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Sinikka Hurskainen
Sinikka is a Finnish female given name. Its nameday is celebrated on 2 September. In Finland, it began to be used in the 1930s, and it reached its peak of popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. As of 2012 there are over 55,000 with this name in Finland. The name Sinikka means ''blue'', and it comes from ''Sininen'', the Finnish word for ''blue''. The name Sini originated as a variant of Sinikka. Notable people with this name include: * Sinikka Bohlin, Swedish social democratic politician * Sinikka Keskitalo, female long-distance runner from Finland * Sinikka Kukkonen, Finnish orienteering competitor * Sinikka Kurkinen, Finnish painter * Sinikka Laine, Finnish author * Sinikka Langeland, Norwegian singer and musician * Sinikka Mönkäre (born 1947), Finnish politician * Sinikka Luja-Penttilä Sinikka Marjatta Luja-Penttilä (9 June 1924 – 18 November 2022) was a Finnish politician and writer. She represented Uusimaa in the Parliament of Finland from 1966 to 1983 as a mem ... [...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] |
Finnish Language
Finnish ( endonym: or ) is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedish). In Sweden, both Finnish and Meänkieli (which has significant mutual intelligibility with Finnish) are official minority languages. The Kven language, which like Meänkieli is mutually intelligible with Finnish, is spoken in the Norwegian county Troms og Finnmark by a minority group of Finnish descent. Finnish is typologically agglutinative and uses almost exclusively suffixal affixation. Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, numerals and verbs are inflected depending on their role in the sentence. Sentences are normally formed with subject–verb–object word order, although the extensive use of inflection allows them to be ordered differently. Word order variations are often reserved for differences in information structure. Finnish orth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sini (name)
Sini is a Finnish female given name. Its nameday is celebrated on 2 September. In Finland, it began to be used in the 1930s, and it reached its peak of popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. As of 2012 there are over 9000 women with this name in Finland. Origin and variants The name Sini means ''blue''. It originated as a variant of the name Sinikka, which in turn comes from ''Sininen'', the Finnish word for blue. Notable people Notable people with this name include: * Sini Anderson Sini Anderson (born November 6, 19??) is an American film director, producer, performance artist, choreographer, dancer and poet, from Chicago, Illinois. Anderson is widely known for directing ''The Punk Singer'' (2013), a documentary about riot ..., American film director, producer, performance artist and poet * Sini Häkkinen, Finnish volleyball player * Sini Latvala, Finnish hammer thrower References {{given name Finnish feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinikka Bohlin
Sinikka Bohlin (born 1947), is a Swedish social democratic politician who has been a member of the Riksdag in 1988–2010. She served as President of the Nordic Council The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomou ... in 2009. Bohlin was born in Finland to a Finnish father and a Karelian- Belarusian mother, and moved to Sweden in 1968. Länsteatrarna i Sverige References External links * * * 1947 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinikka Keskitalo
Sinikka Marja-Liisa Keskitalo (29 January 1951 – 25 October 2011) was a female long-distance runner from Finland. She competed in the women's marathon for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. Her best result was the 15th place at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was born in Jalasjärvi Jalasjärvi is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the town of Kurikka on 1 January 2016. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Jalasjärvi was (30 June .... Achievements References Sinikka Keskitalo's profile at Sports Reference.comSinikka Keskitalo's obituary 1951 births 2011 deaths People from Jalasjärvi Finnish female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia Finnish A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinikka Kukkonen
Sinikka Kukkonen (1 August 1947 – 25 July 2016) was a Finnish orienteering competitor. She is World Champion in both orienteering and ski orienteering. She became the first World Champion in ski orienteering, in 1975. Orienteering career At the World Orienteering Championships in 1970 Kukkonen placed 32nd in the individual event, and participated on the Finnish relay team that placed fourth. She was a member of the Finnish winning team at the 1972 World Orienteering Championships, together with team mates Pirjo Seppä and Liisa Veijalainen, and placed 25th in the individual contest.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on January 18, 2008) At the 1974 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinikka Kurkinen
Sinikka Mirjam Kurkinen (born 1935) is a Finnish painter. She studied in Helsinki and Paris. Kurkinen was born in Joutseno, South Karelia. She gave her first exhibitions in Imatra in 1955 and in Helsinki in 1958. Her works can be seen at Ateneum Ateneum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland and one of the three museums forming the Finnish National Gallery. It is located in the centre of Helsinki on the south side of Rautatientori square close to Helsinki Central railway station. It has t ..., the Imatra Museum of Art and in various other locations all over the country. Kurkinen is an honorary member of the Imatra Art Association. She has won many awards during her career, including the Art Prize of Imatra in 1983. References External links CV(in Finnish) 1935 births Living people People from Lappeenranta 21st-century Finnish women artists 20th-century Finnish women artists Finnish women painters {{Finland-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinikka Laine
Sinikka Laine-Törmänen (born 17 October 1945) is a Finnish author primarily of young adult fiction. Her first novel ''Ohari'' was published in 1982. Laine has won many literary awards and her novel ''Tyttö tuulesta, poika pimeästä'' (1986) won the Finnish state literature award ( fi, Valtion kirjallisuuspalkinto). Laine was born in Riihimäki, but lives and works in Oulu. She is married to artist Veikko Törmänen. Works Novels * ''Ohari'', WSOY 1982. * ''Ei kenenkään, ei koskaan'', WSOY 1984. * ''Tyttö tuulesta, poika pimeästä'', WSOY 1986. *''Silkkiuikku'', WSOY 1988 (as Danish translation: ''Sommerpigen'', 1990) (Danish translation: ) * ''Sininen ruoho'', WSOY 1990, *''Jos et pelkää pimeää'', WSOY 1991. *''Töyhtö'', WSOY 1992. *''Myrtti, yhden talven tyttö'', WSOY 1994. *''Kuujuhla'', WSOY 1995. *''Hyvästi, valkoinen'', WSOY 1996. Short stories *''Sata munkkipossua'' in ''Sanojen portille lyhyesti'' (Edited by Asko Martinheimo), WSOY 1986 *''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinikka Langeland
} Sinikka Langeland (born 13 January 1961 in Grue, Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk singer and musician ( kantele), known for combining traditional music with elements of jazz. Career Langeland plays the Finnish National Instrument kantele, but she is also known for her "runesanger" and traditional "kveding". Langeland also teaches these instruments and song techniques. The work "Sammas Himmelsøyle" by langeland, was premiered with Trio Mediæval and Sinikka Langelands Ensemble Finnskogutstillingen in March 2012. This work is based on Finnish mythology, and was commissioned for Finnskogutstillingen. The week after the premiere the work was performed again in "Gamle Aker kirke", during the Oslo International Church Music Festival. In 1996 Langeland was awarded Finnskogprisen. For the release ''Runoja'' she received the prestigious Edvardprisen in the class Music in the borderland in 2003. Together with Ove Berg she received the Norwegian-Finnish Cultural Fund Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinikka Mönkäre
Sinikka Mönkäre (born 6 March 1947) is a Finnish physician and politician who served as minister in different cabinets of Finland. Early life and education Mönkäre was born in Sippola on 6 March 1947. She has a PhD in medicine and surgery. Career Mönkäre worked at different hospitals. From 1981 to 1995 she served at the Imatra city council in various capacities. She became a member of the Finnish Parliament in 1987 and served there until 1991. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party. She held different ministerial roles. Her first ministerial post was the minister of social affairs and health and minister in the ministry of environment (housing) (1995–1999). She was the minister of labour from 1999 to 2000. Then she served as the minister of trade and industry from 2000 to 2003. During her term she supported the construction of a new nuclear power plant. She was appointed minister of social affairs and health to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Anneli Jäätteenm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinikka Luja-Penttilä
Sinikka Marjatta Luja-Penttilä (9 June 1924 – 18 November 2022) was a Finnish politician and writer. She represented Uusimaa in the Parliament of Finland from 1966 to 1983 as a member of the Social Democratic Party, and was the minister of social affairs and health from 1979 to 1982. Biography Luja-Penttilä was born on 9 June 1924 in Antrea, Finland, and moved to Leppävaara, Finland with her family a few months after she was born. Her father was a union leader and her mother was a play director and newspaper writer; both were active in the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In 1945, Luja-Penttilä completed the national matriculation examination, and she later took courses at Holly Royde College in Manchester, England, in the 1960s. From 1945 to 1947, she worked as a copy editor for the commerce-oriented newspaper ''Kauppalehti'', and from 1947 to 1966, she was an editor at the publishing company Tammi. Luja-Penttilä became involved in politics starting in 1945 when she jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Feminine Given Names
Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to 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 B ... * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
