Erkki is a
Finnish and
Estonian
Estonian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
* Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
* Estonian language
* Estonian cuisine
* Estonian culture
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given name (derived from
Erik). Notable people with the name include:
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Erkki Aadli (born 1974), Estonian orienteer
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Erkki Aaltonen
Erkki Aaltonen (17 August 1910 – 8 March 1990) was a Finnish composer.
Biography
Born in Hämeenlinna (Tavastehus), Finland, he was a student of the violin at the Helsinki Conservatory and of composition in privacy with Väinö Raitio and ...
(1910–1990), Finnish composer
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Erkki Ala-Könni
Martti Erik (Erkki) Ala-Könni (2 February 1911, Ilmajoki – 2 September 1996, Tampere) was a Finnish university professor, ethnomusicologist, researcher, and recorder of Finnish folklore. He received a doctorate degree in folk music in 1956 from ...
(1911– 1996), Finnish ethnomusicologist
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Erkki Bahovski
Erkki Bahovski (born 22 April 1970) is an Estonian journalist and press officer.
Education
Bahovski studied at the Estonian Institute of Human Sciences from 1989 to 1992. From 1992 to 1999, he studied history at Tartu University. Bahovski studi ...
(born 1970), Estonian journalist
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Erkki Ertama Erkki Ertama born ''Bertel Erik Ertama'' orig. ''Enbom'' (26 November 1927 in Alavus, Finland – 16 September 2010 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finlan ...
(1927-2010), Finnish composer and conductor
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Erkki Hartikainen
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Erkki Juhani Hartikainen (24 June 1942, in Finland – 11 July 2021) was the chairman of ''Atheist Association of Finland'' ("Suomen Ateistiyhdistys" in Finnish, an atheistic association in Finland). He qualified for a Master of Science ...
(born 1942), Finnish atheist activist and educator
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Erkki Haukipuro (1921- 2001), Finnish politician
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Erkki Hautamäki (born 1930), Finnish military major and historian
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Erkki Huttunen
Erkki Juhani Huttunen (18 May 1901 – 17 November 1956) was a Finnish architect known for his Functionalist works. He graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1927.
Selected works
*SOK Toppila Mill, Oulu, 1929
*City Hall, Kotk ...
(1901–1956), Finnish architect
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Erkki Junkkarinen
Erkki Aukusti Junkkarinen (22 April 1929 in Suonenjoki – 9 April 2008 in Hämeenlinna) was a Finnish singer.
Junkkarinen established his musical career in 1950 with his successful single ''Yksinäinen harmonikka'', though in the following y ...
(1929-2008), Finnish singer
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Erkki Kaila
Erkki Kaila, previously Erik Johansson (2 June 1867 in Huittinen – 9 December 1944 in Turku) was the Archbishop of Turku, and the spiritual head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland between 1935 and 1944. He was a Member of Parliament ...
(1867–1944), Finnish Lutheran Archbishop of Turku and politician
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Erkki Karu (1887–1935), Finnish film director, screenwriter and producer
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Erkki Kataja (1924–1969), Finnish track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
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Erkki Keldo (born 1990), Estonian politician
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Erkki Kerttula (1909–1989), Finnish fencer and Olympic competitor
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Erkki Kilpinen (born 1948), Finnish nordic combined skier and Olympic competitor
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Erkki Kohvakka (born 1937), Finnish orienteering competitor
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Erkki Kokkonen (1938–2008), Finnish film director
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Erkki Koiso (1934-2000), Finnish ice hockey player
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Erkki Korhonen (born 1956), Finnish pianist, conductor and former director of the Finnish National Opera
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Erkki Koskinen (born 1925), Finnish cyclist and Olympic competitor
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Erkki Kourula
Erkki Antero Kourula (born 12 June 1948) is a Finnish judge who served as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC). (born 1948), Finnish judge of the International Criminal Court
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Erkki Kurenniemi (born 1941), one of the most important characters in the history of Finnish electronic music
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Erkki Laine
Erkki Juhani Laine (13 September 1957 – 22 August 2009) was a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. A two time Olympian, he won a silver medal with the Finnish national team at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He is the Lahti Pelicans f ...
(1957-2009), Finnish ice hockey player and Olympic medalist
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Erkki Lehtonen (born 1957), Finnish ice hockey player and Olympic medalist
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Erkki Leikola (1900-1986), Finnish politician
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Erkki Liikanen (born 1950), Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Finland
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Erkki Lill (born 1968), Estonian curler and curling coach
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Erkki Mallenius
Erkki Aarno Mallenius (12 January 1928 – 2 July 2003) was a Finnish amateur boxer who won a bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the 1952 Olympics.
Mallenius took up boxing in 1945 and in 1946 won the Finnish junior lightweight ...
(1928-2003), Finnish boxer and Olympic medalist
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Erkki Melartin (1875–1937), Finnish composer
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Erkki Miinala
Erkki Miinala (born 19 August 1986 in Kemi) is a Finnish goalball player. He began playing at age ten, but did not become serious about the sport until 19. His visual impairment is due to retinitis pigmentosa which is an inherited, degenerative e ...
(born 1986), Finnish goalball player and Olympic medalist
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Erkki Nghimtina
Erkki Nghimtina (born 16 September 1947) is a Namibian politician and former military officer in the Namibia Defence Force (NDF).http://209.88.21.36/opencms/opencms/grnnet/MWTC/Minister/biography.html A member of the South West Africa People's ...
(born 1948), Namibian politician
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Erkki Niemi
Erkki Olavi Niemi (born 18 April 1962 in Vaasa) is a retired high jumper from Finland. He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Ang ...
(born 1962), Finnish high jumper and Olympic competitor
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Erkki Nordberg M.A. Erkki Juhani Nordberg (17 August 1946, Helsinki – 28 March 2012, Helsinki) was a Finnish colonel who served as the Chief of the Educational Department of the Main Headquarters of the Finnish Defense Forces.
Before that, Nordberg served ...
(1946–2012), Finnish military colonel and historian
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Erkki Oja
Erkki Oja (born 22 March 1948 in Helsinki) is a Finland, Finnish computer scientist and Aalto Distinguished Professor in the Department of Information and Computer Science at Aalto University School of Science. He is recognized for developing Oja' ...
(born 1948), Finnish computer scientist
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Erkki Pakkanen
Erkki Olavi Pakkanen (19 April 1930 – 23 April 1973) was an amateur lightweight boxer from Finland who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Olympics.
Pakkanen took up boxing in 1947 and won the Finnish junior title in 1949. He never held a senior ...
(1930-1973), Finnish boxer and Olympic medalist
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Erkki Peltonen Erik (Erkki) Peltonen (1 May 1861 - 25 January 1942) was a Finland, Finnish schoolteacher and politician. He was born in Askola, and was a member of the Diet of Finland from 1905 to 1906 and of the Parliament of Finland from 1908 to 1909, representi ...
(1861-1942), Finnish politician
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Erkki Penttilä
Erkki Penttilä (14 June 1932 – 19 April 2005) was a Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received a bronze medal in freestyle wrestling
Freestyle wrestling is a style ...
(1932–2005), Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist
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Erkki Pohjanheimo
Erkki Pohjanheimo (born 28 January 1942) is a Finnish television producer and director.
Television career
Pohjanheimo joined Yleisradio in 1961 as a television cameraman and worked as a cameraman for five years. In 1966 Pohjanheimo was appoint ...
(born 1942), Finnish television producer and director
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Erkki Pukka (born 1940), Finnish ski-jumper
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Erkki Pulliainen
Erkki Ossi Olavi Pulliainen (23 June 1938 – 22 August 2022) was a Finnish biologist and politician and member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Green League. He was first elected to the parliament in 1987 and was continuously a member unti ...
(born 1938), Finnish politician
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Erkki Pystynen
Erkki Topias Pystynen (born 2 November 1929 in Heinola) is a Finland, Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party (Finland), National Coalition Party.
Pystynen was a professor in Tampere University. He was elected to the parliament in 19 ...
(born 1929), Finnish politician
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Erkki Raappana
Major General Erkki Johannes Raappana (June 2, 1893 – September 14, 1962) was the commander of the 14th Division of the Finnish Army during the Second World War.
Raappana was born in Oulujoki. From 1916 to 1918, he served in the 27th Jäg ...
(1893–1962), commander of the 14th Division of the Finnish Army
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Erkki Räikkönen Erkki Aleksanteri Räikkönen (13 August 1900 – 30 March 1961) was a Finnish nationalist leader.
Born in St. Petersburg to a cantor, he attended the University of Helsinki before taking part in the ill-fated mission to secure independence for Ka ...
(1900– 1961), Finnish nationalist leader
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Erkki Rajamäki
Erkki Rajamäki (born October 30, 1978) is a retired Finnish ice hockey left winger and currently a scout for the Boston Bruins of the NHL. He was previously a scout for the Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as th ...
(born 1978), Finnish ice-hockey player
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Erkki Rapo (1946–2004), Finnish amateur autograph collector
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Erkki Ruoslahti
Erkki Ruoslahti (born 16 February 1940 in Imatra, Finland) is a cancer researcher and distinguished professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. He moved from Finland to the United States in 1976.
Ruoslahti made seminal contrib ...
(born c. 1940), Finnish physician and cancer researcher
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Erkki Ruuhinen
Erkki Ruuhinen (born September 3, 1943, in Toivakka, Finland) is a Finnish graphic designer specializing in business emblems, logos and design management. He is also known for his film posters and his calligraphic and typographic work.
Design p ...
(born 1943), Finnish graphic designer and artist
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Erkki Salmenhaara
Erkki Olavi Salmenhaara (March 12, 1941 – March 19, 2002) was a Finnish composer and musicologist.
Personal life
Salmenhaara was born in Helsinki, Finland, and married Anja Kosonen in 1961. They had two sons, but divorced in 1978. Salmenhaara ...
(1941–2002), Finnish composer and musicologist
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Erkki Savolainen
Erkki Olavi Savolainen (August 21, 1917 in Helsinki – December 26, 1993 in Helsinki) was a Finland, Finnish Boxing, boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
In 1936 he was eliminated in the first round of the Boxing at the 1936 Summer ...
(1917–1993), Finnish boxer and Olympic competitor
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Erkki Toivanen
Erkki Matti Toivanen (18 May 1938 – 21 July 2011) was a Finnish journalist and presenter for Yleisradio.
Career
After gaining a master's degree in political history from the University of Helsinki in 1962, Toivanen joined the Finnish sec ...
(1938–2011), Finnish journalist and news presenter
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Erkki Tuominen
Erkki Tuominen (1914–1975) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Communist Party and served as the minister of justice briefly between 1970 and 1971.
Biography
Tuominen was born in 1914. He was a member of the Communist Party. Shor ...
(1914–1975), Finnish politician
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Erkki Tuomioja
Erkki Sakari Tuomioja (born 1 July 1946) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament. From 2000 to 2007 and 2011 to 2015, he served as the minister for foreign affairs. He was president of the Nordic Council in 2008.
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(born 1946), Finnish politician
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Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959), Estonian composer
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Erkki Virtanen (born 1952), Finnish politician
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