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Ojanperä (Rovaniemi)
Ojanperä is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Ojanperä (1856–1916), Finnish singer *Antti Ojanperä Antti Ojanperä (born 6 April 1983) is a retired Finnish footballer, who plays as midfielder or defender. Throughout his senior career he had represented Tampere United in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga, until he moved to FC Haka o ... (born 1983), Finnish footballer * Olavi Ojanperä (1921–2016), Finnish sprint canoeist {{Surname Finnish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Name
In Finland, a person must have a surname and at least one given name with up to four given names permitted. Surnames are inherited either patrilineally or matrilineally, while given names are usually chosen by a person's parents. Finnish names come from a variety of dissimilar traditions that were consolidated only in the early 20th century. The first national act on names came into force in 1921, and it made surnames mandatory. Between 1930 and 1985, the Western Finnish tradition whereby a married woman took her husband's surname was mandatory. Previously in Eastern Finland, this was not necessarily the case. On 1 January 2019, the reformed Act on Forenames and Surnames came into force. Finnish given names are often of Christian origin (e.g., ''Jukka'' from Greek Johannes), but Finnish and Swedish origins are also common. Pronunciation In Finnish, the letter "j" denotes the approximant , as in English ''you''. For example, the two different names ''Maria'' and ''Marja'' are pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Ojanperä
Abraham (Aappo, Aapo, Aapi) Ojanperä (16 September 1856 – 26 February 1916) was a Finnish singer, vocal pedagogist, and cantor. He usually sang bass and baritone roles in oratorios and Finnish operas at a time when the country still lacked a regularly performing opera. Childhood and youth Ojanperä was born to a peasant family in Liminka, near Oulu. He was orphaned before the age of two but finished primary school and was able to enroll at the teachers' college in Jyväskylä with the help of local benefactors. He graduated from that institution in 1878 and went to Helsinki to study singing. Ojanperä held his first concert in Helsinki at the end of January of 1881. About a year and six months later, in May 1882, he had another concert at the festive hall of the University of Helsinki, after which he went on to continue his singing studies in Dresden, Germany. Ojanperä became the first Finnish male singer of peasant background to have been educated at a foreign conservatory. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Ojanperä
Antti Ojanperä (born 6 April 1983) is a retired Finnish footballer, who plays as midfielder or defender. Throughout his senior career he had represented Tampere United in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga, until he moved to FC Haka of the same league in 2011. After spending two years in FC Haka he joined Ilves Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (; Finnish language, Finnish for "Eurasian lynx, Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena (Tampere), Nokia Arena. The colors of Ilves, ... until retiring at the end of the season 2015. Ojanperä was especially known for his long throw-ins. References Guardian Football 1983 births Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Living people Veikkausliiga players Tampere United players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Tampere {{Finland-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Ojanperä
Arvo Kalle Olavi Ojanperä (27 October 1921 – 8 May 2016)"Obituary", ''Helsingin Sanomat'', June 12, 2016, p.C28 was a Finnish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the C-1 1000 m event at Helsinki in 1952. He was born in Tyrvää Tyrvää (; ) was a municipality in the Satakunta region, Turku and Pori Province, Finland. It was established in 1439 when the Tyrvää parish was separated from the parish of Karkku. In 1915, the market town of Vammala was separated from Tyrvä .... References Olavi Ojanperä's profile at Sports Reference.com 1921 births 2016 deaths People from Sastamala Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Finnish male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
