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Toivo
Toivo is a masculine given name most commonly found in Estonia and Finland and may refer to: *Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (1924–2017), Namibian politician and anti-Apartheid activist *Sigrid Elmblad (1860–1926), Swedish journalist, poet, translator and writer who wrote under the pseudonym Toivo *Toivo Aalto-Setälä (1896–1977), Finnish politician *Toivo Aare (1944–1999), Estonian journalist *Toivo Alavirta (1890–1940), Finnish journalist and politician *Toivo Antikainen (1898–1941), Finnish communist and military officer * Toivo Aro (1887–1962), Finnish diver and Olympic competitor *Toivo Aronen (1886–1973), Finnish politician *Toivo Asmer (born 1947), Estonian racing driver, motorsports promoter, musician and politician *Toivo Haapanen (1889–1950), conductor and music scholar * Toivo Halonen (1893–1984), Finnish politician * Toivo Harjunpää (1910–1995), Finnish-born American Lutheran priest and professor *Toivo Horelli (1888–1975), Finnish politician * Toivo H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo
Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (22 August 1924 – 9 June 2017) was a Namibian anti-apartheid activist, politician and political prisoner. Ya Toivo was active in the pre-independence movement, and is one of the co-founders of the South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) in 1960, and before that, its predecessor the Ovamboland People's Organization (OPO) in 1959. After growing up in northern Namibia, Ya Toivo spent some time in Cape Town in the 1950s. He became politicised there and joined the African National Congress (ANC). Back in Namibia he became one of the early petitioners to the United Nations, advocating for the independence of Namibia. Due to his political activism he was tried in 1966 under the ''Terrorism Act'', and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He served 16 years in Robben Island in the same section as Nelson Mandela, to whom he was a personal friend. He was released in 1984 and rejoined SWAPO as secretary general in exile in Lusaka, Zambia. Ya Toivo retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Antikainen
Toivo Antikainen (russian: То́йво А́нтикайнен, 8 June 1898 – 4 October 1941) was a Finnish-born communist and a military officer of the Soviet Red Army. He was one of the founders and leaders of the exile Communist Party of Finland. Antikainen died in suspicious circumstances in the Soviet Union in 1941. Biography Early years Toivo Antikainen was born to a working-class family in Helsinki. His parents were trade unionists and Toivo joined the Social Democratic youth organization at the age of 8. Antikainen went to school for six years and started working as he was 12. In the late 1910s, Antikainen had several posts in the Social Democratic organizations. As the Finnish Civil War broke out in January 1918, Antikainen served in the Red administration, but did not fight in the Red Guards. The Russian Civil War As the Reds were losing the war, Antikainen fled to the Soviet Russia in late April 1918. He was one of the founders of the exile Communist Party of Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Aro
Toivo Nestori Aro (born Toivo Nestori Ahlstedt, 9 February 1887 – 8 October 1962) was a Finnish sportsleader and an aquatics athlete, who won 10 Finnish championships. Sports Olympics Aro was the Chef de Mission of Finland at the 1928 Winter Olympics. He was the leader of Finland's swimming team at the 1924 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was also a judge. He was a board member of Finnish Olympic Committee in 1919–1946 and its treasurer in 1929–1957. National Aro won ten Finnish national championship golds in aquatics: * plain diving: 1907, 1910, 1911 and 1912 * platform diving: 1910 and 1912 * water polo: 1909, 1911, 1913 * 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay: 1907 He was a member of eight clubs, all Helsinki-based: * Helsingfors Simsällskap. Board member in 1913–1915. Honorary member since 1937. * Helsingin Hiihtäjät. Founding member. * Helsingin Itäreitin Melojat. Founding member. * Helsingin Luistelijat. Founding member. * Helsingin Uimarit. Foundi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Asmer
Toivo Asmer (born 8 January 1947 in Oisu, Järva County, Estonia) is an Estonian entrepreneur, former racing driver, motorsports promoter, musician and politician. From 1999 until 2003, he was Minister of Regional Affairs of the Republic of Estonia. He was a member of IX Riigikogu. His son is racing driver Marko Asmer. Education Asmer graduated in 1965 as a technologist at Tallinn Technical School of Construction and Mechanical Engineering (now TTK University of Applied Sciences). He received his higher political education from the Marxism–Leninism University of the CC of the ECP, which he graduated from in 1980. He has received further training in economics and business in Luxembourg, Stockholm, and Brussels. Work • 1971–1991 Deputy head of the Tallinn corporation of Estonian Agricultural Machinery in the field of road transport • 1991–1999 Chairman of the Management Board of AS Asmer • 1993–1996 Vice-Chairman of Saue City Council • 1993–1996 Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Kuula
Toivo Timoteus Kuula (7 July 1883 – 18 May 1918) was a Finnish composer and conductor of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods, who emerged in the wake of Jean Sibelius, under whom he studied privately from 1906 to 1908. The core of Kuula's oeuvre are his many works for voice and orchestra, in particular the ''Stabat mater'' (1914–18; completed by Madetoja), ''The Sea-Bathing Maidens'' (1910), ''Son of a Slave'' (1910), and ''The Maiden and the Boyar's Son'' (1912). In addition he also composed two ''Ostrobothnian Suites'' for orchestra and left an unfinished symphony at the time of his murder in 1918 in a drunken quarrel.Salmenhaara, Erkki.Kuula, Toivo (Timoteus) in ''Grove Music Online'' (2001) Life and career He was born in the Vehkakoski village of the Alavus town and registered as a native in the city of Vaasa (then Nikolainkaupunki), when Finland still was a Grand Duchy under Russian rule. He is known as a colorful and passionate portrayer of Finnish nature an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Kärki
Toivo Pietari Johannes Kärki (; 3 December 1915 – 30 April 1992) was a Finnish composer, musician, music producer and arranger. He is especially remembered for his collaboration with Reino Helismaa. Kärki composed approximately 1400 recorded compositions, many of which had several versions, and wrote hundreds of unrecorded songs. He composed the music for about 50 films, several revues, theatrical plays, and radio comedies. He also arranged a large number of songs written by other people. He trained several of Finland's most important popular music lyricists. During his career, he helped dozens of singers get started in the industry, many of which remain active to this day. He made himself an important name in Finnish tango. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery The Hietaniemi cemetery ( fi, Hietaniemen hautausmaa, sv, Sandudds begravningsplats) is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Koljonen
Toivo Harald "Kirves" Koljonen (12 December 1912 – 21 October 1943) was a Finnish Axe murder, axe murderer and the last Finn executed for a civilian crime. He was executed by firing squad for a sextuple murder. Koljonen was born 1912 in Lahti, Finland. He had been sentenced to prison and incarcerated at Riihimäki Prison, from which he was moved to Huittinen auxiliary prison. He escaped from prison in 1943 and attempted to hide from the authorities. On 17 March 1943, he found a nearby farmhouse where five family members lived – a mother, two grandparents, and two children. Two additional family members, the father and the eldest son, had been conscription, conscripted into the army and, consequently, were not present at the time. Koljonen first hid in the stable, where he killed the daughter of the family with an axe (''kirves'' in Finnish language, Finnish, which became his nickname). He then broke into the living quarters and killed the other four family members, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Horelli
Toivo Johannes Horelli (11 October 1888 – 28 June 1975) was a Finnish politician of the National Coalition Party. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland in 1933–1945, and the Minister of the Interior from May 1941 to March 1943. Horelli and Arno Anthoni, the director of the Finnish State Police, were responsible for the deportation of German refugees that were handed over to the Nazis in November 1942. Eight of the deported were Jews who were killed by the Gestapo. Life Early life Horelli was born in the Western Finnish municipality of Kokemäki to the family of Johan Fredrik Mäki-Horelli (1844–1931) and Amanda Giers (1850–1922). His father was an uneducated farmer who represented the estate of peasants in the Diet of Finland. Horelli went to school in Pori graduating from the Pori Lyceum in 1907. He entered the University of Helsinki and earned the degree of Master of Laws in 1917. In the 1918 Finnish Civil War Horelli fought for the White Guard. After se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Haapanen
Toivo Elias Haapanen (15 May 1889 – 22 July 1950) was a Finland, Finnish conducting, conductor and music scholar. Early life and education Haapanen was born in 1889 in Karvia, Finland. His sister was the writer Tyyni Tuulio.Rajala, Panu: ''Tulisoihtu pimeässä'', p. 374. WSOY 2014. His son is the violinist Tuomas Haapanen. After high school, he began playing the violin. Starting in 1907 studied the violin and music theory at the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra school. He completed in his studies in 1911. In 1918, he graduated from the University of Helsinki with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1925, he received his Ph.D. Career Haapenen became Chief Conductor of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1929. He served in this position until 1951. Starting in 1946, he also served as Music Manager of the Finnish Broadcasting Company. He was also a professor at the University of Helsinki. As a conductor, Haapanen traveled throughout Europe, including Germany, Poland, Hungary and Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Harjunpää
Kalle Toivo Immanuel Harjunpää (; 2 June 1910 – 21 September 1995) was a Finnish-American Lutheran priest and professor. Background Harjunpää was born in Rauma, Finland. Harjunpää was ordained to the priesthood 18 February 1936 in Turku Cathedral. His background was in the Finnish Evangelical Revivalist Movement, originating from the activity of neo-Lutheran priest Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg. As a young priest while learning the New Testament, he was convinced of the importance of Christian ecumenism which was unpopular at that time in Finland. Soon after that Yngve Brilioth's book ''Eucharistic Faith and Practise. Evangelical and Catholic'' and Hans Liezmann's ''Messe und Herrenmal'' gave him more direction towards the Ecumenical Movement and Liturgical Movement. Career After short curacy in Vehmaa and a job in the student union of his revivalist movement, Harjunpää became pastor of Finnish Seamen's Mission in London from 1938 to 1945, and the secretary of Archbis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Loukola
Toivo Aarne Loukola (2 October 1902 – 10 January 1984) was a Finnish male runner, winner of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. Loukola set an unofficial world record in the steeplechase just a month before the Olympics. In Amsterdam, Loukola first finished seventh in the 10,000 m race and then easily won his 3000 m steeplechase heat. In the final the main favourites were the Finns Paavo Nurmi, Ville Ritola Vilho "Ville" Eino Ritola (18 January 1896 – 24 April 1982) was a Finnish long-distance runner. Known as one of the "Flying Finns", he won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals in the 1920s. He holds the record of winning ... and Loukola, but Nurmi and Ritola were worn by their injuries and the gruelling 5000 m race of the previous day. Although Ritola gave up soon, the Finns were still going to the first three places. After 2000 m, when Nurmi had trouble at hurdles, Loukola made an attack and developed a 30 m gap, which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
