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Yrjö Soini
Yrjö Vilho Soini (17 July 1896 – 6 February 1975) was a Finnish journalist, novelist and playwright, who used the pen name Agapetus. His humorous works enjoyed wide popularity in Finland during the 20th century and several of them have been adapted into films. Soini was born in Hattula, Tavastia Proper. His family included: Children: Seppo, Elina and Irma Soini Grandchildren include: Sakari, Ilkka and Lauri Soini Grandgrandchildren: Alexander, Amanda and Silja Soini He died in Helsinki, aged 78. Stage plays *1927: ''Olenko minä tullut haaremiin'' (film adaptation by Waldemar Wohlström in 1932 and by T. J. Särkkä in 1938) *1930: ''Syntipukki'' (film adaptation by Erkki Karu in 1935 and by Matti Kassila in 1957) *1931: ''Kirjakaupassa'' *1932: ''Onnellinen Sakari'' (film adaptation in 1939 under the title ''Takki ja liivit pois!'' directed by Jorma Nortimo) *1934: ''Kaikenlaisia vieraita'' (film adaptation in 1936) *1951: ''Viisi vekkulia'' (film adaptation in 1956) ...
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Aatamin Puvussa Ja Vähän Eevankin (1931 Film)
''Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin'' (''In Adam's costume and a little in Eve's too'') ( sv, I Adams kläder och litet i Evas) is a 1931 Finnish comedy film directed and written by Jaakko Korhonen based on the novel of the same name by Yrjö Soini. The film's runtime is 104 minutes. It is the first Finnish film to have sound, although sound is limited to sound effects and some singing. The dialogue is still only displayed in bilingual intertitles. In 1959 the film was remade in West Germany as ''Two Times Adam, One Time Eve''. Cast *Joel Rinne as Aarne Himanen * Elsa Segerberg as Alli *Yrjö Tuominen as Paavo Kehkonen *Kaarlo Saarnio as Viirimäki *Uuno Montonen as Kalle Vikström * Heikki Välisalmi as Police chief * Anja Suonio-Similä as Liisa * Olga Leino as Old woman * Ellen Sylvin as Lehtinen's daughter *Kaija Suonio Kaija is a contemporary feminine personal name thought to have arisen as a Finnic variant of the Katrin, or alternatively from Katariina. Among the ...
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People From Häme Province (Grand Duchy Of Finland)
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People From Hattula
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ...
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1975 Deaths
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of ''Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the ''Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreement: Portuga ...
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1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit of , the first spee ...
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Aatamin Puvussa Ja Vähän Eevankin (1971 Film)
''In Adam's Dress and a Bit in Eve's Too'' ( fi, Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin) was a 1971 Finnish comedy film directed and written by Matti Kassila (based on the novel by Yrjö Soini), and starring Heikki Kinnunen and Juha Hyppönen. Its running time is 88 minutes. Cast *Heikki Kinnunen as Heikki Himanen * Juha Hyppönen as Jussi Kirves * Marja-Leena Kouki as Marja * Tuire Salenius as Tuire Korpela *Kauko Helovirta as Police Chief Korpela *Risto Mäkelä as Yrjö Granberg * Pia Hattara as Selma *Tiina Rinne as Salme *Pentti Irjala as Hiski *Tapio Hämäläinen as Constable Niemelä *Eila Rinne as Kerttu Luodepohja * Raili Veivo as Niemelä's Wife * Ada Pääkkönen-Koponen as Farm Matron (as Ada Pääkkönen) * Salme Karppinen as Tyyne *Veijo Pasanen as Veijo Viirimäki See also *'' Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin'' (1931) *'' Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin'' (1940) *''Two Times Adam, One Time Eve ''Two Times Adam, One Time Eve'' (German: ''2 x Adam, 1 x Eve'') ...
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Aatamin Puvussa Ja Vähän Eevankin (1940 Film)
''Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin'' is a 1940 Finnish comedy film directed by Ossi Elstelä and written by Nisse Hirn based on the novel by Yrjö Soini. The film runtime is 77 minutes. Cast *Sirkka Sipilä.... Alli *Tauno Palo .... Aarne Himanen * Leo Lähteenmäki .... Paavo Kehkonen *Jalmari Rinne.... Viirimäki *Yrjö Tuominen .... Vilho Vikström * Valter Tuomi .... Police chief *Irja Kuusla .... Liina * Maikki Sälehovi .... Puuska's wife * Rafael Stenius .... Puuska See also *Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin (1931 film) * Two Times Adam, One Time Eve (1959 West German film) *Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin (1971 film) ''In Adam's Dress and a Bit in Eve's Too'' ( fi, Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin) was a 1971 Finnish comedy film directed and written by Matti Kassila (based on the novel by Yrjö Soini), and starring Heikki Kinnunen and Juha Hyppönen. Its ... External links * 1940 comedy films 1940 films Finnish black-and-white fi ...
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Aatamin Puvussa Ja Vähän Eevankin
{{unreferenced, date=April 2021 ''Aatamin puvussa ja vähän Eevankin'' stylized as ''Aatamin puvussa... ja vähän Eevankin'' is a novel by the Finnish writer Yrjö Soini under his pen name Agapetus. It was published in 1928. Film adaptations The popular book has been subject to a number of film adaptations. The first was by Finnish film director Jaakko Korhonen in 1931 becoming the first Finnish sound film. The second was in 1940 directed by Finnish director Ossi Elstelä. In 1959, a version destined for the West German market was released. The film was directed by Franz M. Lang. A more recent adaptation was in 1971 when Matti Kassila wrote a storyline based on the novel and directed the film starring Heikki Kinnunen Heikki Kinnunen (born 8 April 1946, in Raahe) is a Finnish actor, who became well known in the beginning of the 1970s in the comedy program '' Ällitälli''. Kinnunen was known specially for his roles in comedy films and -series. He has played th ... and Juh ...
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Journalist
A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism. Roles Journalists can be broadcast, print, advertising, and public relations personnel, and, depending on the form of journalism, the term ''journalist'' may also include various categories of individuals as per the roles they play in the process. This includes reporters, correspondents, citizen journalists, editors, editorial-writers, columnists, and visual journalists, such as photojournalists (journalists who use the medium of photography). A reporter is a type of journalist who researches, writes and reports on information in order to present using sources. This may entail conducting interviews, information-gathering and/or writing articles. Reporters may split their time between working in a newsroom, or from home, and going ou ...
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