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Jenna Pirttijärvi
Jenna Pirttijärvi (born 9 March 1994) is a Finnish ice hockey player, a winger. She plays in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Skellefteå AIK. Playing career Pirttijärvi began playing ice hockey on the outdoor ice rinks in her home village of , part of the Ranua municipality in southern Lapland, and she played informal games during childhood, as Ranua didn’t have any ice hockey clubs at the time. In her early 20s, she joined a recreational women's ice hockey league in Posio and moved to the recreational league in Rovaniemi two seasons later. In early 2019, Pirttijärvi sent a message via social media wishing good luck in an upcoming game to RoKi Naiset player Oona Parviainen, the first player from Lapland to represent Finland at the Olympics with the women's national ice hockey team. Parviainen responded to her message with an invitation to train with the team and Pirttijärvi soon joined RoKi Naiset for the 2019 postseason. She continued with the team in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranua
Ranua is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Geography Neighbouring municipalities are Ii, Simo, Tervola, Rovaniemi, Posio and Pudasjärvi. Villages Villages within the municipality of Ranua are inclusive of: * Asmunti * Hosio * Impiö * Kelankylä * Kortteenperä * Kuha * Kuukasjärvi * Mauru * Nuupas * Petäjäjärvi * Pohjaslahti–Piittisjärvi * Portimo * Putkivaara * Raiskio * Rovastinaho * Saariharju * Saukkojärvi * Sääskilahti * Teerivaara * Telkkälä * Tolja Nature of Ranua There are 569 lakes in Ranua. The biggest of them are lake Ranuanjärvi and lake Simojärvi. There are also quite many rapids and natural salmon living in the rapids. History Ranua was originally the name of a farm established in the 18th century. It gets its name from the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
