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Leppänen
Leppänen is a Finnish surname. It can be both a traditional surname and a new, acquired surname of Virtanen type derived from the word ''leppä''. Pirjo Mikkonen, Sirkka Paikkala, ''Sukunimet'', Otava, 2000. ISBN 951-1-14936-9. Notable people with the surname include: * Antti Leppänen (1947–2015), Finnish ice hockey player * Glory Leppänen (1901–1979), Finnish actress, director and writer * Kaisu Leppänen (1904–1993), Finnish actress * Kari Leppänen (born 1945), Finnish comic strip artist * Reijo Leppänen (born 1951), Finnish ice hockey player * Sulo Leppänen Sulo Leppänen (15 January 1916 – 12 March 2015) was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an interna ... (1916–2015), Finnish wrestler See also * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Leppanen Finnish surnames of Virtanen type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glory Leppänen
Glory Leppänen ( Renvall; 28 November 1901 — 26 October 1979) was a Finnish actress, theatre and film director, and writer. She was the first Finnish woman film director. Personal life Glory Renvall was born in Paris to a wealthy Finnish family. Her mother was the internationally renowned operatic soprano Aino Ackté, and her father the lawyer, business executive and ''Senaattori'' (i.e. Minister) Heikki Renvall. There have been persistent rumours that her biological father was the Finnish painter Albert Edelfelt, with whom her mother may have had an affair in Paris, but Glory Renvall herself has always insisted that her father is Heikki Renvall. In 1924, Glory Renvall married the actor , but he died in 1937 at the relatively young age of 43. Career Stage Glory Leppänen trained at ''Suomen Näyttämöopisto'' ( 'Finnish Stage College'), which later came to be merged into Helsinki Theatre Academy, graduating in 1922. She continued her studies in Europe, including at ''Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaisu Leppänen
Katri Sisko "Kaisu" Leppänen (13 October 1904 – 4 March 1993) was a Finnish actress. She worked for over 40 years in the Finnish National Theatre and appeared in 41 films between 1929 and 1987. She was born in Turku, and was married to actor Ilmari Unho from 1927 to 1930. She later married another actor Tauno Majuri. She died in Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ..., aged 88. Selected filmography * '' Noidan kirot'' (1927) * ''Korkein voitto'' (1929) * '' Ihmiset suviyössä'' (1948) * '' The Girl from Moon Bridge'' (1953) * ''Pastori Jussilainen'' (1955) * '' Täällä Pohjantähden alla'' (1968) * ''Pohjantähti'' (1973) * ''Petos'' (1988) References External links * 1904 births 1993 deaths Actors from Turku People from Turku and Pori Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kari Leppänen
Kari Tapio Leppänen (born September 1, 1945) is a Finnish comic strip artist who has worked on the Phantom comic since 1979. Leppänen's career started in the magazine ''Sarjis''. This was a magazine with only Finnish series. He wrote science fiction under the pseudonym Oskari. The Swedish comic strip publisher Semic Press, Semic became aware of his work and offered him a job as an artist on the Phantom series. External links Kari Leppänen biography Phantomwiki * Fantomet.org (in Norwegian) 1945 births Living people The Phantom Finnish comics artists Finnish science fiction writers {{Finland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Leppänen
Antti Kalervo Leppänen (November 23, 1947 – August 5, 2015) was a professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the SM-liiga. Born in Tampere, he played for Tappara. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is housed in and administered by the ('Finnish Ice Hockey Museum'), a part of the Vapriikki Museum Centre, in Tampere, Finland. The mission of the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is to record, document, and exhibit ... in 1990. References External links Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio 1947 births 2015 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Tappara players Finnish ice hockey goaltenders {{Finland-icehockey-goaltender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulo Leppänen
Sulo Leppänen (15 January 1916 – 12 March 2015) was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau .... References 1916 births 2015 deaths Olympic wrestlers for Finland Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Finnish male sport wrestlers 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reijo Leppänen
Reijo Kalevi Leppänen (born 8 November 1951 in Turku, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ... player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for TPS. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992. External links Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio* 1951 births Living people Finnish ice hockey players Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Ice hockey people from Turku HC TPS players 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtanen Type
The Virtanen type Finnish surnames are the surnames that became popular in the 19th century in western Finland and that are formed by combining of a word related to nature (but not an animal) with the suffix ''wikt:-nen, -nen''. The name of the type was introduced by Finnish expert in naming after the surname ''Virtanen (surname), Virtanen'', the most common surname of this type.Minna Saarelma-MaunumaaVIRTANEN-TYYPPI. SUOMALAISEN SUKUNIMISTÖN UUDISTAJANA ''Virittäjä'', no. 3, 2005, pp. 418-422 Until 2009 ''Virtanen'' was the most common surname in Finland, later superseded by ''Korhonen'', which is of unknown origin). The suffix ''-nen'', commonly used as a diminutive, was already in use in Eastern Finland (Savonia (historical province), Savonia, Karelia (historical province of Finland), Karelia) since the Middle Ages to create surnames in church records from the name of the parent (i.e., used as patronymic, e.g., ''Pentikäinen''). Most people in Western Finland lacked surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leppä
Leppä is a Finnish surname of Laine type literally meaning "alder". Notable people with the surname include: * Aleksi Leppä (born 1994), Finnish sport shooter *Henry Leppä (1947–2025), Finnish ice hockey player *Jari Leppä (born 1959), Finnish politician *Jouko Leppä (born 1943), Finnish Olympic weightlifter * (born 1948), Finnish politician * Leo Leppä (1893–1958), Finnish politician * Perttu Leppä (born 1964), Finnish film director and writer *Sulho Leppä Sulho Richard Leppä (7 February 1878 – 5 October 1918; former surnames ''Leppänen'' and ''Leppijärvi'') was a Finnish politician, born in Porin maalaiskunta. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1916 to 1917, representing the ... (1878–1918), Finnish politician See also * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Leppa Finnish surnames of Laine type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
