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Väinö Kohtanen
Väinö Bernhard Kohtanen (1889-1963) was an early pioneer, evangelist, college president and later, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Finland during a career which spanned from 1912 - 1954. Kohtanen was one of the first Finnish speaking evangelists of that faith, and is credited with critically contributing to the introduction and spread of Seventh-day Adventism in Finland and parts of Scandinavia. Through primarily his efforts and those of two colleagues, Aarne Rintala and Kaarlo Soisalo, church membership in Finland grew rapidly, especially among young people. A popular speaker, Kohtanen's evangelistic meetings held in Helsinki in 1914, when he was just 25 years of age, were held in a hall that seated over 800 persons which he was able to "fill to overflowing" over consecutive nights. During his presidency of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Finland from 1933 - 1938, membership increased by 32%. Upon completion of his studies in theology in England, Koht ...
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Vaino or Väino is both a masculine Estonian given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Väino Aren (born 1933), Estonian ballet dancer, actor and operetta singer *Väino Ilus (born 1929), Estonian writer *Väino Laes (born 1951), Estonian actor *Väino Linde (born 1959), Estonian lawyer and politician *Väino Reinart (born 1962), Estonian diplomat *Vaino Spencer (1920–2016), American judge *Vaino Vahing (1940–2008), Estonian writer, prosaist, psychiatrist and playwright *Vaino Väljas (born 1931), Estonian Soviet politician, Chairman of the 6th Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR *Vaino Olavi Partanen (1928–1969), Canadian naval chief petty officer *Väino Puura (born 1951), Estonian opera and operetta singer *Väino Uibo (born 1942), Estonian actor and theatre director *Väinö Voionmaa (1869–1947), Finnish politician and academic Surname

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