Hämäläinen is a surname originating in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
(in
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
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* Finnish cuisine
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, it means "
Tavastian"), where it is the sixth most common
"Most common surnames"Finnish Population Register Center
(English version), verkkopalvelut.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aatu Hämäläinen (born 1987), Finnish professional ice hockey player
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Antony Hämäläinen
Antony Hämäläinen (born August 28, 1980) is a Finnish metal vocalist living in the United States.
Biography
In the early 1990s, he started playing bass, drums, and singing for multiple bands based both in the US and Finland.
September 2007, ...
(born 1980), Finnish musician and composer, now in the U.S.
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Brian Hamalainen (born 1989), Danish player of football (soccer)
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Eduard Hämäläinen
Eduard Hämäläinen (born 21 January 1969 in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a retired decathlete from Finland and Belarus.
He originally competed for the Soviet Union and then Belarus after the Soviet dissolution, but changed nationali ...
(born 1969), Finnish decathlete
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Elias Hämäläinen (born 1985), Finnish musician, winner of Finnish ''X Factor'' 2010
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Erik Hämäläinen
Erik Vesa Hämäläinen (born April 20, 1965 in Rauma, Finland) is a left-handed retired Finnish ice hockey defenceman. Hämäläinen currently is an Ice hockey coach, employed by SM-liiga team Lukko
Playing career Early career
Erik Hämäläinen ...
(born 1965), Finnish player of ice hockey
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Helvi Hämäläinen (1907–1998), Finnish author
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Jaana Hämäläinen
Jaana Hämäläinen (after marriage also known as Jaana Laurikka) is a Finnish curler.
At the national level, she is a three-time Finnish women's champion curler (1999, 2000, 2001), two-time Finnish mixed doubles champion curler (2009, 2012) ...
, Finnish curler
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Jyrki Hämäläinen
Jyrki Hämäläinen (27 July 1942 Tampere, Finland - 18 March 2008) was a Finnish magazine editor who also authored several biographies of prominent figures in Finnish pop culture. Hämäläinen was the former editor of '' Suosikki'', a magazine ...
(1942–2008), Finnish magazine editor and biographer
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Kalevi Hämäläinen
Kalevi Hämäläinen (13 December 1932 – 10 January 2005) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won the 50 km event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. He was born in Juva.
Hämà ...
(1932–2005), Finnish cross country skier
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Kasper Hämäläinen (born 1986), Finnish footballer
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Kyösti Hämäläinen (born 1945), Finnish rally driver
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Niko Hämäläinen (born 1997), Finnish-American Footballer
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Pekka Hämäläinen (1938–2013), Finnish football player and administrator
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Pekka Hämäläinen (born 1967), Finnish history professor at University of Oxford
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Pentti Hämäläinen (1929–1984), Finnish bantamweight boxer
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Raimo Hämäläinen
Raimo P. Hämäläinen (born 7 July 1948 in Helsinki, Finland) is a professor emeritus at the Aalto University School of Science (Aalto SCI), Finland. Hämäläinen founded Systems Analysis laboratory at Aalto SCI in 1984. His research interests i ...
(born 1948), Finnish professor of mathematics
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Rasmus Hämäläinen (born 1994), Finnish ice hockey player
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Sirkka Hämäläinen (born 1939), Finnish economist, governor of the Bank of Finland
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Tapio Hämäläinen
Eemil Tapio "Tapsa" Hämäläinen (18 June 1922, in Uukuniemi – 28 January 2008, in Helsinki) was a Finnish actor and theater counsellor.
Career
Hämäläinen's best known roles were as Salo in '' The Unknown Soldier'' (''The Unknown Soldier'') ...
(1922–2008), Finnish actor
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Ville Hämäläinen (born 1981), Finnish professional ice hockey player
References
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Finnish-language surnames