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Seppo Tomminen
Seppo is a masculine given name of Finnish origin. It has two distinct origins; Seppo is a character in the Kalevala, whose name is derived from the Finnish word ''seppä'', meaning smith, and the name is also a diminutive for Sebastian in Finland. It may refer to: People *Seppo Evwaraye (born 1982), Finnish National Football League offensive guard * Seppo Kääriäinen (born 1948), Finnish politician *Seppo Kolehmainen (1933–2009), Finnish film actor *Seppo Lehto (born 1962), Finnish political activist *Seppo Pääkkönen (born 1957), Finnish actor *Seppo Ruohonen (1946-2020), Finnish opera singer *Seppo Räty (born 1962), Finnish javelin thrower * Seppo Sairanen (born 1952), Finnish football manager and former goalkeeper *Seppo Seluska, Swedish neo-Nazi and subject of the historical photo ''A Woman Hitting a Neo-Nazi With Her Handbag'' *Seppo Simola (1936–2003), Finnish shotputter *Seppo Telenius (born 1954), Finnish writer * Seppo Harjanne (born 1948), Finnish WRC co-driv ... [...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] |
