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Suomalainen (surname)
Suomalainen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aapeli Suomalainen (1866–1932), Finnish politician * Jacobus Finno (real name Jaakko Suomalainen; c. 1540–1588), Finnish priest and rector * Juho Suomalainen (1868–1941), Finnish politician * Kari Suomalainen (1920–1999), Finnish cartoonist * Paavo Suomalainen (1907–1976), Finnish zoologist and physiologist * Tuomo Suomalainen (1931–1988), Finnish architect * Olavi Suomalainen (born 1947), Finnish marathon runner * Roope Suomalainen (born 1973), Finnish sailor * Piia Suomalainen Piia Suomalainen (born 9 July 1984) is a Finnish former tennis player. In her career, Suomalainen won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 October 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 356. On ... (born 1984), Finnish tennis player {{surname Finnish-language surnames ... [...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] |
Suominen
Suominen is a Finnish surname meaning "Finland". Notable people with the surname include: * Ilkka Suominen (1939–2022), Finnish politician * Kim Suominen (born 1969), Finnish footballer * Tuomas Suominen (born 1984), Finnish ice hockey player * Veikko Suominen (1948–1978), Finnish ice hockey player See also *Suominen Corporation Suominen Corporation () is a company that supplies its industrial and retail customers with nonwovens Nonwoven fabric is a fabric-like material made from staple fibre (short) and long fibres (continuous long), bonded together by chemical, mechani ... {{surname Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aapeli Suomalainen
Aapeli Suomalainen (29 January 1866, Savonranta – 19 September 1932) was a Finnish miller and politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1908, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ... (SDP). References 1866 births 1932 deaths People from Savonlinna People from Mikkeli Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1907–1908) {{SocialDemocraticPartyFinland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobus Finno
Jacobus Petri Finno (about 1540–1588), sometimes known as Jaakko Finno or the proper Finnish form of his fake name Jaakko Suomalainen (James the Finn), was a Finnish priest and the rector (headmaster) of the Cathedral School of Turku. He was the publisher of the first Finnish-language hymnal as well as a catechism and a prayer book A prayer book is a book containing prayers and perhaps devotional readings, for private or communal use, or in some cases, outlining the liturgy of religious services. Books containing mainly orders of religious services, or readings for them are .... Finno was doctrinally a moderate reformer. References *Jaakko Finnon virsikirja. Toimittanut ja jälkisanan laatinut Pentti Lempiäinen. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran toimituksia 463. Alkuteos julkaistu: Tukholma, noin 1583. Näköispainos sekä uudelleen ladottu laitos alkuperäisestä tekstistä ja sitä täydentävistä käsikirjoituksista. Helsinki: Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura, 1988. . *V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juho Suomalainen
Juho Suomalainen (15 October 1868, in Vesanto – 16 April 1941) was a Finnish politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1908, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ... (SDP). References 1868 births 1941 deaths People from Vesanto Politicians from Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1907–1908) {{SocialDemocraticPartyFinland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kari Suomalainen
Kari Yrjänä Suomalainen (15 October 1920, in Helsinki – 10 August 1999, in Valkeakoski) was Finland's most famous political cartoonist, known as Kari. His cartoons appeared daily in ''Helsingin Sanomat'' from 1951 to 1991 and they became popular throughout the nation. While most of them comment on current politics, some are based on everyday life. Suomalainen received many awards for his work, including the National Cartoonist Society (US) award in 1959, Puupäähattu in 1984 and Pro Finlandia in 1989. He was also appointed honorary professor in 1977. Kari's maternal grandfather was Finnish sculptor Emil Wikström, and his younger sister was the opera singer and director Saskia Suomalainen, Maaria Eira. Career Before Helsingin Sanomat, Suomalainen drew illustrations for multiple magazines, particularly for ''Lukemista kaikille''. During World War II, Suomalainen tried various tasks (unsuccessfully) but finally became an official war artist in a TK company (propaganda co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paavo Suomalainen
Paavo Suomalainen (28 October 1907 – 16 October 1976) was a Finnish zoologist who specialized in thermal physiology. He served as a professor of animal physiology at the department of zoology in the University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ... and established a major project with his students to study the physiology and biochemistry of hibernation in the European hedgehog. Life and work Suomalainen was born in Helsinki to university chancellor Kustaa Vihtori and Aleksandra (Sanni) Vilhelmiina Lähde. He became interested in biology at an early age thanks to his teacher Emil Kivirikko at the Finnish Normal Lyceum. He received his master's degree in 1930 and a PhD in 1936. He taught at the university as an assistant and became an associate professor in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuomo Suomalainen
Tuomo Oskari Suomalainen (born 29 November 1931 in Gogland, Finland died 1 November 1988) was a Finnish architect. He worked very closely with his brother Timo Suomalainen who also was an architect. Most of the works they designed jointly. Their most well known work is Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki, which has become one of the most visited sites in Finland. Tuomo Suomalainen's last work was the chapel at Kellonummi cemetery in Espoo, this too, together with his brother. The chapel was inaugurated in 1993. Some buildings (with Timo Suomalainen) *Temppeliaukio Church, Helsinki 1960–69 *Haaga Vocational School, Helsinki 1962–67 *Hotel Mesikämmen, Ähtäri 1973–76 *Central Stores of the National Board of Antiquities, Orimattila 1975–79 *Espoonlahti Church 1976–80 *Hamina Hamina (; sv, Fredrikshamn, , Sweden ) is a List of cities in Finland, town and a Municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located approximately east of the country's capital Hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Suomalainen
Heikki Olavi Suomalainen (born 27 March 1947 in Sääminki) is a Finnish former marathon runner. He won the Boston Marathon in 1972 by an 18-second margin over Víctor Mora. In 1973 he finished third at the same race. During his career, Olavi Suomalainen sustained injuries and failed to qualify for the Summer Olympics or European Championships in Athletics. He took the bronze medal at the Finnish Championship Marathon in the Olympic years 1972 and 1976. However, in 1976 gold medalist Håkan Spik, silver medalist Jukka Toivola, and Lasse Virén were nominated to the Olympic Marathon. Suomalainens winning time 2:15:39 at the 1972's Boston Marathon remained his personal best. Olavi Suomalainen has a Master of Science in Engineering. Achievements References External linksReport from the Boston Marathon 1972by Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roope Suomalainen
Roope Samuel Suomalainen (born 6 September 1973 in Kotka) is a retired Finnish sailor, who specialized in the Laser class. He represented his nation Finland in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for Kotka Yacht Club ( fi, Kotkan Pursiseura) in his native Kotka. Suomalainen made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed seventeenth in the Laser class with a net grade of 127, surpassing Hungary's Tamas Eszes by a single mark in total. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Suomalainen qualified for his second Finnish team, as a 30-year-old, in the Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word "laser" is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". The fir ... class by placing fourteenth and obtaining a berth from the 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piia Suomalainen
Piia Suomalainen (born 9 July 1984) is a Finnish former tennis player. In her career, Suomalainen won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 October 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 356. On 15 January 2007, she peaked at No. 524 in the doubles rankings. Since her debut for the Finland Fed Cup team The Finland Billie Jean King Cup team represents Finland in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II, having missed out on promotion to gro ... in 2002, Suomalainen has a 37–34 record in Fed Cup competition. ITF finals Singles (5–8) Doubles (5–3) External links * * * 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Helsinki Finnish female tennis players 20th-century Finnish women 21st-century Finnish women {{Finland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
