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Bordertown (Finnish TV Series)
''Bordertown'' () is a Finnish crime drama and Nordic noir television series created by Miikko Oikkonen and starring Ville Virtanen as detective inspector Kari Sorjonen. The first season, which consisted of eleven episodes, premiered in Finland on 16 October 2016 on Yle TV1. Season two, containing ten episodes, premiered on 7 October 2018, and season three, containing another ten episodes, premiered in December 2019. In addition to its home country, the series has received praise internationally; fans of the series include American author Stephen King, Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow, and ''Monty Python'' star Eric Idle. Overview Detective inspector Kari Sorjonen is one of the most respected officers at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Finland when his wife barely survives brain cancer. Sorjonen is a high-functioning autistic and exhibits traits related to savantism. The character is based on British writer Daniel Tammet and also resembles an 'everyman'-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordic Noir
Nordic noir, also known as Scandinavian noir, is a literary genre, genre of crime fiction usually written from a police point of view and set in Scandinavia or the Nordic countries. Nordic noir often employs plain language, avoiding metaphor, and is typically set in bleak landscapes. This results in a dark and morally complex mood (literature), mood, in which a tension is depicted between the apparently still and bland social surface and the patterns of murder, misogyny, rape, and racism the genre depicts as lying underneath. It contrasts with the whodunit style such as the English country house murder mystery. Some of the best known Nordic noir authors are Jo Nesbø from Norway; Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson and Camilla Läckberg from Sweden; Jussi Adler-Olsen from Denmark; and Arnaldur Indriðason from Iceland. The popularity of Nordic noir has extended to the screen, with TV-series such as ''The Killing (Danish TV series), The Killing'', ''The Bridge (2011 TV series), The Bridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High-functioning Autism
High-functioning autism (HFA) was historically an autism classification to describe a person who exhibited no intellectual disability but otherwise showed autistic traits, such as difficulty in social interaction and communication. The term was often applied to verbal autistic people of at least average intelligence. However, many in medical and autistic communities have called to stop using the term, finding it simplistic and unindicative of the difficulties some autistic people face. HFA has never been included in either the American Psychiatric Association's ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'' (DSM) or the World Health Organization's ''International Classification of Diseases'' (ICD), the two major classification and diagnostic guidelines for psychiatric conditions. The DSM-5-TR subtypes autism into three levels based on support needs. Autism Level 1 has the least support needs and corresponds most closely with the "high-functioning" identifier. Charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Malmivaara
(born 26 October 1973) is a Finnish actress. Her acting career began in 1993 and includes dozens of roles in film and television productions, as well as stage appearances. In addition to acting, she has also worked as a singer, photographer, television host, blogger and model. Career Early life and education Malmivaara was born into a clerical family in (now Kajaani), Finland. Before pursuing acting, she worked as a model in her youth. After graduating from the in 1992, she lived and worked as a model in Athens, Greece, for a period of time. In 2002, Malmivaara graduated from the Helsinki Theatre Academy. She also studied photography at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture in Helsinki and theology at the University of Helsinki. Acting career: 1993–present Malmivaara made her acting debut in the 1993 film ' and has since appeared in dozens of Finnish film and television productions. Among her best-known roles are in the films ''Restless'' (2002), '' Lovers & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikko Leppilampi
Mikko Johannes Leppilampi (born 22 September 1978) is a Finnish actor, musician, and TV host. He is the son of Jukka Leppilampi (born 1954), a Finnish gospel musician. Leppilampi is considered to be one of the most promising stars of Finland's movie industry in the new millennium. He shot to fame as a result of his debut movie '' Helmiä ja sikoja'', for which he also won a Jussi award. Career In the 2005 film '' Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa'', he starred as a poet in the early 20th century when Finland was part of Russia, working with actors such as Vesa-Matti Loiri and director Timo Koivusalo. In addition to acting, Leppilampi has been actively involved in the music scene. His first full-length album, which bears his name, was published on 10 May 2006. He has also sung on the soundtracks of some of the movies he has starred in. On 10–12 May 2007, Leppilampi hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki together with television host Jaana Pelkonen. In the 2008 editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janne Virtanen (actor)
Janne Asseri Virtanen (born 1967 in Raisio) is a Finnish actor best known for his supporting role as Robert Degerman in the Finnish nordic noir series '' Bordertown'', having won a Jussi Award for Best Actor in 2007 for the film '' Frozen City''. Virtanen was married to Hanna-Riikka Siitonen until her death of cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ... in 2018. Virtanen and Siitonen have a daughter named Vieno Virtanen born in 2006. Whole family acted in YLE drama series Uusi päivä which Janne also directed. References 1967 births Living people Finnish male actors People from Raisio {{Finland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmin Hamid
Jasmin Hamid (born 18 February 1984, Helsinki) is a Finnish actress, politician and investor. As an actress, Hamid is most known for playing a character named in the popular Finnish television soap opera . Hamid has a master's degree in acting. She began her studies as a teenager on a dancing program and continued in theater university during 2003–2008. Hamid started her career in politics in 2008, when she ran during the Helsinki local elections, representing the Green League. She was then chosen as deputy commissioner. In 2012, she was chosen for the Helsinki council with 1,200 votes. Hamid got into investing in 2013, when she bought her first investment housing in Kallio, Helsinki. Hamid has been vocal in the media about the fact that while investors are often portrayed as "suited-up professionals", investing actually is possible for others as well - encouraging people to start investing somewhere. Hamid is a part of the Finnish Tatar community. She has two children wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes () is a Detective fiction, fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "Private investigator, consulting detective" in his stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. The character Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print in 1887's ''A Study in Scarlet''. His popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in ''The Strand Magazine'', beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891; additional tales appeared from then until 1927, eventually totalling Canon of Sherlock Holmes, four novels and 56 short stories. All but one are set in the Victorian era, Victorian or Edwardian era, Edwardian eras between 1880 and 1914. Most are narrated by the character of Holmes's friend and biographer, Dr. Watson, Dr. John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
