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Kristiina Lähde
Kristiina is an Estonian and Finnish feminine given name. It is a cognate of the English and French given name Christine. Tiina is often used as a diminutive of Kristiina. People named Kristiina include: * Kristiina Brask (born 1990), Finnish pop singer * Kristiina Ehin (born 1977), Estonian singer, poet and translator * Kristiina Elstelä (1943–2016), Finnish actress * Kristiina Halttu (born 1963), Finnish actress * Kristiina Kass (born 1970), Estonian children's writer and illustrator * Kristiina Kolehmainen (1956–2012), Finnish-Swedish librarian and translator * Kristiina Lassus (born 1966), Finnish product designer and interior architect * Kristiina Mäkelä (born 1992), Finnish athlete (triple jump) * Kristiina Mäki (born 1991), Finnish-born Czech runner * Kristiina Nurk (born 1972), Estonian underwater swimmer * Kristiina Ojuland (born 1966), Estonian politician *Kristiina Poska Kristiina Poska (born 12 July 1978, Türi, Estonia) is an Estonian conductor. Biogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest List of cities and towns in Estonia, urban areas. The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the Estonians, majority of its population of nearly 1.4 million. Estonia is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The Ancient Estonia#Early Middle Ages, medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Lassus
Kristiina Lassus (born 1966, Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish product designer and interior architect. Kristiina Lassus graduated from the University of Industrial Arts of Helsinki (UIAH) with a Master of Arts (MA) in Design Leadership in 1992 and further specialized in product development at the Helsinki University of Technology in 1993. She had her second MA in Interior Architecture and Furniture Design from the UIAH in 1995. After working in renowned interior architecture agencies in Finland and Australia, she developed her first product designs for the Italian design firms Alessi, Poltronova and Zanotta. Lassus has also worked as Design Coordinator for Artek (company), Artek Oy AB, Finla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Feminine 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] |
Kristiina Wheeler
Kristiina Wheeler (born 8 July 1983) is a Finnish pop singer. Life and career Wheeler was born to an English father and a Finnish mother in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. The family moved to Tampere, Finland, when Wheeler was six years old. In 2005, Wheeler moved to Helsinki and started to make music. Her first single, "You'll Be Gone", was released in 2005. The song was used in the film '' Beauty and the Bastard''. Her debut album, ', was released on 5 November 2008. From 2007 to 2008, Wheeler hosted '' Tilt.tv'', a Finnish television program about video games. In January 2009, Wheeler participated in ', the Finnish version of ''Clash of the Choirs''. Her choir was eliminated first. In 2010, Wheeler participated in ''Fort Boyard Suomi'', the Finnish version of '' Fort Boyard'', as part of the Blue team, which won the competition. In 2013, she announced the Finnish votes in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, celebrated in Malmö, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Wegelius
Kristiina Marketta "Tintti" Wegelius (born 12 October 1960) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She won medals at Skate Canada International, Skate America, and NHK Trophy, as well as four Finnish national titles. Wegelius placed tenth at the 1980 Winter Olympics, as high as sixth at the World Championships (1981, 1983), and as high as fourth at the European Championships (1979, 1980, 1981). She was coached by Carlo Fassi. After retiring from competition, Wegelius performed with Disney on Ice and became a skating coach and choreographer. As of January 2009, she was living with her husband and daughter, Khayla (born 1998), in Quebec City Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a populati ..., Canada. Results References External linksskatabase 1960 births Living p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Tullus
Kristiina Tullus (born 12 September 1998) is an Estonian footballer who plays as a defender for Flora and the Estonia women's national team. Career She made her debut for the Estonia national team on 18 June 2019 against Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ..., starting the match. References 1998 births Living people Women's association football defenders Estonian women's footballers 21st-century Estonian sportswomen Estonia women's international footballers Footballers from Tallinn FC Flora (women) players {{Estonia-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Rove
Kristiina Rove (born 1990) is a Finnish alpine ski racer Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether .... She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek Resort, Beaver Creek, USA, in the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2015 – Women's slalom, slalom. References 1990 births Finnish female alpine skiers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Finnish sportswomen {{Finland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Ross
Kristiina Ross (born 3 June 1955 in Tallinn) is an Estonian linguist and translator. In 1978 she graduated from Tartu State University in Estonian philology. Since 1978 she is working at Estonian Language Institute. She has also worked at Estonian Humanitarian Institute. Her main fields of research have been the grammar of Estonian language and other Finnic languages, Bible translations into Estonian. Her father was the writer Jaan Kross. Awards * 2003: Order of the White Star, IV class * 2007: Wiedemann Language Award Wiedemann Language Award (, full name The State F. J. Wiedemann Language Award) is an Estonian state award which is granted each year to one natural person for outstanding merits upon study, organisation, teaching, promotion or use of the Estonia ... Works Source: * Heebrea keel algajatele (1985) * lnstruktiiv läänemeresoome keeltes (1988) * Eesti keele käsiraamat (1997, 2007, with M. Erelt and T. Erelt) * Esimene Moosese raamat. Iiobi raamat (2003, compila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Poska
Kristiina Poska (born 12 July 1978, Türi, Estonia) is an Estonian conductor. Biography At age eight, Poska began piano lessons. She graduated from Türi Music School in piano studies in 1994, and then studied choral conducting at the Georg Ots Tallinn Music College from 1994 to 1998. She continued her choral conducting studies in 2002 at Eesti Muusikaakadeemia (the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). She subsequently moved to Berlin, where she studied at the Universität der Künste (Berlin University of the Arts) with Kai-Uwe Jirka and Jörg-Peter Weigle. From 2004 to 2009, she studied orchestral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" with Christian Ehwald. In the spring of 2008, she received a scholarship from the Conductors Forum at the German Music Council, where her conducting mentors included Peter Gülke, Reinhard Goebel, and Eri Klas. In 1998, Poska founded the Estonian choir ''Nimeta'' ('No Name'). From 2006 to 2011, she conducted the Cappella Acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Ojuland
Kristiina Ojuland (born 17 December 1966 in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia) is an Estonian politician. She was the Foreign Minister of Estonia from 2002 through 2005. She was a member of the Estonian Reform Party from 1995 till 5 June 2013 and from 2009 to 2014 she served as one of the six Estonian MEPs in the European Parliament. She was expelled from the Reform Party because of alleged vote rigging on 5 June 2013.Estonian MEP Kristiina Ojuland Ejected From Reform Party Over Alleged Vote Rigging ERR News She later founded the Party of People's Unity, which failed to gain any seats in the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Nurk
Kristiina Nurk (since 2018 Nurk-Baker; born on 8 July 1972) is an Estonian underwater swimmer. 1992 and 1996 she won two bronze medals at World Championships. 1987-1999 she became individually 24-times Estonian champion in different underwater swimming disciplines. In 1991 she was named to Estonian Athlete of the Year The Estonian Athlete of the Year () is an annual award presented by the Estonian Olympic Committee (''Eesti Olümpiakomitee'', EOK) to one male and one female sportsperson judged to have delivered the best performance over the course of the year .... Since 2015 she is living in United Kingdom. References Living people 1972 births Estonian female swimmers Sportspeople from Kohtla-Järve World Games gold medalists World Games silver medalists Medalists at the 1993 World Games {{Estonia-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristiina Mäki
Kristiina Hannele Sasínek Mäki, née Kristiina Hannele Mäki (born 22 September 1991) is a Finland, Finnish-born runner who represents the Czech Republic in international competitions. Background Mäki was born in Seinäjoki, Finland and moved to the Czech Republic with her parents at the age of three. Her father is Finnish and mother from the Czech Republic, both former runners. Running career In February 2014 Mäki ran the fastest Finnish indoor time of 21st century with 9.02,14 and also won gold medals from 2014 Finnish indoor championships from both 1500 and 3000 meters. She now represents solely the Czech Republic. In June 2014 Mäki broke the 14-year-old record set by Marjo Venäläinen in the rarely run 2000 meters and was also the first Finnish woman to break the 6-minute barrier. The new record is 5.42,71. In the same month she broke the qualifying limit for Zurich European Championship on 5000 meters; the 15.35,82 result was the best Finnish time of the 21st century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
