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Sillanpää
Sillanpää (meaning "bridge's end") is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Miina Sillanpää (1866-1952), Finnish politician, first female Finnish minister * Rosa Sillanpää (1888–1929), Finnish trade union activist and politician * Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888-1964), Finnish writer * Jari Sillanpää (born 1965), Finnish singer * Sanna Sillanpää Sanna Riitta Liisa Sillanpää (born 15 April 1968) is a Finnish woman who shot three men to death with a rented 9mm Beretta 92FS semi-automatic pistol on 21 February 1999 in a shooting club in , Helsinki, and wounded another man, who received l ... (born 1968), killed three men and wounded another in the Albertinkatu shootings {{DEFAULTSORT:Sillanpaa Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Frans Eemil Sillanpää (; 16 September 1888 – 3 June 1964) was one of the most famous Finnish writers and in 1939 became the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature "for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature". His best-known novels include ' (''Nuorena nukkunut'') from 1931. Early life Frans Eemil Sillanpää was born into a peasant farming family in Hämeenkyrö. Although his parents were poor, they managed to send him to school in Tampere. At school Sillanpää was a good student and with aid from his benefactor Henrik Liljeroos he entered the University of Helsinki in 1908 to study medicine. Here his acquaintances included the painters Eero Järnefelt and Pekka Halonen, composer Jean Sibelius and author Juhani Aho. Career Five years later, in 1913 Sillanpää moved from Helsinki to his old home village and devoted himself to writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jari Sillanpää
Jari Veikko Sillanpää (; born 16 August 1965) is a Finnish-Swedish singer. With over 820,000 records sold, he is the fifth-best-selling music artist and second-best-selling solo artist in Finland. Life and career Born into a Sweden-Finnish family, Sillanpää spent his childhood in Sweden. His mother was one of the tens of thousands Finnish children who were evacuated to Sweden during World War II. Sillanpää's maternal great-grandfather, Potif Afanasief, and great-grandmother were Russians. Sillanpää moved to Finland in the mid-1990s. He gained fame after winning the Seinäjoki Tangomarkkinat tango contest in 1995. Sillanpää's 1996 debut album ''Jari Sillanpää'' is the best-selling album of all time in Finland, with over 270,000 copies sold. In 1998, Sillanpää was awarded the Male Soloist of the Year Emma award. Sillanpää represented Finland in Eurovision Song Contest 2004 and his song "Takes 2 to Tango Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miina Sillanpää
Miina Sillanpää (originally Vilhelmiina Riktig, born 4 June 1866 – died 3 April 1952) was a Finnish politician. She served as Deputy Minister of Social Affairs in 1926-1927. She was Finland's first female minister and a key figure in the workers' movement. In 2016, the Finnish government made 1 October an official flag flying day in honour of Sillanpää. She was involved in the preparation of Finland's first Municipal Homemaking Act. Life Sillanpää was born in Jokioinen, during the famine years, to peasants Juho and Leena (née Roth) Riktig, who had nine children. She started her work career at the age of twelve at the Forssa cotton factory, and later in the Jokioinen nail factory. At the age of 18 she moved to Porvoo to work as a maid and changed her name from Vilhelmiina Riktig to Miina Sillanpää. In 1898 she started and three years later she became the director of the ''Servants' Association''. She held this position for about 50 years. From 1900 to 1915 she worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanna Sillanpää
Sanna Riitta Liisa Sillanpää (born 15 April 1968) is a Finnish woman who shot three men to death with a rented 9mm Beretta 92FS semi-automatic pistol on 21 February 1999 in a shooting club in , Helsinki, and wounded another man, who received lifetime injuries. One man present was not harmed. One of the dead was the shooting club's 23-year-old supervisor. As Sillanpää was leaving the club, she said: "This is what they taught us at the FBI academy, isn't it?". She then traveled from the Helsinki center to the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in a city bus, carrying a gun and ammunition. At the airport, she was trying to buy a ticket to "somewhere". Sillanpää was caught after four hours as she was boarding an airplane to London. Sillanpää guilty of three counts of mansl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Sillanpää
Rosa Amanda Sillanpää (18 June 1888, Hauho Hauho is a former municipality of Finland. It was situated in the province of Southern Finland and is today a part of the region of Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland). Hauho was amalgamated with the municipality of Hämeenlinna ... – 6 October 1929) was a Finnish trade union activist and politician. She was a Member of the Parliament of Finland from 1922 to 1923, representing the Socialist Workers' Party of Finland (SSTP). She was imprisoned on sedition charges from 1923 to 1926 and worked as a trade union official from 1926 to 1929. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sillanpää, Rosa 1888 births 1929 deaths People from Hämeenlinna People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Socialist Workers Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1922–24) Women members of the Parliament of Finland 20th-century Finnish women politicians Prisoners and detainees of Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
