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Valkeala
Valkeala is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland, and is a neighborhood of city of Kouvola, and it was a part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality had a population of 11,238 (2003) and covered an area of 1,004.40 km² of which 143.47 km² was water. The population density was 13.1 inhabitants per km². In the Valkeala region there is the lake ''Vekaranjärvi'' near which the Karelia Brigade is located. Valkeala is famous for Repovesi National Park. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. As of 2009, the six municipalities – Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala – were consolidated, accounting for the new municipality of Kouvola with a population of over 80,000, being the 10th largest city in Finland. People born in Valkeala * Anton Suurkonka (1886 – 1964) * Paavo Karjalainen (1904 – 1978) *Arvo Askola (1909 – 1975) * Kauko Andersson (1913 – 1979) * Heikki Hykkäälà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valkeala
Valkeala is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland, and is a neighborhood of city of Kouvola, and it was a part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality had a population of 11,238 (2003) and covered an area of 1,004.40 km² of which 143.47 km² was water. The population density was 13.1 inhabitants per km². In the Valkeala region there is the lake ''Vekaranjärvi'' near which the Karelia Brigade is located. Valkeala is famous for Repovesi National Park. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. As of 2009, the six municipalities – Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Elimäki, Anjalankoski, Valkeala and Jaala – were consolidated, accounting for the new municipality of Kouvola with a population of over 80,000, being the 10th largest city in Finland. People born in Valkeala * Anton Suurkonka (1886 – 1964) * Paavo Karjalainen (1904 – 1978) *Arvo Askola (1909 – 1975) * Kauko Andersson (1913 – 1979) * Heikki Hykkäälà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouvola
Kouvola () is a cities of Finland, city and Municipalities of Finland, municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located along the Kymijoki, Kymijoki River in the Regions of Finland, region of Kymenlaakso, kilometers east of Lahti, west of Lappeenranta and northeast of the capital, Helsinki. With Kotka, Kouvola is one of the capital centers and is the largest city in the Kymenlaakso region. The whole municipal area has a population of (), but the actual downtown itself is home to 47,391 people. It covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Kouvola is bordered by the municipalities of Hamina, Heinola, Iitti, Kotka, Lapinjärvi (municipality), Lapinjärvi, Loviisa, Luumäki, Miehikkälä, Mäntyharju, Pyhtää and Savitaipale. Kouvola has over 450 lakes and, together with Mäntyharju, the Kouvola area includes the Repovesi National Park. Kouvola, which had population growth as late as the 1980s, has suffered a loss of migration since the 1990s. Over time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visa Hongisto
Visa Veli Hongisto (born April 9, 1987 in Valkeala) is a Finnish sprinter.Athlete biography: Visa Hongisto beijing2008.cn, ret: Sep 01, 2008 His club team is Valkealan Kajo. He is the son of Eeva Haimi. Hongisto represented Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in . He competed at the |
Kymenlaakso
Kymenlaakso ( sv, Kymmenedalen; " Kymi/Kymmene Valley") is a region in Finland. It borders the regions of Uusimaa, Päijät-Häme, South Savo and South Karelia and Russia (Leningrad Oblast). Its name means literally ''The Valley of River Kymi''. Kymijoki is one of the biggest rivers in Finland with a drainage basin with 11% of the area of Finland. The city of Kotka with 51,000 inhabitants is located at the delta of River Kymi and has the most important import harbour in Finland. Other cities are Kouvola further in the inland which has after a municipal merger 81,000 inhabitants and the old bastion town Hamina. Kymenlaakso was one of the first industrialized regions of Finland. It became the most important region for paper and pulp industry in Finland. Since the late 1900s many plants have closed, which has caused some deindustrialization, unemployment and population decline in Kymenlaakso, especially in those communes that were built around plants such as Myllykoski in Kouvo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvo Askola
Arvo Askola (2 December 1909, Valkeala – 23 November 1975) was a Finnish long-distance runner. He won silver medals in the 10,000 m The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ... event at the 1936 Olympics and 1934 European Championships. sports-reference References External links * 1909 births 1975 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Suurkonka
Anton Suurkonka (12 August 1886, Valkeala - 31 March 1964) was a Finnish farmer, business executive, lay preacher and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ... from 1930 to 1936, from 1939 to 1945 and again from 1948 to 1951, representing the Agrarian League. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Suurkonka, Anton 1886 births 1964 deaths People from Valkeala People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish Lutherans Centre Party (Finland) politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1930–33) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1933–36) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1939–45) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1948–51) Finnish people of World War II 20th-century Lutherans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sami Tamminen
Sami Tamminen (born July 19, 1997) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward playing for Visby/Roma HK of Hockeyettan. Career Tamminen made his Liiga debut for KooKoo during the 2016–17 Liiga season, playing 29 games and scored one goal and three assists. He also had a loan spell with KeuPa HT of Mestis that season where he played five games. The following season, Tamminen played 34 games for KooKoo and registered four goals and three assists. After scoring no points in 18 games during the 2018–19 Liiga season, Tamminen was loaned to KOOVEE of Mestis for the remainder of the season. After failing to make the KooKoo lineup for the 2019–20 Liiga season, Tamminen was once again sent out on loan to Mestis, this time to Hokki Kajaanin Hokki is a Finnish ice hockey team based at Kajaani. The team was founded in 1968. The club Hokki was promoted from Suomi-sarja to Mestis in the end of season 2001–02 after beating Diskos of Jyväskylä in qualifications. Hokki's ho . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vili Sopanen
Vili Sopanen (born October 21, 1987) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He last played for Lukko in the Liiga. He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils, 177th overall, in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Sopanen has previously played in the top tier Finnish Liiga with Lahti Pelicans, JYP Jyväskylä and HIFK. Playing career On June 11, 2018, Sopanen left his native Finland for the second time through his 12 year professional career, agreeing to a one-year deal with German outfit, ERC Ingolstadt of the DEL. During the 2018–19 season, Sopanen played in 14 games with Ingolstadt before transferring to Schwenninger Wild Wings The Schwenninger Wild Wings are a professional German ice hockey team from Schwenningen am Neckar in Baden-Wuerttemberg that was founded on 31 July 1904 and currently plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The greatest success of the associ .... Sopanen played a further 17 games for 7 points in the DEL before leaving to return to his native Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuomas Kansikas
Tuomas Kansikas (born 15 May 1981) is a Finnish former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby .... In 2014, he retired from professional football at the age of 32. ReferencesGuardian Football External links ProfileaHJK.fiStatsaVeikkausliiga.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Kansikas, Tuomas 1981 births Living people People from Valkeala Finnish footballers Association football defenders Veikkausliiga players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Myllykosken Pallo −47 players Sportspeople from Kymenlaakso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sari Palm
Sari Palm is a Finnish politician and a member of the Parliament of Finland between 2007 and 2015 representing Kymi Kymi may refer to: *Kymi, Greece, a town in Euboea, Greece *Kymi, Finland, a former municipality in Finland *Kymi (constituency), a constituency in the Finnish Parliament *Kymi (region), or ''Kymenlaakso'', the region of Finland *Kymi B.C., a basket .... Career Palm was a Member of Parliament between 2007 and 2015. She was a member of the Education and Culture Committee, the Employment and Equality Committee, the Environment Committee and the Advisory Council of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. Palm has previously been a member of the Grand Committee, the Defence Committee, the Working Subcommittee of the Grand Committee, the Transport and Communications Committee and the Board of the Library of Parliament. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Palm, Sari 1966 births Living people People from Valkeala Christian Democrats (Finland) politicians Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markku Laukkanen
Markku Matti Laukkanen (born 20 December 1950 in Valkeala) is a Finnish TV journalist and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1991 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2011, representing the Centre Party. He is a graduate of the University of Tampere The University of Tampere (UTA) ( fi, Tampereen yliopisto (Tay), ) was a public university in Tampere, Finland that was merged with Tampere University of Technology to create the new Tampere University on 1 January 2019. The university offered un .... References 1950 births Living people People from Valkeala Centre Party (Finland) politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1991–95) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1999–2003) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2003–07) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2007–11) {{Finland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulo Suorttanen
Sulo Elias Suorttanen (13 February 1921, Valkeala - 24 September 2005) was a Finnish lawyer, civil servant and politician. He served as Minister of Defence and at the same time Deputy Minister of the Interior from 27 May 1966 to 14 May 1970. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1962 to 1970 and again from 1972 to 1975, representing the Agrarian League (which changed its name to ''Centre Party'' in 1965). He was a graduate of the University of Helsinki. During the Second World War Suorttanen served Nazi Germany in the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS From 1941 to 1943, 1,408 Finns volunteered for service on the Eastern Front of World War II in the ''Waffen-SS'', in units of the SS Division Wiking. Most of these volunteers served as motorized infantry in the Finnish Volunteer Battalion ... as an SS-Untersturmführer. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Suorttanen, Sulo 1921 births 2005 deaths People from Valkeala Centre Party (Finland) politicians Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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