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Tuukka is a Finnish male given name. The origin of the name may be from the Scandinavian names Tore and Tor, but other studies suggest the origin comes from the names ''Thoke'' and ''Thuki''. - Nimipäivä.fi (in Finnish) People named Tuukka include: * (born 1981), Finnish basketball player * (1927–2005), Finnish sports shooter * (born 1982), Finnish ice hockey player * |
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] |
Tore
Tore is a Scandinavian masculine name. It is derived from the Old Norse name ''Thórir'', which is composed of ''thorr'' which means thunder, and ''arr'' which means warrior. So Thunder Warrior or Thor's Warrior. The most famous person by this name is probably Tore Hund, who killed Olaf II of Norway at the Battle of Stiklestad. Approximately 18,000 people in Norway are named Tore. People named Tore include: * Tore Austad (born 1935), Norwegian politician and former Minister of Education and Church Affairs * Tore Berger (born 1944), Norwegian sprint canoer * Tore Blom (1880-1961), Swedish track and field athlete and Olympian * Tore Brovold (born 1970), Norwegian skeet shooter *Tore Brunborg (born 1960), Norwegian jazz musician, saxophonist and composer *Tore Cervin (born 1950), Swedish footballer * Tore André Dahlum (born 1968), Norwegian former footballer *Tore Edman (1904-1995), Swedish ski jumper *Tore Ellingsen (born 1962), Norwegian economist * Tore Eriksen (born 1947), Norweg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tor (given Name)
Tor (Þor) is a Nordic masculine given name derived from the name of the Norse god Thor. It may refer to * Tor Ahlsand (born 1931), Norwegian Olympic rower * Tor Albert Ersdal (born 1972), Norwegian Olympic rower * Tor Arneberg (1928–2015), Norwegian Olympic sailor *Tor Arne Andreassen (born 1983), Norwegian association football player * Tor Burman (1921–1995), Swedish Olympic equestrian * Tor Egil Horn (born 1976), Norwegian football goalkeeper *Tor Egil Kreken (born 1977), Norwegian musician *Tor Endresen (born 1959), Norwegian singer * Tor Røste Fossen (1940–2017), Norwegian football coach * Tor Graves (born 1972), Thai racing driver * Tor Gundersen (1935–2012), Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player * Tor Gustafsson Brookes (born 1997 or 1998), Australian far-right streamer * Tor Håkon Holte (born 1958), Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier * Tor Halvorsen (1930–1987), Norwegian politician *Tor Heiestad (born 1962), Norwegian Olympic shooter * Tor Helge Eikeland (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandinavia
Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion#Europe, subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also refer more narrowly to the Scandinavian Peninsula (which excludes Denmark but includes part of Finland), or more broadly to include all of Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. The geography of the region is varied, from the Norwegian fjords in the west and Scandinavian mountains covering parts of Norway and Sweden, to the low and flat areas of Denmark in the south, as well as archipelagos and lakes in the east. Most of the population in the region live in the more temperate southern regions, with the northern parts having long, cold, winters. The region became notable during the Viking Age, when Scandinavian peoples participated in large scale raiding, conquest, colonization and trading mostl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuukka Kotti
Tuukka Kotti (born 18 March 1981) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Helsinki Seagulls. Kotti attended Providence College in the United States, where he played college basketball between 2001 and 2005. He left Finland as a point guard, but gradually turned into a center during his college career. In 2018, Kotti was named the Korisliiga Most Valuable Player In the Korisliiga, the top Finnish professional basketball league, two awards are considered the Most Valuable Player award. The first, the Player of the Year, goes to the best Finnish player in the league. The second, is the Best Foreigner (in F ... at age 37, while playing with Helsinki Seagulls. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kotti, Tuukka 1981 births Living people Andrea Costa Imola players Centers (basketball) Crailsheim Merlins players Finnish expatriate basketball people in France Finnish expatriate basketball people in Germany Finnish expatriate basketball people in Italy Finnish expatriate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuukka Mäkelä (sport Shooter)
Tuukka Tapio Mäkelä (5 September 1927 – 2 August 2005) was a Finnish sports shooter. He competed in the skeet event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1927 births 2005 deaths Finnish male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Finland Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pori {{Finland-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuukka Mäkelä
Tuukka Mäkelä (born 24 May 1982) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Val Pusteria Wolves of Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ..., the top tier ice hockey league in Italy. He played for the team previously, during the 2012-2013 season. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links * Profile on Elite Prospects Living people HPK players 1982 births Boston Bruins draft picks Finnish ice hockey defencemen {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuukka Mäntylä
Tuukka Matias Mäntylä (born 25 May 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 5th round (153rd overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Mäntylä came through the youth ranks of Tampere Tappara and made his debut in Finland's top-tier Liiga in the course of the 1999–2000 season. He won the Finnish national championship with Tappara in 2003 and subsequently parted ways with the team to take his game to Sweden, where he joined Luleå HF of the Swedish Elite League (SHL). He enjoyed a two-year stint there, before returning to Tappara. After another two years at his hometown team, Mäntylä embarked on a second SHL tenure, playing for Frölunda HC from 2007 to 2009. On 7 April 2009 he left Frölunda and signed a contract to return to Tappara. In late October 2009, playing with Tampere Tappara, Mäntylä checked Helsinki IFK defenceman Mikko Kurvinen from behind into the boards, resulting in an inj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuukka Pulliainen
Tuukka Pulliainen (born 25 August 1984) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward who played for TPS and HPK in the Liiga. He also had periods abroad in Slovakia and Germany. Pulliainen ended his active career in 2017 after five consecutive seasons with Finnish second-tier team TuTo. He was drafted 248th overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The team competes in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference and was founded on June 5, 1967, after Jack Kent .... Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links * 1984 births Finnish ice hockey centres HC '05 Banská Bystrica players HC TPS players HPK players Jokipojat players Lausitzer Füchse players Living people Los Angeles Kings draft picks TuTo players Ice hockey people from Turku Finnish expatriate ice hoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuukka Rask
Tuukka Mikael Rask (born 10 March 1987) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. Rask was drafted 21st overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs before being traded to the Boston Bruins in 2006, where he played his entire 15 season NHL career. He is regarded by many as the best goaltender in Boston Bruins history, one of the best Finnish goaltenders of all time, and one of the greatest goaltenders in NHL history. His strong goaltending has been credited with helping establish the Boston Bruins as a defensive powerhouse throughout the 2010s. Rask was among the league's most successful goaltenders during his tenure with the Bruins. He won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins in 2011, and led the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Finals on two more occasions in 2013 and 2019. He also won the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender during the 2013–14 season, and was a finalist for the 2019-20 award. He also won the William M. Jennings Trophy along with g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuukka Smura
Tuukka Smura (born June 5, 1995) is a Finland, Finnish ice hockey goaltender. He made his Liiga debut during the 2013–14 Liiga season with KalPa, for whom he is currently playing. References External links * 1995 births Living people Finnish ice hockey goaltenders KalPa players Sportspeople from Kajaani {{Finland-icehockey-goaltender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
