Pasi Eino Heikura (born 14 April 1963 in

Karvia Karvia is a municipality of Finland founded in 1865. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The population of Karvia is () and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water (). The p ...

Satakunta Satakunta (in both Finnish and Swedish, ) is a region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia. The capital city of the region is ...

) is a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

humorist A humorist (American) or humourist (British spelling) is an intellectual who uses humor, or wit, in writing or public speaking, but is not an artist who seeks only to elicit laughs. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business e ...

, musician, writer, television actor and presenter best known for his work on

Alivaltiosihteeri Alivaltiosihteeri (" Undersecretary of State") is a Finnish comedy group currently consisting of Simo Frangén, Pasi Heikura and Jyrki Liikka. It started as a band in 1985 but has since made both the weekly radio show Alivaltiosihteeri and a f ...

. Heikura hosts the radio program ''Aristoteleen kantapää'' (Aristotle's Heel) on

YLE Radio 1 Yleisradio Oy (Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founde ...

which focuses on common usage of the

Finnish language Finnish ( endonym: or ) is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedish ...

. In addition to discussion with a guest about a different topic each week,

proscribed Proscription ( la, proscriptio) is, in current usage, a 'decree of condemnation to death or banishment' (''Oxford English Dictionary'') and can be used in a political context to refer to state-approved murder or banishment. The term originated ...

use of phrases and quote tips are also presented.

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* 1963 births Living people People from Karvia Finnish male television actors Finnish television presenters {{Finland-actor-stub