and 1985, the Western Finnish tradition whereby a married woman took her husband's surname was mandatory. Previously in Eastern Finland, this was not necessarily the case. On 1 January 2019, the reformed Act on Forenames and Surnames came into force. Finnish given names are often of Christian origin (e.g., ''Jukka'' from Greek Johannes), but Finnish and Swedish origins are also common. In Finnish, the letter "j" denotes the approximant , as in English ''you''. For example, the two different names ''Maria'' and ''Marja'' are pronounced nearly id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
