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List Of Finns
This is a list of historical and living Finns (including ethnic Finns and people of full or partial Finnish ancestry) who are famous or notable. Finland is a Nordic country located between Sweden, Norway and Russia. Actors and actresses *Ida Aalberg (1858–1915) *Jouko Ahola * Joalin Loukamaa *Olavi Ahonen *Irina Björklund *Anna Easteden *Samuli Edelmann *Peter Franzén *George Gaynes (1927–2019) * Gina Goldberg * Beat-Sofi Granqvist (1869 – 1960) *Ville Haapasalo *Anna-Leena Härkönen * Ansa Ikonen *Anni-Kristiina Juuso * Kata Kärkkäinen *Krista Kosonen *Marta Kristen *Mikko Leppilampi *Vesa-Matti Loiri * Masa Niemi * Maila "Vampira" Nurmi *Kati Outinen *Jasper Pääkkönen *Turo Pajala *Tauno Palo (1905–1982) * Pertti "Spede" Pasanen (1930–2001) * Matti Pellonpää (1951–1995) *Lasse Pöysti * Oiva Sala *Pentti Siimes *Maria Silfvan (1800–1865) – possibly Finland's first actress *Markku Toikka Architects *Aino Aalto (1894–1949) *Alvar Aalto (1898–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nordic Countries
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; ) are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe, as well as the Arctic Ocean, Arctic and Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic oceans. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden; the autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland. The Nordic countries have much in common in their way of life, History of Scandinavia, history, religion and Nordic model, social and economic model. They have a long history of political unions and other close relations but do not form a singular state or federation today. The Scandinavism, Scandinavist movement sought to unite Denmark, Norway and Sweden into one country in the 19th century. With the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden (Norwegian independence), the independence of Finland in the early 20th century and the 1944 Icelandic constitution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Krista Kosonen
Krista Erika Kosonen (born 28 May 1983) is a Finnish actress. She is known for her appearances in movies such as '' Jade Warrior'' (2006), ''Princess'' (2010), and the Norwegian HBO series '' Beforeigners'' (2019, 2021). She has also appeared in the sketch comedy television show '' Putous'' (2010–2014). Kosonen was selected Best Actress at the Shanghai International Film Festival for her performance in '' Wildeye'' (2015). She has also won two Jussi Awards for Best Leading Actress, in 2016 for ''Wildeye'' and in 2018 for ''Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...''. Personal life Krista Kosonen is married to movie director Antti J. Jokinen. They have two children together, a daughter (born 2015) and son (born 2022). Selected filmography Film Television R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oiva Sala
Oiva Arttur Sala (formerly Salin, October 31, 1900 - March 7, 1980) was a Finnish actor. He had roles in 37 movies from the 1940s onwards. He earned Order of the Lion of Finland award in 1958. Sala was on a radioplay ''Knalli ja sateenvarjo'' just before his death. Partial filmography * ''Kajastus'' (1930) * ''Kersantilleko Emma nauroi?'' (1940) - Asko Nännimäinen * ''Amor hoi!'' (1950) - Editor * ''Isäpappa ja keltanokka'' (1950) - Miettinen, preparator * ''Katarina kaunis leski'' (1950) - Tuomiokapitulin herra * ''Rakkaus on nopeampi Piiroisen pässiäkin'' (1950) - Factor * ''Sadan miekan mies'' (1951) - Nikko * ''Silmät hämärässä'' (1952) - Sokea * ''Rikollinen nainen'' (1952) - Pekka - vanginvartija * ''Yhden yön hinta'' (1952) - Drunken * ''Radio tulee hulluksi'' (1952) - Radio worker * ''Lännen lokarin veli'' (1952) - Photographer * ''Hän tuli ikkunasta'' (1952) - Monsieur Calle * ''Niskavuoren Heta'' (1952) - Punakaartilainen (uncredited) * ''Maailman kaunein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lasse Pöysti
Lasse Erik Pöysti (; 24 January 1927 – 5 April 2019) was a Finnish actor, director, theatre manager and writer. He was born in Sortavala. Biography Pöysti began his career as a child actor, becoming known to the Finnish public as Olli Suominen in the "Suominen family" films. The first of these films as '' Suomisen perhe'' (1941). Pöysti was 14 years old at the time of the film. Pöysti matriculated in 1945 in the Helsinki Normal Lyceum. From 1967 to 1974, Pöysti served as manager of the Lilla Teatern, with ex-wife Birgitta Ulfsson, and also acted in many roles in Swedish. During 1974–1981 he was the manager of the Tampere Workers' Theatre, and during 1981–1985 the manager of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. In his later career he has had many speaking roles in musical plays. He also had many roles on television, including the leading roles in the Strindberg plays ''Gustav III'' () and ''Erik XIV''. Another performance was the title role in the stage play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Matti Pellonpää
Matti Pellonpää (28 March 1951 – 13 July 1995) was a Finnish actor and a musician. He rose to international fame with his roles in both Aki Kaurismäki's and Mika Kaurismäki's films; particularly being a regular in Aki's films, appearing in 18 of them. Career He was born in Helsinki and started his career in 1962 as a radio actor at the Finnish state-owned broadcasting company YLE. He performed as an actor during the 1970s in many amateur theatres, at the same time that he studied at the Finnish Theatre Academy, where he completed his studies in the year 1977. He was nominated Best Actor by European Film Academy for his role as Rodolfo in ''La Vie de Boheme'' and won the Felix at the European Film Awards in 1992. He also starred in Jim Jarmusch's 1991 film '' Night on Earth''. His private life melded seamlessly with his acting work. He was considered a natural bohemian, and a genuine everyman without ego. He frequently used his own life as a basis for his acting, eschewin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Spede Pasanen
Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen (10 April 1930 – 7 September 2001) was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor, who has been called an "all-around entertainer". During his career he directed, wrote, produced or acted in about 50 movies and participated in numerous TV productions, including the comedy '' Spede Show'' and the game-show '' Speden Spelit''. Much of his more commercial work was in collaboration with Vesa-Matti Loiri (whose most popular character created by Pasanen was Uuno Turhapuro; first in TV sketches and then in a long-lasting series of motion pictures) and Simo Salminen. Pasanen's films and TV shows, often made quickly and on a low budget, usually received little critical recognition but were popular among Finnish audiences from the 1960s onwards. He was the owner of his own film production company, Filmituotanto Spede Pasanen Ky. Pasanen was ranked 17th at the ''Suuret suomalaiset'' competition show broadcast by Yleisradio. Childhood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tauno Palo
Tauno Valdemar Palo (born Tauno Brännäs; 25 October 1908 – 24 May 1982) was a Finnish actor and singer in what some consider the golden age of Cinema of Finland, Finnish cinema. In ''Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland'' Peter von Bagh names Palo as the most renowned, the best-loved, and quite indisputably the greatest and the best actor of Finnish cinema. His skill to combine lightweight and youthful charm with heavyweight acting was seen most clearly in the theatre. His most famous roles were perhaps in ''Kulkurin valssi'' ("The Vagabond's Waltz"), and ''Vaimoke'' ("Surrogate Wife"). He appeared with actress/singer Birgit Kronström in the 1941 romantic comedy "Onnellinen ministeri" ("The Lucky Cabinet Minister"), which included the famous song "Katupoikien laulu", remade by other Finnish pop singers including Katri Helena. Life and career Palo was born in Hämeenlinna as Tauno Brännäs, but changed his name to Tauno Palo in 1935. He was of partial Russians in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Turo Pajala
Turo Pajala (16 November 1955 − 28 February 2007) was a Finnish actor. Pajala played the leading role as an unemployed coal miner Taisto Kasurinen in an Aki Kaurismäki film ''Ariel'', and won the Bronze St. George award for Best Actor at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival The 16th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 July 1989. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian film '' The Icicle Thief'' directed by Maurizio Nichetti. Jury * Andrzej Wajda (Poland – President of the Jury) * G .... He also played many supporting roles in films and on television. Pajala's personal life took a downturn after ''Ariel'', when he withdrew from the public eye. He made his final film appearance in 1998 in a Joona Tena film ''Kulkurin taivas''. His final work in television came in 2007 with the role of a Christmas tree salesman in a television series ''Taivaan tulet''. Turo Pajala's father Erkki Pajala (1929–1992) was also an actor. He had one daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jasper Pääkkönen
Joona Jasper Pääkkönen (; born 15 July 1980) is a Finnish film actor. Following a two-decade-plus career in Finnish movies, Pääkkönen's international breakthrough role came in 2015 in the historical drama television series ''Vikings'' (2016–2018; 2020) as Halfdan the Black. His next roles were in Spike Lee's comedy-drama film ''BlacKkKlansman'' (2018) and in the war drama film '' Da 5 Bloods'' (2020). Early life Pääkkönen was born in Helsinki, the son of actor Seppo Pääkkönen and Virve Havelin. His uncle Antti Pääkkönen is also an actor, and is a prolific voice actor. Already as a child, Pääkkönen was a theater assistant and attended Kallio Upper Secondary School of Performing Arts in Kallio, Helsinki. When Pääkkönen was 17, he spent a year in Maryland as an exchange student at Baltimore's Owings Mills High School during the 1997–98 school year. Career Pääkkönen's first film role was in '' The Glory and Misery of Human Life'' from 1988, when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kati Outinen
Anna Katriina "Kati" Outinen (born 17 August 1961) is a Finnish actress who has often played leading female roles in Aki Kaurismäki's films. Outinen was born in Helsinki. Having studied under Jouko Turkka during his "reign" of drama studies in Finland, she nevertheless has never been associated with the "''turkkalaisuus''" school of acting methodology. Her breakthrough role was as a tough girl in the generational classic youth film '' Täältä tullaan elämä'' (1980) by Tapio Suominen. In 1984, she appeared in '' Aikalainen''. Besides a strong domestic reputation gained through a widely varied list of roles in theatre and television drama, film director Aki Kaurismäki's films have brought Outinen international attention and even adulation, particularly in Germany and France. Her first work together with Kaurismäki was '' Shadows in Paradise'' in 1986. At the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, Outinen won the award for Best Actress for the Kaurismäki film '' The Man Without a P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maila Nurmi
Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi (December 11, 1922 – January 10, 2008), known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was an American actress best known for creating the Camp (style), campy 1950s character Vampira. She was raised in Astoria, Oregon, where she worked in tuna and salmon canneries. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1940, with hopes of becoming an actress. After several minor film roles, she found success with her Vampira character, television's first horror host. Nurmi hosted her own series, ''The Vampira Show'', from 1954 to 1955, on KABC-TV. After the show's cancellation, she appeared in the 1959 cult film ''Plan 9 from Outer Space'', directed by Ed Wood. She is also billed as Vampira, despite not playing the character, in the 1959 films ''The Beat Generation (film), The Beat Generation'', where she plays a beatnik poet, and crime film ''The Big Operator (1959 film), The Big Operator''. She was portrayed by Lisa Marie (actress), Lisa Marie in Tim Burton's 1994 biopic, ''Ed Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Masa Niemi
Martti "Masa" Elis Niemi (20 July 1914 – 3 May 1960) was a Finnish actor, comedian, musician and entertainer. He is best known from his role as Pätkä in the ''Pekka and Pätkä'' films. Early life Martti Elias Niemi was the youngest of the nine children of house painter and decorator Matti Niemi and Johanna Niemi. Already in his childhood Martti was musically gifted and took piano lessons at the Vyborg Academy of Music. His older brother Paavo Niemi was a wrestling, wrestler. Martti "Masa" Niemi soon became a jack of many trades: he worked as an acrobatics, acrobat and a magic (illusion), magician at a circus he had founded with his siblings. He also sang whenever he got the opportunity. Niemi is said to have taken magic lessons in Germany, but according to an interview of his nephew in ''Ilta-Sanomat'' this is only an urban legend. Niemi also played bandy in the team Sudet, Vyborg despite his short stature (he was only 152 cm tall, about 5 feet ½ inch) and worked as the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
