Koskela is a Finnish surname meaning "a place of rapids". Notable people with the surname include: * Harri Koskela (born 1965), Finnish wrestler * Jari Koskela, Finnish politician * Lauri Koskela (1907–1944), Finnish wrestler * Niina Koskela (born 1971), Finnish chess grandmaster *

Pekka Koskela Pekka Koskela (born 29 November 1982) is a Finnish speed skater, specialising on the sprint distances 500 m and 1000 m. He is the former world record holder on the 1000 m with the time 1:07.00. In December 2001 he set a junior world record on th ...

(born 1982), Finnish speedskater * Terho Koskela (born 1964), Swedish ice hockey player *

Tero Koskela Tero Koskela (born 13 October 1976) is a Finnish footballer who plays for Vaasan Palloseura Vaasan Palloseura (or VPS) is a Finnish football club, based in Vaasa. It currently plays in the first tier of Finnish football (''Veikkausliiga'') ...

(born 1976), Finnish footballer * Toni Koskela (born 1983), Finnish footballer

Fictional characters

* Olof Koskela, a main character of the novel ''

The Song of the Blood-Red Flower , translator = W. J. Alexander Worster , image = Thesongofthebloodredflower 1921.jpg , caption = A hardcover of the 1921 English version , author = Johannes Linnankoski , illustrator = , cover_artist = , coun ...

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Johannes Linnankoski Johannes Linnankoski (originally Vihtori Johan Peltonen, 18 October 1869 – 10 August 1913) was a Finland, Finnish author and playwright, which mainly influenced writing in the Golden Age of Finnish Art. His most famous work is the romance novel ...

* Multiple characters in the novels by

Väinö Linna Väinö Linna (; 20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was a Finnish author. He gained literary fame with his third novel, ''Tuntematon sotilas'' ( ''The Unknown Soldier'', published in 1954), and consolidated his position with the trilogy ''Tää ...

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