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Eeva Elstelä
Eeva is a feminine given name primarily found in Finland and Estonia. It is a cognate of the English given name Eve and the Latin given name Eva. People bearing the name Eeva include: * Eeva Haimi (born 1945), Finnish sprinter *Eeva Joenpelto (1921–2004), Finnish novelist * Eeva Kilpi (born 1928), Finnish writer and feminist * Eeva Kuuskoski (born 1946), Finnish politician * Eeva Park (born 1950), Estonian writer *Eeva Ruoppa (1932–2013), Finnish cross-country skier * Eeva Saarinen (born 1984), Finnish breaststroke swimmer * Eeva Talsi (born 1988), Estonian violinist and singer * Eeva Tikka (born 1939), Finnish writer * Eeva Turunen (1933–2015), Finnish politician See also * Eeva-Kaarina Aronen (1948-2015), Finnish author and journalist * Eeva-Kaarina Volanen (1921–1999), Finnish actress *Eeva-Liisa Manner Eeva-Liisa Manner (5 December 1921 – 7 July 1995) was a Finnish poet, playwright and translator. Biography She was born in Helsinki, 5 December 1921, but spen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eeva Ruoppa
Eeva Ruoppa (2 May 1932 Miehikkälä – 27 April 2013 Miehikkälä) was a cross-country skier from Finland who competed during the early 1960s. She won a bronze medal in the 3 × 5 km relay at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. Ruoppa also won a bronze medal in the 3 × 5 km relay at the 1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane. She was a farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer .... Cross--country skiing results Olympic Games * 1 medal – (1 bronze) World Championships * 1 medal – (1 bronze) References External links 1960 Winter Olympic results * * 1932 births 2013 deaths People from Miehikkälä Finnish female cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Feminine Given Names
Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * * Estonia (other) * Languages of Estonia The official language of Estonia is Estonian language, Estonian, a Uralic languages, Uralic language of the Finnic languages, Finnic branch, which is related to Finnish language, Finnish. It is unrelated to the bordering Russian language, Russian ... * List of Estonians {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eeva-Liisa Manner
Eeva-Liisa Manner (5 December 1921 – 7 July 1995) was a Finnish poet, playwright and translator. Biography She was born in Helsinki, 5 December 1921, but spent her youth in Vyborg (Viipuri). Manner started as a poet in 1944 with ''Mustaa ja punaista'' ("Black and Red"). From her breakthrough collection of poems, ''Tämä matka'' ("This Journey", 1956) she was seen as one of the most influential modernists in post-war Finland. Manner wrote over fifteen original collections of poems, plays for theater and radio, novels and short prose. She translated widely in both contemporary and classic literature, including names like William Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, Hermann Hesse, and Franz Kafka. Her work has been translated to many European languages. Translation of Manner's ''Selected Poems'' in English was published in 1997, and the novel ''Girl on Heaven's Pier'' in 2016 by Dalkey Archive Press. Regarding her youth, she said:— The war years shadowed my youth. I was seventeen when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eeva-Kaarina Volanen
Eeva-Kaarina Volanen (January 15, 1921 Kuusankoski – January 29, 1999 Helsinki) was a Finnish actress. She worked at the Finnish National Theatre for 45 years (1945–1990). Her husband was professor Sakari Puurunen (July 25, 1921 Iisalmi – August 5, 2000 Helsinki). They had no children. Volanen died suddenly in 1999, at age 78. Awards * Jussi Award four times: three times as best actress, in 1948, 1949, and 1950, and in 1992 she received a Lifetime achievement Jussi Award. *Pro Finlandia medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland in 1966. *Ida Aalberg award. Filmography *''Synnin jäljet'' (1946) *''"Minä elän"'' (1946) *''Suopursu kukkii'' (1947) *''Naiskohtaloita'' (1947) *''Toukokuun taika'' (1948) *''Ruma Elsa'' (1949) *''Prinsessa Ruusunen'' (1949) *''Katupeilin takana'' (1949) *''Katarina kaunis leski'' (1950) *''Hallin Janne'' (1950) *''Kesäillan valssi'' (1951) *''Shamrock A shamrock is a type of clover, used as a symbol of Ireland. The name ''shamrock'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eeva-Kaarina Aronen
Eeva-Kaarina Aronen (30 December 1948 - 16 December 2015) was a Finnish author and journalist. Her novels were nominated for the Runeberg Prize and the Finlandia Prize. Early life and education Eeva-Kaarina “Epi” Aronen was born in Helsinki on 30 December 1948. She attended school in Töölö, received a bachelor's degree at the Helsingin yliopiston Viikin normaalikoulu in Helsinki in 1968, and graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1975 with a major in Romance philology and Russian Language and Literature. In the following year, she graduated as a journalist from Sanoma's School of Journalism. Career Aronen worked as a journalist on Helsingin Sanomat's "Monthly Supplement" from 1991 to 2008. Aronen's first novel ''Maria Renforsin totuus'' ("Maria Renfors Truth") was published in 2005 and the second novel, ''Hän joka näkee'' ("She's Seeing") in 2007. ''Maria Renforsin totuus'' came out in 2007 in German under the name ''Die Lachsfischer''; it was published by Lübbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eeva Turunen
Eeva Turunen (née Viljanen; 22 June 1933 – 2015) was a Finnish secondary school teacher and politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1983 to 1995, representing the National Coalition Party. Born in Valkjärvi on 22 June 1933, she died in Joensuu Joensuu (; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Karelia. It is located in the eastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Joensuu is approximately , while the sub-region has a population ... in 2015. References 1933 births 2015 deaths People from Priozersky District National Coalition Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1983–1987) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1987–1991) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1991–1995) {{Finland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eeva Tikka
Eeva Tikka (born 31 July 1939 in Ristiina) is a Finland, Finnish writer who wrote ''Hiljainen kesä'', which received the 1980 Thanks for the Book Award. References 1939 births Finnish women writers Living people Writers from South Savo {{Finland-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
