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Asko (name)
Asko is a male given name common in Finland and Estonia. The nameday is 6 September. The first Asko was baptised in 1901, and as of 2009 there were more than 8000 people with this name in Finland. Notable people with the name include: * Asko Esna (born 1986), Estonian volleyball player * Asko Jussila (born 1963), Finnish football manager * Asko Kase (born 1979), Estonian film director * Asko Künnap (born 1971), Estonian poet, artist, graphic designer and marketer * Asko Paade (born 1984), Estonian basketball player * Asko Parpola (born 1941), Finnish Indologist and Sindhologist * Asko Peltoniemi (born 1963), Finnish pole vaulter * Asko Sahlberg (born 1964), Finnish novelist * Asko Sarkola (born 1945), Finnish actor and theatre manager References {{given name Finnish masculine given names Estonian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nameday
In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, as well as Christian communities elsewhere. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a biblical character or other saint. Where they are popular, individuals celebrate both their name day and their birthday in a given year. The custom originated with the Christian calendar of saints: believers named after a saint would celebrate that saint's feast day. Within Christianity, name days have greater resonance in areas where the Christian denominations of Catholicism, Lutheranism and Orthodoxy predominate. In some countries, however, name-day celebrations do not have a connection to explicitly Christian traditions. History The celebration of name days has been a tradition in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox countries since the Middle Ages, and has also continued in some measure in countries, such as the Scandinavian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Esna
Asko Esna (born 1 May 1986) is an Estonian volleyball player. He was born in Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and .... His older brother is volleyball player and coach Sten Esna. He began his volleyball career in 1997, coached by Johannes Noormägi. He has played at volleyball club Tallinna Selver. 2007–2012 he was a member of Estonian national volleyball team. 2013–2019 he worked as a coach at the sport club Saaremaa SK. Since 2019 he is coaching the club TalTech Volleyball. References Living people 1986 births Estonian men's volleyball players Volleyball players from Tallinn Estonian volleyball coaches 21st-century Estonian sportsmen {{Estonia-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Jussila
Asko Jussila (born 25 January 1963) is a Finnish football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... manager. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Kase
Asko Kase (born 26 February 1979 in Tallinn) is an Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...n film and television director. In 2009 his film " December Heat" was nominated in 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film (see the list). Filmography * 2000: "Buddha Of The North" * 2001: "Linnapiloot" * 2004: "Kooma" * 2006: "Hundi agoonia" * 2007: "Zen läbi prügi * 2008: " December Heat" ('Detsembrikuumus') * 2009: "Tondipoisid" * 2009: "Baruto - tõlkes kaduma läinud" References Living people 1979 births Estonian film directors Tallinn University alumni Film people from Tallinn {{Estonia-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Künnap
Asko Künnap (born 6 September 1971) is an Estonian designer, writer, and artist. Education Asko Künnap attendeMiina Härma Gymnasium(1978–1989) and the Tartu Children’s Art School (1980–1984). He graduated from thEstonian Academy of Artsin product- and graphic design (1989–1995), and studied interior architecture at thOslo National Academy of the Arts(1991–1992). Career Künnap has worked as a freelance illustrator and designer (1992–1994) as well as creative director at the advertising agencies ZOOM Ogilvy (1994–2003) anRakett(2003–2014). He has received numerous nominations and prizes in competitions including the Effie Awards and the Estonian Golden Egg Competition. Works Design Künnap has designed logos and corporate identities for customers including the Republic of Estonia and all its national ministries (2013); the Estonian national parks of Lahemaa, Matsalu, Vilsandi, Soomaa, and Karula (2014); the online news portal Delfi (1999); the Estoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Paade
Asko Paade (born 6 September 1984) is an Estonian basketball player who last played for Estonian basketball team Tartu Ülikool. He was also a member of Estonia national basketball team The Estonia men's national basketball team () represents Estonia in international basketball matches. They are controlled by the Estonian Basketball Association. The team competed in their first international tournament at the 1936 Olympic Ga ... in 2003–2005. Honours * 2002–03 Estonian Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2003–04 Estonian League (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2004–05 Estonian Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2006–07 Estonian League (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2007–08 Estonian League (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2009–10 Estonian Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2009–10 Estonian League (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2010–11 BBL Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2010–11 Estonian Cup (Tartu Ülikool/Rock) * 2011–12 Estonian Cup (Tartu Ülikool) References External linksProfileat bbl.net 1984 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Parpola
Asko Heikki Siegfried Parpola (born 12 July 1941, in Forssa) is a Finnish Indologist, current professor emeritus of Indology at the University of Helsinki. He specializes in the Indus Valley Civilization, specifically the study of the Indus script. Biography Parpola is a brother of the Akkadian language epigrapher Simo Parpola. He is married to Marjatta Parpola, who has authored a study on the traditions of Kerala's Nambudiri Brahmins. Scholarship Parpola's research and teaching interests fall within the following topics: * Indus Civilization / Indus script and religion / Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions * Veda / Vedic ritual / Samaveda / Jaiminiya Samaveda texts and rituals / Purva-Mimamsa * South Asian religions / Hinduism / Saiva and Sakta tradition / Goddess Durga * South India / Kerala / Tamil Nadu / Karnataka * Sanskrit / Malayalam / Kannada / Tamil / Prehistory of Indian languages * Prehistoric archaeology of South Asia and (in broad sense) Central Asia / Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Peltoniemi
Asko Peltoniemi (born 7 February 1963 in Ikaalinen) is a retired Finnish pole vaulter, now is Fitness Coach from FC Haka FC Haka, originally ''Valkeakosken Haka'', commonly known as Haka, is a Finnish professional football club based in the industrial town of Valkeakoski. The club was founded in 1934 and competes in Finland's premier division, the Veikkausliiga. .... Achievements References 1963 births Living people People from Ikaalinen Finnish male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Finland Athletes from Pirkanmaa Finnish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Sahlberg
Asko Tapio Sahlberg (born 30 September 1964) is a Finnish novelist. Since the publication of his debut novel in 2000, he has written several more novels, including ''The Brothers'' (2010), an English translation of which has been released by Peirene Press. Sahlberg has lived in Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg ( ; ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gubernatorial seat of Västra Götaland County, ... since 1996, and was chosen as the Sweden Finn of 2014. Sisuradio References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asko Sarkola
Lauri Asko Antero Sarkola (born September 3, 1945, in Helsinki) is a Finnish actor and theater manager. He studied at the Svenska Teaterskolan from 1963 to 1966. He had a long career at the Swedish-speaking Lilla Teatern, where he first starred in 1967–1974 and served as deputy director from 1972 to 1974. In 1974–1981 and 1984–1997, Sarkola was the director of Lilla Teatern. From 1982 to 1985, Sarkola worked as a professor at the Helsinki Theatre Academy. He directed the Helsinki City Theatre from 1998 to 2016. Sarkola has played numerous roles in television, theater and movies. He starred in the lead, author Algot Untola, in the 1980 film '' Flame Top''. Sarkola has acted in both Finnish and Swedish films and acted as a narrator in the Finnish version of radio drama ''The Men from the Ministry''. Sarkola has been the chairman of the Finlands Svenska Teaterförbundet 1978–1983, 1985–1986, the chairman of the Centralförbundet för Finlands svenska theater organizer 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Masculine Given Names
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 * Finish (other) * Finland (other) * Suomi (other) Suomi means ''Finland'' in Finnish. Suomi may also refer to: *Finnish language Finnish (endonym: or ) is a Finnic languages, Finnic language of the Uralic languages, Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finla ... * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Masculine Given Names
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 See also * * Estonia (other) * Languages of Estonia The official language of Estonia is Estonian language, Estonian, a Uralic languages, Uralic language of the Finnic languages, Finnic branch, which is related to Finnish language, Finnish. It is unrelated to the bordering Russian language, Russian ... * List of Estonians {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
